What intangible resources do companies value, measure, and report? A synthesis of UK and Finnish research

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-261

  Gray, Dina ^a   Roos, Göran ^a   Rastas, Taru ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IC Partners Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

disclosure; intellectual capital; measurement; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961559636     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2004.005704     Document Type: Article

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