Value-relevant information on corporate intangibles - creation, use, and barriers in capital markets - “between a rock and a hard place”

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 465-486

  Holland, John ^a   Johanson, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Fund management; Information market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037940     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: 1758468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930310504518     Document Type: Article

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