National Intellectual Capital Index: A United Nations initiative for the Arab region

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-39

  Bontis, Nick ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arab Peninsula; Human capital; Intellectual capital; National accounts programmes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106062     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: 1758468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930410512905     Document Type: Article

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