Intellectual capital and traditional measures of corporate performance

• Published in: Journal of intellectual capital Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 348 - 360
• Main Authors: Firer, Steven, Mitchell Williams, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01.09.2003; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Accounting; Capital assets; Correlation analysis; Efficiency; Emerging markets; Employees; Intangible assets; Intellectual capital; Natural resources; Productivity; R&D; Research & development; Stockholders; Studies; Valuation; Value added; South Africa; Intellectual capital; South Africa; Productivity rate

The principal purpose of this study is to investigate the association between the efficiency of value added (VA) by the major components of a firm's resource base (physical capital, human capital and structural capital) and three traditional dimensions of corporate performance: profitability, p...