Intellectual capital management in practice: assessment of implementation and outcomes
Authors: Lönnqvist, Antti1; Sillanpää, Virpi1; Carlucci, Daniela2
Source: Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Volume 7, Number 4, December 2009 , pp. 308-316(9)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Abstract:
In recent decades, a huge variety of models for managing intellectual capital (IC) have been generated. However, understanding how IC management (ICM) models operate in practice and the issues that may be encountered when they are implemented remain a challenging issue. This is because there seems to be a significant gap between the enthusiastic development of ICM models in theory and the application of these models in companies. Therefore, more practically grounded research needs to be carried out. Reporting on action research projects and an interview study, this paper enriches the existing theoretical and framework-oriented IC literature by examining empirically the implementation of ICM projects and their outcomes in six Finnish companies. The findings of the paper include the challenges and success factors affecting the development of ICM projects, likewise the related outcomes and benefits. This provides useful insights for applying ICM to practice.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2009.22
Affiliations: 1: Tampere University of Technology, Business Information Management and Logistics, Tampere, Finland 2: CVM-DAPIT, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo lucano, Potenza, Italy
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