TY - JOUR
T1 - Intellectual capital
T2 - An empirical study of ITRI
AU - Chu, Po-Young
AU - Lin, Yu Ling
AU - Hsiung, Hsing Hwa
AU - Liu, Tzu Yar
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Intellectual capital (IC) could provide a new instrument for observing organizational hidden value. While most intellectual capital studies are either theoretical or exploratory, some western research facilities are publishing annual reports based on intellectual capital. Nevertheless, Asian empirical studies are much rarer than western ones, let alone conducting comparison among them. Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), founded in 1973, is a non-profit national R&D organization, aiming to develop Taiwan industrial technologies. This paper firstly attempts to associate the components of the intellectual capital, namely, human capital, structural capital and relational capital with the value/performance of ITRI. Secondly, we find intellectual capital highly relevant to the value creation process and warrant strategic accumulation for R&D organizations.
AB - Intellectual capital (IC) could provide a new instrument for observing organizational hidden value. While most intellectual capital studies are either theoretical or exploratory, some western research facilities are publishing annual reports based on intellectual capital. Nevertheless, Asian empirical studies are much rarer than western ones, let alone conducting comparison among them. Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), founded in 1973, is a non-profit national R&D organization, aiming to develop Taiwan industrial technologies. This paper firstly attempts to associate the components of the intellectual capital, namely, human capital, structural capital and relational capital with the value/performance of ITRI. Secondly, we find intellectual capital highly relevant to the value creation process and warrant strategic accumulation for R&D organizations.
KW - Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
KW - Intellectual capital (IC)
KW - Non-profit organization
KW - Performance evaluation
KW - R&D
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33746360890&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.techfore.2005.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.techfore.2005.11.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746360890
SN - 0040-1625
VL - 73
SP - 886
EP - 902
JO - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
JF - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
IS - 7
ER -