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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4. Intellectual Capital and Firm Performance

Author : Francesca Sgrò

Published in: Intellectual Capital and Organizational Performance

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter addresses the relationship between intellectual capital and firms’ performance, with a focus on hybrid organizations. For these enterprises, the concept of performance overcomes the traditional one, as “profit maximization.” In fact, organizational performance is defined as multidimensional considering that these hybrid organizations adopt a social mission while generating profit to sustainably accomplish this mission. Therefore, the performance can be divided into social or mission) and economic dimensions. Hence, drawing on the literature, the chapter offers an overview of the studies regarding the relationship between IC and the performance of hybrid organizations as well as the hypotheses development, devoted to testing the influence of human, relational, and structural capital on SCEs’ performance.

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Metadata
Title
Intellectual Capital and Firm Performance
Author
Francesca Sgrò
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Intellectual Capital and Organizational Performance

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-78478-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-78479-9

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78479-9_4