Evaluation of Intellectual and Social Capital of Companies Ranked by Iran’s High Informatics Council

Abstract

To overcome the competition, a company not only focuses on physical capital, but also focuses on intellectual capital. Company can achieve a competitive advantage and earn profit by owing intellectual capital. Since intellectual capital is intangible, there is a need for sufficient transparency in management and measurement. This study was a descriptive survey. The purpose of this paper was to examine the inter-relationships and the interaction effects among intellectual capital components and to demonstrate the impact of intellectual capital on organizational performance, in IT industry. The main conclusion from this particular study was the intellectual capital has influence on IT companies' performance

Keywords

• intellectual capital
• human capital
• relational capital
• structural capital