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Intellectual capital and firm performance: Differentiating between accounting-based and market-based performance

Allam Hamdan (Department of Accounting and Economics, Ahlia University, Manama, Bahrain)

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

ISSN: 1753-8394

Article publication date: 8 February 2018

Issue publication date: 15 March 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

This study sheds light on the relation between intellectual capital and firm performance. The study argues that traditional performance measurement based on accounting is still able to explore the relation between intellectual capital and performance.

Design/methodology/approach

The study was conducted at 198 firms from two Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of Bahrain for the period 2014–2016. To measure intellectual capital, the value added intellectual coefficient model was adopted along with two measures of performance: accounting-based performance which is return on assets and market-based performance which is Tobin’s Q, in addition to the Random-Effects Regression.

Findings

Study findings came up with evidences that support the relationship between intellectual capital and accounting-based performance, but negates any relation between intellectual capital and market-based performance. The findings also revealed different results, between Saudi Arabia’s and those of Bahrain.

Originality/value

The study contributes to the debate on the validity of relating intellectual capital to the traditional accounting-based performance.

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Citation

Hamdan, A. (2018), "Intellectual capital and firm performance: Differentiating between accounting-based and market-based performance", International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 139-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMEFM-02-2017-0053

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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