Intellectual capital and performance of listed firms during the global financial crisis: the effects of legal origin
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
ISSN: 1934-8835
Article publication date: 7 June 2023
Issue publication date: 5 April 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to reveal to what extent successful European listed firms depend on their intellectual capital investment in achieving business success during the global financial crisis.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used value added intellectual coefficient (VAIC) methodology to measure the effect of intellectual capital on financial performance of business, which consist of 683 the sample listed firms. To examine the nexus between intellectual capital, legal origin and firm performance, estimated panel test and ordinary least squares regression model is used to data obtained from a sample of European countries.
Findings
The finding of this study suggests that there exists a positive relationship between intellectual capital and firm performance with return on assets (ROA) before the financial crisis, while firm performance with return on equity did not contribute to intellectual capital before and after the crisis period. Additionally, common law countries have a positive and statistically significant impact on firm performance with ROA for the before-crisis period, while code law countries have positively significant effect with VAIC on ROA.
Practical implications
The VAIC method has played a critical role in the management decision-making process to integrate the intellectual capital in the financial crisis period.
Originality/value
This study examines intellectual capital components such as human capital, structural capital and process capital efficiencies and firm performance in the legal origin context. The empirical evidence shows that there are significant impacts of legal origin on the nexus between intellectual capital and performance of listed firms during the global financial crisis.
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Citation
Akgün, A.İ. and Türkoğlu, S.P. (2024), "Intellectual capital and performance of listed firms during the global financial crisis: the effects of legal origin", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 32 No. 4, pp. 759-785. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-01-2023-3587
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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