2nd European Conference on Intellectual Capital

Proceedings of
The European Conference on Intellectual Capital
held at INHolland University of Applied Sciences, Haarlem, The Netherlands
28-29 April 2009

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Paper Title	Author(s)	Page No.
Preface		iv
Biographies of Conference Chairs, Programme Chair, Keynote Speaker and Mini-track Chairs		vi
Biographies of contributing authors		vii
IC: Ready to Cross the Chasm?	Mary Adams¹ and Henrik Martin² ¹Intellectual Capital Advisors, Winchester, MA, USA ²Intellectual Capital Sweden AB, Stockholm, Sweden	1-9
Human Capital Management, What Does it Really Mean?	Fida Afiouni American University of Beirut, Lebanon	10-18
Strategic Planning of Intangible Resources (SPIR)	Carmen Agüero¹ and Arturo Vasquez^{2 1}Centro de Estudios en Prospectiva y Cátedra de Prospectiva Política y Tecnológica, ITESM Campus Monterrey, Nuevo León, México ²The University of Texas-Pan American, Texas, USA	19-26
Measuring the Impact of Research Networks in the EU: Value Networks and Intellectual Capital Formation	Verna Allee and Oliver Schwabe Value Networks LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA	27-35
Pictures of Knowledge Management, Developing a Method for Analysing Knowledge Metaphors in Visuals	Daniel Andriessen¹, Eja Kliphuis¹, Jane McKenzie², and Christine van Winkelen² ¹INHolland University of Applied Sciences, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands ²Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK	36-43
In Search of Alternative Metaphors for Knowledge: Inspiration from Symbolism	Daniel Andriessen and Marien Van Den Boom INHolland University of Applied Sciences, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands	44-51
Financial Valuation of Intangibles With Real Options: Is a Real Option?	Gerado Arregui-Ayastuy, Belen Vallejo-Alonso, Arturo Rodríguez-Castellanos and Domingo García-Merino University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain	52-59
Alignment Between the Business Strategy and the Software Processes Improvement: A Roadmap for the Implementation	Regina Asato, Mauro de Mesquita Spinola, Ivanir Costa and Walter Henrique de Farias Silva Paulista University, São Paulo, Brazil	60-67
The Role of Corporate Wellness Policy in Developing Intellectual Capital in a Paper Factory	Ossi Aura¹, Guy Ahonen² and Karl-Erik Sveiby² ¹Elisa Corporation, Helsinki, Finland ²Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland	68-76
Cultural Capital as a Driver for Performance in Higher Education	Schelte Beltman Centre for Research in Intellectual Capital, Haarlem, The Netherlands	77-84
Managing Intellectual Capital in Hungarian Universities – The Case of Corvinus University of Budapest	Viktória Bodnár, Tamás Harangozó, Tamás Tirnitz, Éva Révész and Gergely Kováts Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary	85-96
The Frontier of Linearity in the Intellectual Capital Metaphor	Constantin Bratianu Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania	97-103
IC – Based Inter-industry Variety in Serbia	Sladjana Cabrilo University of Novi Sad, Serbia	104-114
Firms Attributes and Intellectual Capital Disclosure: Evidence From IPO Prospectuses in Taiwan	Yuan-Chieh Chang¹, Huo-Tsiang Chang², Hui-Ru Chi², Wen-Hong Chiu³ ¹National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan ²National Chang-Hua University of Education, Taiwan ³Asia University, Taiwan	115-123
Prioritizing Corporate R&D Capabilities: The Intellectual Capital Perspective	Yuan-Chieh Chang¹, Hui-Ru Chi² and Pei-Ju Yu³ ¹National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan ²National Chang-Hua University of Education, Taiwan ³Chuanghua Institution for Economic Research, Taipei, Taiwan	124-134
The Growth of Intellectual Capital: An Observation from the Organizational Lifecycle	William Chang¹, Jasper Hsieh² and Claire Wei¹` ¹Ming Chuan University, Taipei, Taiwan ²GrNanhua University, Chiayi, Taiwan	135-144
Making a Difference: Employees as Social Capital Investors	Joy Chia and Margaret Peters University of South Australia, Magill Campus, Magill, Australia	145-151
The Helix of Knowledge Management - Innovation - Competition on the Global Market	Alina Mihaela Dima, Mihaela Prejmerean and Simona Vasilache Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, Romania	152-161
How can the Value of IT Personnel in SMEs be Assessed?	Verena Dorner University of Passau, Germany	162-170
Transforming the Utility of IC Narrative: An Interventionist and Strategic Approach	John Dumay University of Sydney, Australia	171-180
The Meaning of Intangible Assets: New Insights into External Company Succession in SMEs	Susanne Durst and Stefan Gueldenberg Institute of Entrepreneurship, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	181-190
Social Capital and Economic Performance of SME’s: A Case Study from Turkey	Feray Erselcan¹, Aziz Kutlar², Ekrem Erdem², Fatih Doganoglu^{3 1}Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey ²Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey ³Adıyaman University, Turkey	191-199
e-Knowledge, e-Learning towards e-Competence - The Development of a Model that Illustrates the Acquisition of Competences on Virtual Learning Environments	Sílvia Ferrão¹, Ramón Galván² and Susana Rodrigues¹ ¹Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal ²University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain	200-209
Internal Benefits of Human Capital Reporting - A Theoretical Appraisal	Ramin Gamerschlag and Klaus Moeller Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Germany	210-216
Intellectual Capital and Financial Performance: Evidence from the Indian Banking Industry	Santanu Kumar Ghosh¹ and Amitava Mondal² ¹The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India ²Kalna College, Kalna, West Bengal, India	217-227
Measuring Innovation from the Source to the Value	Annie Green and Alfredo Revilak The George Washington University, USA	228-235
Mindsh@re in Finmeccanica: An Organizational Model Based on Communities of Innovation	Michele Grimaldi¹ and Francesco Rogo^{2 1}University of Cassino, Italy ²FINMECCANICA S.p.A, Rome, Italy	236-245
Knowledge Management for Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries – Uganda: A Studio Based Approach	Annabella Habinka¹, Henk Sol², and Venansius Baryamureeba³ ¹Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda ²University of Groningen, The Netherlands ³Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda	246-253
Intellectual Assets and Small Knowledge-Intensive Business Service Firms	Robert Huggins¹ and Maria Weir² ¹Cardiff School of Management, University of Wales Institute, UK ²Intellectual Assets Centre,Glasgow, UK	254-262
IC as a Developmental Tool for Municipalities	Elina Hyrkäs, Aino Kianto and Mervi Rings Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland	263-270
Identifying a Suitable Approach for Measuring and Managing Public Service Productivity	Aki Jääskeläinen Tampere University of Technology, Finland	271-278
How to Conduct the Audit of Intellectual Capital in Polish Tourism Business?	Elżbieta Maria Kot Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland	279-287
Measuring the Effects of an IC Development Service: The Case of Pietari Business Campus	Paula Kujansivu and Antti Lönnqvist Tampere University of Technology, Finland	288-295
Solving the Value Conundrum of Knowledge and of Intellectual Capital in General	Philippe Leliaert SyntaxisNetworking, Blaasveld, Belgium	296-304
Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Capital	Rosetta Lombardo University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy	305-313
The Knowledge Management Role in Mitigating Operational Risk	Eduardo Longo Synapsing, Sao Paulo, Brazil	314-320
Environmental Capital: A Classification of Environmental Intangibles from Intellectual Capital	Dolores López-Gamero, Patrocinio Zaragoza-Sáez, Enrique Claver-Cortés and José Molina-Azorín University of Alicante, Spain	321-328
Capturing Competence – Using Wikis for Transferring Tacit Knowledge	Satu Luoma and Jussi Okkonen Tampere University of Technology, Finland	329-336
Developing the Intellectual Capital in the Romanian Emergent Economy	Anca Mândruleanu and Constantin Bratianu Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania	337-343
Intellectual Capital Management – SMEs Accreditation Methodology	Florinda Matos and Albino Lopes ISCTE Business School, Lisboa, Portugal	344-354
InCaS: Intellectual Capital Statement. Measuring Intellectual Capital in European Small and Medium sized Enterprises	Kai Mertins, Markus Will and Cornelia Meyer Fraunhofer IPK, Berlin, Germany	355-362
Self-directed Team Models in Healthcare Settings: What is Their Potential for Adding Value to the Intellectual Capital of Healthcare Organisations?	Sue Molesworth¹, Rosalyn Beddows² and Helen Parker² ¹University of Keele, Staffordshire, UK ²North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Stoke on Trent, UK	363-371
Academic Research Performance and Intellectual Capital Measurement System: Evidence from Italian Universities	Riccardo Palumbo and Daniela Di Berardino, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy	372-386
High Education: Towards Development of Innovative Human Capital	Kalin Penev and John Rees Southampton Solent University, UK	387-392
Social Capital in an Intra-organizational Higher Education Setting	Milly Perry The Open University, Raanana, Israel	393-399
Communities of Practice: Powerful Environments for Inter-organizational Knowledge Alliances?	Donald Ropes INHolland University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands	400-407
Business Model Evolution in IA / IC Support Centres and the Role of Market-Making	Iain Russell Intellectual Assets Centre,Glasgow, Scotland, UK	408-415
Developing Social Capital in a Regional Context	Sven Erik Skønberg¹, Per Kirkebak²Knut Aarvak¹ ¹Ostfold Research, Fredrikstad, Norway ²Ostfold University College, Sarpsborg, Norway	416-422
Mapping Intellectual Capital Dynamics to Identify Company’s Value Drivers	Francesco Sole¹, Daniela Carlucci¹ and Giovanni Schiuma^1-2 ¹University of Basilicata, Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, Potenza, Italy ²Cranfield School of Management, UK	423-434
Knowledge and the Ageing Employee: A Research Agenda	Christiaan Stam INHolland University of Applied Sciences, Haarlem, The Netherlands	435-441
Intellectual Capital of the European Union 2008	Christiaan Stam and Daan Andriessen INHolland University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands	442-451
Social Trust in Bilingual Communities in Finland	Jukka Surakka,¹, Markku Hyyppä², Pertti Jokivuori³ and Pertti Saariluoma³ ¹Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland ²National Public Health Institute of Finland, Turku, Finland ³Jyväskylä University, Finland	452-457
Towards Learning Assets Management Systems for Support of Novel Methods for Corporate Intangibles Assets Accounting	Panayiotis Tahinakis¹, Vasiliki Moumtzi², Adamantios Koumpis² and Manolis Gkinoglou² ¹University of Macedonia, Greece ²Research Programmes Division, ALTEC S.A, Greece	458-466
The Impact of Welfare State Development on Social Trust Formation: An Empirical Investigation	Larysa Tamilina University of Bremen, Germany	467-474
The Limits of Rationality on IC and KM Analysis	Eduardo Tomé¹ and Aino Kianto² ¹Universidade Lusíada de Famalicão, Portugal ²Lappenranta University of Technology, Finland	475-482
Actual Knowledge Management Usage in the Mexican Companies, Failure or Success?	Daniel Trejo-Medina Universidad Anáhuac México Sur, México City, México	483-491
A Virtual Tool for Intellectual Capital Management	Hovhannes Vahanyan Russian Academy for Public Service under the President of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia	492-500
Using Scenarios to Explore the Potential for Shifts in the Relative Priority of Human, Structural and Relational Capital in Generating Value	Christine van Winkelen and Jane McKenzie Henley Business School, University of Reading, Henley-on Thames, UK	501-508
Intellectual Capital Research in Romania: The Case of Developing a University Research Centre	Simona Vasilache and Constantin Bratianu Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania	509-513
Linking Business and Competitive Intelligence with Intellectual Capital – How Could BCI Contribute to ICM?	Vilma Vuori Tampere University of Technology,Finland	514-523
Future-Proofing HEROs: Moving From Theory to Practice	Campbell Warden¹, Ozcan Saritas², Katja Pook³, Susana Elena⁴ and Adrian Curaj⁵ ¹Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain ²University of Manchester, UK ³pook perspectives, Karlsruhe, Germany ⁴Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain ⁵Executive Agency for Higher Education and Research Funding, Bucharest, Romania	524-531
Intellectual Capital Creation in Post-Communist European Union Economies in 2004-2008	Piotr Wisniewski Warsaw School of Economics, Poland	532-545
Measuring Intellectual Capital - An Approach for Management Purposes	Inge Wulf Clausthal University of Technology, Germany	546-556
Applying Intellectual Capital Process Model for Creating a Defensive Protection System to Local Traditional Knowledge: The Case of Mea-hiya Community	Pitipong Yodmongkon and Nopasit Chakpitak Chiang Mai University, Thailand	557-569
Knowledge and Trust Issues for Intellectual Capital Measurement	Behrang Zadjabbari and Pronpit Wongthongtham Curtin University of Technology, Perth Australia	570-580
Activating Potential IC: Effective Addition to Active Labour Market Policy in Rotterdam?	Kees Zandvliet, Tim Berretty, Marion Collewet and Olivier Tanis SEOR B.V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands	581-588
The SECI Model and the Learning Curve Phenomenon	Yannis Zorgios¹, Orestes Vlismas² and George Venieris^{2 1}CLMS (UK) LIMITED, Croydon, Surrey, UK ²Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece	589-599