Continuities in the use of the intellectual capital statement approach: elements of an institutional theory analysis

Christian Nielsen, Robin Roslender (Lead / Corresponding author), Stefan Schaper

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    Abstract

    The Danish Guideline Project and its principal output, the intellectual capital statement, have attracted only a very limited extent of empirical attention since the conclusion of the initiative in December 2002. The paper reports the findings of a series of semi-structured interviews with individuals employed in the small subset of companies that were found to have persevered with intellectual capital reporting during most of the following decade. Interviews explored three themes: motivations for initiating intellectual capital reporting; reasons for continuing to do so; and details of the implementation and evolution of these practices. The paper utilises a number of elements of institutional theory to organise the findings and to discuss the continuities in intellectual capital reporting practice documented therein.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)16-28
    Number of pages13
    JournalAccounting Forum
    Volume40
    Issue number1
    Early online date12 Dec 2015
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2016

    Keywords

    • Danish Guideline Project
    • Institutional Theory
    • intellectual capital
    • intellectual capital statements
    • isomorphism

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