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Intellectual Capital and Firm Performance in Emerging Markets

Student: Kuznetsova Ekaterina

Supervisor: Maria S. Kokoreva

Faculty: International College of Economics and Finance

Educational Programme: Double degree programme in Economics of the NRU HSE and the University of London (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2018

In the last decades capital realized through knowledge skill and experience has become of great importance in corporate world’s development. This capital is know as intellectual capital (IC). This type of capital is a crucial factor in enhancing firms’ and therefore economy’s performance. Various research papers were published studying intellectual capital. Some studied the relationship between intellectual capital and firms’ performance in various countries and industries (Bontis et. al. (2000), Chen et. al. (2005), Cheng-Jen Huang (2010)), others proposed new and challenged existing measures of IC (Roos (1997), Chen et. al. (2004), Iazzolino (2013)). The purpose of this paper is examining the relevance of intellectual capital in improving firm financial performance among Russian enterprises. Furthermore, this diploma paper will show whether there are in faсt synergy effects between components of intellectual capital that are significant and result in higher performance of the business.

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