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International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

 

Special Issue on: "Intellectual Capital Reporting and Knowledge Management: a European Perspective"

Guest Editors:
Miltiadis Lytras, University of Patras, Greece
Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, University of Oviedo, Spain
W.B. Lee, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

While human capital has always been a primary focus in human resource management research, a recent trend has witnessed increased consideration of intellectual capital rather than sole focus on human capital. Intellectual capital can be broadly conceptualised as the sum of all knowledge an organization is able to leverage in the process of conducting business to gain competitive advantage.

More specifically, intellectual capital may comprise of at least three forms of capital – human, social, and organisational. Human capital refers to individual employee capabilities – their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Social capital, in contrast, does not reside with any individual. Rather, it reflects the aggregate of resources embedded within, available through, and derived from the network of relationships. Finally, organisational capital refers to institutionalised knowledge and codified experience stored in processes, routines, databases, patents, manuals, structures, and the like.

While still in its infancy, this growing focus on social and organisational capital in conjunction with human capital presents a much different understanding for the role of HRM in organisations and raises many important questions such as:

• If intellectual capital involves relationships with institutionalised knowledge, as well as human capital, how should HRM systems be designed to maximise the potential of a firm's intellectual capital?
• What are the relationships between human capital, social capital, and organisational capital?
• Intellectual capital often implies a focus on knowledge management - with an increased focus on knowledge, how do we encourage learning, knowledge creation, and knowledge sharing among employees?
• Where does intellectual capital reside? Is it within a company, across companies, across countries? How is knowledge from disparate locations coordinated and leveraged?
• How does the management of intellectual capital influence innovation, value creation, performance, and competitive advantage? What are the global implications of these effects?

This Special Issue aims to address this question from a European perspective.

Subject Coverage
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Human resource management
• Innovation
• Intellectual capital management
• Intellectual capital reports
• Knowledge management
• Organizational learning
• Social capital

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

1-2 Page Abstract: 30 April 2007

Submission of Manuscripts: 15 October 2007

Notification to Authors: 15 November 2007

Final Versions Due: 10 December 2007