scholarly journals Intellectual capital in the public sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-281
Author(s):  
Sandra Bailoa
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Production Factor ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Public Commitment ◽  
Capital Services

The Intellectual Capital theory emerged mainly from analyses and observations in business sector based on the growing importance of intellectual capital as a production factor and on its contribution to create value and competitive advantages. The importance of managing intellectual capital is also recognized in public organizations although the theory reveals differences in application to the public sector and is less developed in this environment. In fact, most methodologies to manage intellectual capital were developed in the business area and research at public sector level did not verify the same attention. In literature it is possible to realize that although there are some studies that analyse the management of intellectual capital in the public sector, there are few studies that suggest methodologies specific to this sector. Thus, this article aims to discuss the main aspects about the applicability of intellectual capital theory to the public sector and to propose a taxonomy of intangible assets appropriate to this sector through critical review of main contributions of literature. The analysis allowed finding several arguments that justify the application of the theory to public sector. It also allowed suggesting a classification of intellectual capital based on the intangible assets considered relevant to public sector namely the set of the followed categories: Human capital, Structural capital, Relational capital, Services capital and Public Commitment capital.

scholarly journals Corporate governance, intellectual capital and performance: Evidence from the public sector in the GCC

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Udo Braendle ◽  
Assaad Farah ◽  
Patrick Balian
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Unique Study ◽  
Sector Data ◽  
Do So

This unique study tries to link corporate governance, intellectual capital and organizational performance in the public sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). To do so we collected data from 371 managers in public entities within the GCC region. Our findings indicate the importance of corporate governance (in form of human, social and structural capital) to enhance performance in the public sector. Not only have those, results showed that the examined forms of capital are interrelated. We therefore support earlier findings that attribute impact of intellectual capital variables on performance. These results are highly relevant within the context of the GCC public sector. The findings of the papers help both, scholars and practitioners: the findings of the paper help to better understand the links between corporate governance and intellectual capital. Further, the study provides – based on GCC public sector data - the unique opportunity to see the interrelationships between corporate governance, intellectual capital and performance within the GCC public sector.

scholarly journals Intellectual Capital and Sustainable Economic Performance in the Public Sector: The Context of the New Public Management in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7885
Author(s):  
Kardina Kamaruddin ◽  
Indra Abeysekera
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
Operational Variables ◽  
Construct Dimensions

The New Public Management allows us to reflect upon whether intellectual capital helps public sector organisations meet their performance benchmarks. Sustainable economic performance gains importance from the public sector’s service ideal. Although there have been empirical endeavours using intellectual capital as operational variables, this study examines the theoretically informed relationship between the intellectual capital construct and its construct dimensions and the sustainable economic performance construct and its construct dimensions. The decision-making inputs of senior officials in the Malaysian public sector are vital for evaluating the relationship, as these officials are the individual strategists of the collective organisational strategy. The study conducted a survey that received 1092 usable responses and analysed them using the structural equation modelling research method. The findings showed a robust theoretical relationship between intellectual capital and sustainable economic performance. Furthermore, the study identified intellectual capital items that play a vital role in supporting public sector sustainable economic performance in Malaysia under New Public Management. The findings provide useful knowledge for public sector officials and policymakers, and for further research.

Taxonomy of IT Intangible Assets for Public Administration Based on the Electronic Government Maturity Model in Uruguay

2013 ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Helena Garbarino ◽  
Bruno Delgado ◽  
José Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Intangible Asset ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
The Public

This chapter presents a taxonomy of IT intangible asset indicators for Public Administration, relating the indicators to the Electronic Government Maturity Model proposed by the Uruguayan Agency for Electronic Government and Information Society. Indicators are categorized according to a consolidated intellectual capital model. The Taxonomy is mapped at the indicator level against the EGMM subareas covering all of the relevant aspects associated with the intangible IT assets of the Public Administration in Uruguay. The main challenges and future lines of work for building a consolidated maturity model of IT intangible assets in Public Administration are also presented.

New frontiers in the use of intellectual capital in the public sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Guthrie ◽  
John Dumay
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Research ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Document Review

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the articles presented in this special issue. The Special Issue is inspired by our recent review of the intellectual capital (IC) literature in Guthrie et al. (2012, p. 74), in which the authors found that the public sector is one of the least addressed areas of IC research. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a literature and published document review, experiential reflections and argument. Findings – The paper reveals that interest in public sector and IC is alive and well and the major difference between public sector and mainstream IC research is a complete lack of normative research. The papers in this Journal of Intellectual Capital (JIC) Special Issue continue that tradition. Research limitations/implications – The authors call on public sector IC researchers to continue the third stage and fourth stage IC research tradition encouraging them to explore emerging issues alongside the changes in the social, political and economic realities impacting public sector IC in the future. Doing so will ensure that public sector IC research is timely, relevant, impactful and contributes to future practice, research, policy and above all, benefits the citizens who need and consume public services. Originality/value – The paper presents a précise of current public sector research and encourages public sector researchers to continue developing research into how IC works.

Exploring citizens’ judgments about the legitimacy of public policies on refugees

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria-José Canel ◽  
Evandro Samuel Oliveira ◽  
Vilma Luoma-aho
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Intangible Asset ◽  
International Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Focus Group Research

Purpose The purpose of this paper is threefold: to introduce a theoretical frame regarding the meaning of legitimacy as an intangible asset of the public sector; to test a way of operationalizing legitimacy typologies that allows exploring and comparing how citizens from two countries evaluate the legitimacy of public policies; and to suggest implications for governments’ legitimacy-building strategies in shared international crisis, such as the refugees coming from the Syrian region. Design/methodology/approach Building on Suchman’s typology, it was defined and categorized different types of legitimacy into concrete measurable, communication related statements concerning consequential, procedural, structural and personal. For the illustrative example, four focus groups were conducted in two different European societies as a mean to have two poles of comparison. Findings The paper reports current understanding of legitimacy by citizens, discusses how different legitimacy types might demand different communication and public diplomacy approaches. The basis for hypothesis for further research on how governments should build legitimacy during emerging societal issues such as immigration policies is set. Practical implications It proposes a typology and its operationalization, discusses how communication might shape legitimacy and profiles the challenge governments have in building it. Within a public diplomacy context, it brings clues for new strategies to the challenge of explaining policies on international crisis combining the tension of domestic with foreign publics. Originality/value There is little research so far in search for clues for communication strategies for the legitimacy of policies on the 2015 European refugee’s crisis. This contributes to the emerging area of intangible assets in the public sector and tests a focus-group research strategy with both hermeneutical and pragmatic aims. Combine public diplomacy theory with public sector intangible assets theory to respond to the tension of internal and external public demands.

scholarly journals The Interoperability between the Public and Private Sectors in Light of Adult Education. Supplements to the Planned Downsizing in the Public Sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-155
Author(s):  
Csilla Megyesi
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Generational Differences ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Market Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Employment ◽  
The Individual

Abstract The current study is a result of the Hungarian government’s aspiration to cut bureaucracy and increase public administration’s efficiency, thus impacting personnel and reorganizing the labour market. The public-sector headcount reduction is being justified in terms of Hungary’s inadequate private-/public-sector employment ratio. This reorganization can come to fruition only via the development of intellectual capital and a well-designed system for retraining and further education. In cases of retraining and further education offered by the state, we must be wary of generational differences and possible motivations, while also keeping in mind the influence education can have on the market, society, and the individual. Our research has shown that the demand for a given type of instruction is also influenced by the generational differences among those who wish to learn. Overall, our respondents showed an interest in learning.

scholarly journals Leveraging Intellectual Capital Dimensions for Promoting Learning Organization in a Rural Development Agency

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amiruzie Ramli ◽  
Roziah Mohd Rasdi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Relational Capital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Southern Central

Given the considerable intangible resources within organizations in the public sector must be put to good use, e.g. to enhance organizational learning. This study examined three intellectual dimensions of intellectual capital (human, structural, and relational) in a rural development organization and their contributions to a learning organization. Using simple random sampling, research data were obtained from 153 managers, including Heads of Department at the Headquarters and at Regional and Settlement Offices covering Peninsular Malaysia’s Northern, Southern, Central, and Eastern regions. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Linear Regression were carried out and the results supported the hypotheses that the dimensions of intellectual capital, namely human, structural and relational capital, were positively correlated with the learning organization, with structural capital being the most significant predictor.

Intellectual Capital in the Light of CREATIVITY and competitiveness: an Overview of Intangible Assets of Organizations on the Example of Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Aleksey Myasoedov
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
The Impact

This article discusses several issues related to intellectual capital, including a historical review, interest in elusive and intangible assets, and the impact of recent technological progress related to the development of information technology. Ralph Styer, CEO of Johnsonville Foods Company, was the first to use the term “intellectual property” to refer to an organization’s intangible assets. This document also defines the concept of intellectual property, which is the totality of all the knowledge that organizations have that helps them achieve their goals. Intellectual property includes ideas, inventions, technologies, general knowledge, computer software products and programs, projects, data skills, processes, creativity and applications in all organizations. Intellectual capital is knowledge that can be converted into profit. The components of this concept were defined as follows: structural capital, human capital, social capital and psychological capital. The article also discusses various definitions presented by a number of scholars related to intellectual capital, including: Edvinsson & Malone, K.E. Svieby, Y. Malhorta, T. Stuart, Depres and Channel, as well as Mackenzie and Winkelen. The article concludes that specific issues regarding companies and the nature of the market do not allow for certain results that can be generalized by comparing modern administrative trends or attitudes that define intellectual capital as intangible assets.

Intellectual capital in action: evidence from Italian local governments

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 696-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Manes Rossi ◽  
Francesca Citro ◽  
Marco Bisogno
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Research Stream

Purpose Intellectual capital (IC) is attracting increasing attention from scholars and practitioners in the private sector, while research in the public sector is still in its embryonic stage, especially in regards to local governments. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by channelling conceptual and empirical findings from the large body of IC literature. Design/methodology/approach The research investigates IC in action in the local government domain. A survey has been carried out involving both managers and politicians of all Italian local governments (ILGs) with more than 40,000 inhabitants. In order to define the constituents of each IC dimension perceived by ILGs, principal component analysis was used in investigating the results. Findings Results highlights how IC components are perceived in ILGs: human capital is a combination of aptitudes in pursuing target performances, sense of ownership and motivations; relational capital is a combination of values, relationships and acts; structural capital includes procedures and routines supporting the decision-making process, the ability of achieving objectives and handling changes. Research limitations/implications While the research findings are limited due to being based on a survey in a single country, they present opportunities for future research regarding further testing of how IC is perceived in LGs in different context. The conclusion could be beneficial also for standard setters, providing a path to support the IC disclosure by LGs. Originality/value The paper contributes to a narrow strand of research – IC in LGs – adding new knowledge in “IC in action” research stream.

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