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Intellectual capital and performance of pharmaceutical firms in India

Sriranga Vishnu (Indian Institute of Management Indore, Finance & Accounting, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Vijay Kumar Gupta (Indian Institute of Management Indore, Finance & Accounting, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India)

Journal of Intellectual Capital

ISSN: 1469-1930

Article publication date: 7 January 2014

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between intellectual capital (IC) and performance of pharmaceutical firms in India. The secondary objective is to propose and test modified models of Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (VAIC™) method.

Design/methodology/approach

Data on 22 large pharmaceutical firms collected for empirical investigation. Return on assets and return on sales are performance variables. IC and its components – human capital, structural capital and relational capital (RC), are predictor variables. Three extended and modified VAIC™ models (e-VAIC™) are proposed. Multiple regression technique is applied on pooled data to draw inferences.

Findings

Results show instances of positive relationship between IC and performance variables. RC, the new variable, does not demonstrate statistically significant relationship with performance variables.

Research limitations/implications

Due to inadequate reporting of IC and its components, availability of data on various proxies is difficult. The new models proposed in this paper can be a template for future research and model development.

Practical implications

VAIC™ model, the proposed models (e-VAIC™) and the result analysis can be useful for evaluation and value creation purposes.

Originality/value

Previous researchers use original VAIC™ model. This paper modifies and extends the model in accordance with contemporary description and typology of IC. Inclusion of RC as a variable in VAIC™ model and use of new proxies for components of IC are the novelties of this paper.

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Acknowledgements

The authors sincerely thank the two anonymous referees and the editor for their helpful comments and suggestions. They also acknowledge the editing support provided by Hemant Shrivastava and Rajneesh Bharadwaj.

Citation

Vishnu, S. and Kumar Gupta, V. (2014), "Intellectual capital and performance of pharmaceutical firms in India", Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp. 83-99. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIC-04-2013-0049

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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