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Management of Intellectual Capital in Libraries and Publishing Houses

Articles

• Κωσταγιόλας, Πέτρος
• Ασωνίτης, Στέφανος
• Μπάνου, Χριστίνα

Management research on Intellectual Capital for various economic sectors is indeed growing during the last two decades. Issues, such as the efficiency of investments in knowledge assets and the assessment of their value, are indeed of interest to the research community all over the world. These issues encompass complicated methodological approaches, mainly due to the non tangible nature of those assets. This paper is informative in nature based on a literature review and it focuses on both the libraries and publishing companies aiming to provide the relevant concepts, definitions, research pathways for the Intellectual Capital analysis. It must be noted, however, that the available literature is limited and thus novel research issues are attempted. Initially, the definition of the term “Intellectual Capital” is provided through a literature review and special issues, such as the importance of Intellectual Capital in Library and Publishing companies. Emphasis is given on the unique nature of the publishing industry and on the Book which has both tangible and intangible features. The importance of the intellectual capital in the publishing industry is pointed out. Intellectual Capital is a core component for any library and publishing company and indeed it should be taken into consideration in the future management paradigms.

• Economics and Business
• Media and communications

• Economics
• Library administration

intellectual capital, intangible assets, knowledge assets, libraries-information Services, publishing companies, publishing industry

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