Publisher's Synopsis
These proceedings represent the work of researchers participating in the 9th European Conference on Intellectual Capital (ECIC 2017) which is being hosted this year by the Instituto Universit�rio de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) on 6-7 April 2017.
ECIC is a recognised event on the international research conferences calendar and provides a valuable platform for individuals to present their research findings, display their work in progress and discuss conceptual and empirical advances in the area of Intellectual Capital. It provides an important opportunity for researchers and practitioners to come together to share their experiences of researching in this varied and expanding field.
The conference this year will be opened with a keynote presentation by Dr Jos� Maria Viedma Mart� from U.P.C., Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain and Prof. Maria Do Rosario Cabrita from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal who will together be talking about The Practice of Intellectual Capital in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The second day of the conference will be opened by Dr Gregorio Mart�n-de Castro, from Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, who will address the topic Intellectual Capital: Linking Theory and Practice.
With an initial submission of 98 abstracts, after the double blind, peer-review process there are 42 academic Research papers, 2 PhD Research, 1 Masters Research and 1 Work in Progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent truly global research in the field, with contributions from Australia, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, UK and USA.
