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Intellectual Capital: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

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  • Wilder Quintero-Quintero

    (Doctorado en Administración, Facultad de Administración y Negocios, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla 080020, Colombia)

  • Ana Beatriz Blanco-Ariza

    (Doctorado en Administración, Facultad de Administración y Negocios, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla 080020, Colombia)

  • Manuel Alfonso Garzón-Castrillón

    (Doctorado en Administración, Facultad de Administración y Negocios, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla 080020, Colombia)

Abstract

Intellectual capital is managed by competencies and the development of information and communication technologies, which have seen high growth and impact in higher education institutions related to scientific publications. The main objective of this study was to provide a summary of the general review of studies related to intellectual capital around the world. Methodology: the Bibliometric analysis was carried out using the Bibliometrix library and BiblioShiny platform of the RStudio ® software through the data obtained from the Scopus database. Findings: in total, 389 documents in the Scopus database used “capital”, “intellectual”, “research” and “institutions” as keywords with a growth rate of 2.34% every year from 1947 to 2021. The publications were written by around 866 authors, mainly from the USA, the UK, and Spain. Original value: the data obtained show that intellectual capital has been important and relevant in the scientific publications of the last six years, which were related by the number of authors by institutions.

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  • Wilder Quintero-Quintero & Ana Beatriz Blanco-Ariza & Manuel Alfonso Garzón-Castrillón, 2021. "Intellectual Capital: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis," Publications, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-23, October.
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