A New Model to Measure and Manage Intellectual Capital

Literature provides several intellectual capital models. Nevertheless, the need for adapting theoretical models to the new social and economic trends justifies an effort in improving previous proposals. Taking into account the main contributions in the field, the Intellectus Knowledge Forum presents to the international scientific and professional community a new model to better understanding the role of different expressions of organizational knowledge. The main contributions of the Intellectus Model are: a) reference to five components of intellectual capital; human capital, organizational capital, technological capital, business capital, and social capital; b) the implementation of several principles which facilitate the management of intangible activities; and c) an internal logic, which explains the combination of relationships defining the entire system through several concepts such as intellectual capital components, elements, variables, and indicators.