... recognized that a sustainable strategy to above challenges lies in building more efficient and strong financial institutions that are capable of cultivating strategic assets that are firm specific. Barney (1991) , Stiles and Kulvisaechana (2004) observed that increased investment and management of assets...

... are serious threats to performance of microfinance industry (Baguma, 2008). As a result, microfinance industry has recognized that a sustainable solution to the above challenges lies in building more efficient and strong financial institutions that are capable of cultivating strategic assets that are firm...

... can be contacted at: Binshan.Lin@lsus.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Knowledge creation Intellectual capital Financial institutions Financial services Knowledge has become a powerful tool for corporate competition. Guthrie (2001) suggested that successful...

...Irene Wei Kiong Ting; Hooi Hooi Lean Purpose This paper aims to examine the intellectual capital performance and its relationship with financial performance of financial institutions in Malaysia for the period 1999 to 2007. Design/methodology/approach The value added intellectual coefficient...

... the process of investment process more transparent. Bassi et al. (2001) and Lev (2001, p. 17) note that there is currently intense interest in intangibles, including systems of human capital, even though many companies, or indeed the financial institutions which are the professional...