Linkages Among Corporate Governance, Intellectual Capital And Firm Performance: Literature Review

Abstract

It should be tested if there is a relationship existing between corporate governance and financial performances of companies in various industries. So is the case of intellectual capital and performance of firms.  In this backdrop, reviewing the existing literature is expected broaden the ideas and analyze the debating patterns. The paper reviews the linkages among corporate governance, intellectual capital and firm performance. We consider firms and industries across the sectors and geographies and different variables in order to determine the amount of consensus and fix the research gap.  There exist a strong linkage between these three concepts obtained from the available literature sources.