Finland has pursued a law-based work ability policy for more than a decade. Many studies indicate that it has been very successful from a health point of view. It has also been demonstrated that it is economically feasible both on a micro and a macro level. In the present study, a number of...

The well-being perspective of the employees’ is only seldom connected to the discussion on intellectual capital. This paper analyses expert interview data on intellectual capital with maintenance of work ability (MWA) as frame of reference. The framework includes employees’ health but also...

Intellectual Capital, Intangible Assets and Knowledge Creation are all concepts that are strongly linked to the phenomenon of Knowledge Management. Yet they have only been parallel to each other. This controversy between different approaches has also resulted in vague definitions of Knowledge...

This study shows that definitions of intellectual capital (IC) provided by the IC experts interviewed have very much in common with the maintenance of work ability (MWA) concept that is the central framework for Finnish occupational health and safety activities. Both concepts include competence,...

The relevance of intangible assets for financial performance is getting more widely accepted. There is also some convergence about the conceptual structure of intangibles. What has not been underlined enough yet is the synergic nature of different types of intangibles. In this paper, it is...

Intellectual capital, intangible assets and knowledge creation are all concepts that are strongly linked to the phenomenon of knowledge management. Yet they have only been parallel to each other. This controversy between different approaches has also resulted in vague definitions of knowledge...