Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the background and rationale to the special issue, “Intellectual capital and non‐profit organizations in the knowledge economy”. It aims at helping in communicating and disseminating relevant recent intellectual capital research...

Purpose – Social enterprises are not purely commercial and philanthropic. They represent a hybrid form of organizations that involve taking business‐like, innovative approaches to deliver public services. Very little research has investigated the role of intellectual capital (IC) in...

Previous research has investigated the relationships between intellectual capital (IC) and human resource management (HRM). Others have described the link between IC and strategic initiatives in an organization including strategic human resource management (SHRM). However, little systematic work...

This paper examines top management team’s (TMT’s) ability of acquiring external knowledge for sustainability in global startup firms in developing countries. External knowledge can include knowledge acquired from external R&D bodies, government agencies as well as alliance or contractual...