CONTRIBUTION OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AS A SOURCE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

Intellectual capital has been considered the principal source of wealth creation and companies sustainability using what they know, how to apply it and generate new knowledge, which are sources of organizations competitive advantages. This paper aims to analyze the role of the intellectual capital as a source of competitive advantage through theoretical - conceptual review of some terms. The main finding of the literature demonstrate the influence that is generated by the intangibles assets in the creation of sustainable competitive advantage of the organizations. The benefit of this paper is an analysis of the contributions of the elements of the intellectual capital as sources of competitive advantage.

Keywords: Intellectual capital, knowledge, competitive advantage.