Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2016, 64(6), 1989-1998 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201664061989

Intellectual Capital Disclosure at Czech Public Universities in Relation to the Stakeholder Information Need

Kateřina Kuralová, Klára Margarisová
Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent and quality of intellectual capital disclosure at Czech public universities in relation to information need of identified stakeholders - students. This research is based on the theoretical framework for voluntary intellectual capital disclosure, the proposed intellectual capital disclosure index, the identification of stakeholders including their information need as well as the content analysis of the universities' annual reports has been applied. The quality of disclosed information on intangible resources in public universities in the Czech Republic is in the middle level. In the highest quality is disclosed relational capital, followed by structural and human capital. Information need of students is highest for information falling under the relational capital followed by structural capital and human capital. This study opens new approach regarding intellectual capital disclosure including suggested recommendations for Czech public universities, as there was no research related to the issue conducted in the past.

Keywords: intellectual capital, human capital, structural capital, relational capital, stakeholders, public universities, students, annual reports, Czech Republic

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Kuralová, K., & Margarisová, K. (2016). Intellectual Capital Disclosure at Czech Public Universities in Relation to the Stakeholder Information Need. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(6), 1989-1998. doi: 10.11118/actaun201664061989
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