The Relationship Between Intellectual Capital and Financial Performance of Banks in Tanzania

Autores

  • Janeth N. Isanzu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24212/2179-3565.2016v7i1p28-38

Palavras-chave:

IntellectualCapital (IC), VAIC™, ROE, ROA, Banks, Tanzania

Resumo

This study examines intellectual capital (IC) performance of banks operating in Tanzania,and investigates the relationship of IC on financial performance. It identifies the IC componentsthat may be the drivers of the traditional indicators of bank success. The study uses the ValueAdded of Intellectual Coefficient VAIC™ methodology, to measure the Intellectual Capitalefficiency of the Banks using a four years period data set from 2010 to 2013. The results of asurvey, show that intellectual capital performance of Tanzania is low and it is positively associatedwith bank financial performance indicators. However, when VAIC is split into its components, therelationships between these components and bank financial performance indicators vary. Threevalue efficiency indicators, Human Capital Efficiency (HCE), Capital Employed Efficiency (CEE) andStructural Capital Efficiency (SCE) which are the components of VAIC™ ratio, were used in theanalysis.

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Publicado

2016-05-02

Edição

v. 7 n. 1 (2016): MAR/MAIO

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