Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify brand management accounting as a further approach to accounting for brands and to suggest a number of possible measurement metrics it might incorporate. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is discursive in nature, developing a critique of existing approaches to accounting for brands before considering a number of attributes of a new…
Purpose – The paper sets out to identify the key role that Jan-Erik Grojer’s work on human resource costing and accounting played in linking initial developments in accounting for people with the more recent advances associated with the emergence of the intellectual capital concept. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is in the form of an essay that briefly considers the history o…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify employee wellness as a further component of intellectual capital and to illustrate how it might be possible to account for it in ways that depart from accounting’s traditional focus on costs and valuations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is discursive in approach, considering a range of ideas relevant to visualising employee …
Keywords Intellectual capital, Knowledge management, Accounting, Intangible assets, Reports Abstract Accounting for intellectual capital is increasingly recognised to be one of the most fascinating and potentially far-reaching challenges facing the accountancy profession. A growing literature, encompassing theoretical, empirical and practical elements, is currently emerging as researchers…