Intellectual Capital of Africa: Comparison of the Five Most Competitive Countries Dr Tsouli Iss1,*, Elabbadi Bouchra2 1Ph. D. student in intellectual capital, National school of management Tangier, Morocco 2Research professor, National school of Management Tangier, Morocco *Corresponding Author E-mail: Tsouli.driss@gmail.com
Online published on 2 June, 2018. Abstract This paper proposes a comparison of the national intellectual capital of African countries. Using the longitudinal data spanning the period from 2010 to 2014, based on 22 indicators. This study compares the national intellectual capital of the five most competitive African countries: 1 Mauritius, 2 South Africa, 3 Rwanda, 4 Botswana, and 5 Morocco. The results confirm the importance of intellectual capital in the competitiveness of countries. The research findings make clear the status of national intellectual capital of the five African countries, as a result of that to provide information for policymakers to establish public strategies for building sustainable national competitiveness. Top Keywords Nationalintellectual capital, National competitiveness, African countries, Benchmarking, World Economic Forum. Top |