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Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Intellectual Capital

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Maria Molodchik and Anna Bykova<br />

VAIC = ICE +CEE<br />

ICE – <strong>Intellectual</strong> capital efficiency is obtained by adding up <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> partial efficiencies <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> human and<br />

structural capital: ICE=HCE+SCE<br />

HCE – Human capital efficiency: indicator <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Value Added efficiency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> human capital;<br />

SCE – Structural capital efficiency: indicator <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Value Added efficiency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> structural capital.<br />

CEE – <strong>Capital</strong> employed efficiency: indicator <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Value Added efficiency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> capital employed.<br />

<strong>Intellectual</strong> capital as menti<strong>on</strong>ed above has two comp<strong>on</strong>ents: human and structural capital. All <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

expenditures for employees are embraced in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> human capital. According to Pulic (2000), <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> VAIC<br />

c<strong>on</strong>cept is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> first <strong>on</strong>e, where salaries and wages are no more part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> “input” expenses.<br />

The human capital is defined by Edvins<strong>on</strong> and Mal<strong>on</strong>e (1997) as “combined knowledge, skill,<br />

innovativeness and ability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> company’s individual employees to meet <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> task at hand. It also<br />

includes <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> company’s values, culture and philosophy”. Pulic (2000) suggested calculating <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

human capital (HC) using companies’ total salaries and wages, and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> human capital efficiency as a<br />

ratio <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Value Added to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Human <strong>Capital</strong>.<br />

HCE = VA/HC<br />

VA – Value Added is calculated as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> difference between total sales (OUT) and material costs<br />

(INPUT).<br />

The sec<strong>on</strong>d comp<strong>on</strong>ent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> intellectual capital is a structural capital. Edvins<strong>on</strong> and Mal<strong>on</strong>e (1997)<br />

suggested that it is “everything left at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fice when <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> employees go home”. The structural capital<br />

includes hardware, s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>tware, databases, organizati<strong>on</strong>al structure, patents, trademarks and everything<br />

else <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> organizati<strong>on</strong>al capability that supports <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> employees’ productivity. This form <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> capital is<br />

not an independent size compared to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> human capital. It is dependent <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> created value added<br />

and in reverse proporti<strong>on</strong> to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Human <strong>Capital</strong>, and is calculated as follows:<br />

SC= VA – HC<br />

This means that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> higher <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> share <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> human capital in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> created Value Added is, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> smaller is<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> share <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Structural <strong>Capital</strong>. That is why <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> efficiency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Human <strong>Capital</strong> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Structural<br />

<strong>Capital</strong> is calculated in a different manner. Pulic suggested that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Structural <strong>Capital</strong> efficiency can<br />

be obtained as a ratio <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Structural <strong>Capital</strong> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Value Added.<br />

SCE = SC/VA<br />

The Value Added <strong>Intellectual</strong> Coefficient c<strong>on</strong>tains not <strong>on</strong>ly <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> efficiency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>Intellectual</strong> <strong>Capital</strong> but<br />

also <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> efficiency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> employed capital that can be calculated by dividing <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Value Added by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

<strong>Capital</strong> Employed (CE - book value <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> net assets).<br />

CEE = VA/CE<br />

VAIC is an output-oriented process method that can be applied across different business forms and at<br />

various levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> operati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

Any link between VAIC and its comp<strong>on</strong>ents, drivers and organizati<strong>on</strong>al performance is unlikely to be<br />

simple. We <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>refore c<strong>on</strong>sider <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> possibility that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> link between VAIC, its comp<strong>on</strong>ents, performance<br />

indicators and drivers may be n<strong>on</strong>-linear and c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>al <strong>on</strong> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r factors. We focus <strong>on</strong> two prominent<br />

hypo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ses. Following this fact, two models have been c<strong>on</strong>structed during <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> research:<br />

1. The Model is directed <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> performance and VAIC relati<strong>on</strong>ship search. It assumes that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

positive link between VAIC and organizati<strong>on</strong>al performance indicators exists for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Russian<br />

industrial companies [Hypo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>sis 1].<br />

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