Intellectual Capital and the Performance of Manufacturing Companies in Indonesia

This study aimed at examining the effect of intellectual capital and its components covering value added capital employed, value added human capital, and structural capital value added on the firm performance. Intellectual capital was measured by using Pulic’s model, while the firm performance was measured by return on asset, return on equity, and market-to- book ratio. The samples used in this study were 103 manufacturing industries and we also investigated every subsector of the manufacturing industries including 51 basic and chemical industries, 30 miscellaneous industries, and 22 consumer goods industry listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period of 2012 up to 2016. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The result of the study showed that intellectual capital had a significant positive effect on return on asset, return on equity, and market-to-book intellectual capital on the firm performance in each subsector of the manufacturing industry. Value added capital employed as a component of intellectual capital was the most influential component on the firm performance. This findings indicated that a firm with great and well managed of capital employed, allowing a firm to improve their performance