Ricerc@Sapienza

Wine is one of the most traditional products with high symbolic value and for some countries in the world is a carrier of community knowledge, embodying immaterial and intangible assets. Furthermore it generates income, employment, economic and social value. Through a review of the various contributions of the research strands, this work aims to highlight what have been, over the years, the most discussed issues, the research areas most investigated and those that have aroused less interest, so that any gaps may emerge in the current academic scenario.

In most studies IC (Intellectual Capital) has been seen to consist of three elements: human capital, structural capital and relational capital. However, emerging studies suggest that that three other elements could also be included in IC visualizing and mapping: renewal capital (RC), trust capital (TC), and entrepreneurial capital (EC). The purpose of this paper is to show preliminary results from the Italian research unit of an international project on IC and value creation. We focused on EC and RC, in order to verify if they affect firm performances.