Ricerc@Sapienza

The purpose of this paper is to review and critically evaluate the extant academic research employing the concept of board capital, which was introduced by Hillman and Dalziel (2003) in order to explain the antecedents of effective board functioning and the resulting impact on firm performance. The emergence of a growing body of empirical literature based on the concept of board capital and the goal of identifying the main research topics and empirical strategies triggered the structured review presented in this paper.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to perform an analysis of the current literature providing a deep
contribution to understanding the paradigm shift from output to outcome measures in the public sector. Thus,
the main aim is to provide relevant insights of both theoretical and empirical studies, offering a critique of the
schemes and the research methods used and underlining future research opportunities for the compelling (or
underestimated) contents and new emerging trends.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an up-to-the-minute literature review of intellectual capital
disclosure (ICD) to: identify the major themes developed within this research stream; investigate the evolution of
the theory; and derive insights to guide future research agendas for the benefit of researchers and ICD users.
Design/methodology/approach – Research articles from ten relevant journals for the 17-year period
between 2000 and 2017 are categorised and analysed in a structured literature review (Massaro et al., 2016) to