Effect of Intellectual Capital on Trade Association Performance

Abstract:

Based on the investigation of five trade associations in Shanghai, this paper uses structural equation to analyze the effect of intellectual capital on the performance of trade association. The empirical results show that among the three elements of intellectual capital, human capital and relational capital have a direct significant positive effect on the internal and external performance of trade associations, but structure capital has little effect on the internal and external performance of trade associations.

Key words:performance of trade association; intellectual capital; structural equation