Intellectual Capital and Corporate Sustainability Growth in Firms Listed in Nigerian Stock Exchange

Abstract

The objective of this research was to examine the influence of intellectual capital IC) and its components on corporate sustainability growth in firms listed in Nigerian stock Exchange. Furthermore, this paper aimed at determining the constituent of the intellectual capital that has more predictive ability on business sustainable growth in Nigeria. A sample size of 10 listed consumer goods firms over a period of ten years (2011- 2020) was used as sample size for this study. Regression analysis techniques was used to investigate the effect of Intellectula Capital and its components on business sustainability growth. Results from the analyses revealed that intellectual capital (IC) as proxied by the M-VAIC model establishes a significant influence on corporate sustainable growth, (AdjR2 =0.128, F-Stat =1.6308; p-value = 0.038). Notably, the findings also showed that almost all the independent variables namely, Physical Capital, Human Capital, Structural Capital and Relational Capital exert significant effect in predicting corporate sustainable growth. Furthermore, the results revealed that physical and human capital are the major components of IC that exert powerful influence on corporate sustainable growth. The study concludes that the overall intellectual capital components play an essential role in driving the listed consumer goods in Nigeria in the wheel of sustainable growth.