Assessment of intellectual capital of organization in conditions of digitalization

Abstract

Development of intellectual capital is becoming increasingly important due to the impact of digitalization and development of the digital economy. The review of domestic and foreign studies made it possible to conclude that there are problems in existing approaches to the assessment of intellectual capital at the present stage. As the main drawback of foreign studies, one can note concentrating on the narrow aspect of the impact of investments in intangible assets on the performance of an organization with an emphasis on the use of methods of mathematical statistics. As the main drawback of the research of the Russian scientists, there can be noted their excessive theoretical interest, abstract and fragmented concepts of the knowledge economy and intellectual capital as its key resource. There appears a need to clarify the indicators for assessing intellectual capital, which will make it possible to more effectively implement managerial influences on the processes of its development. Under the influence of digitalization trends the development of intellectual capital is undergoing changes, and in order to improve the effectiveness of its management, it is necessary to take into account the change in the composition of assessment indicators. There has been found the need to improve the methodology for assessing intellectual capital, allowing to take into account the nature of changes in the process of its development in the digital economy. A review of modern views on the essence of the phenomenon of intellectual capital and digitalization trends was made. The specifics of the formation of elements of intellectual capital under the influence of the identified features of digitalization has been determined. The composition of indicators for assessing the formation of intellectual capital elements in accordance with digitalization trends has been specified. Based on the results of a survey of managers of small and medium-sized businesses in the Primorsky Kray, the modified methodology was assessed for the possibility of its practical application. The results obtained can be used to form an idea of what processes it is currently expedient to manage in the first place in order to increase the efficiency of the company’s management systems.