Chapter 1 Thought Leadership on Intellectual Capital1 1This chapter was reprinted with permission from MCB University Press © 2001. Bontis, Nick and Danny Nikitopoulos. 2001. “Thought leadership on intellectual capital,” Journal of Intellectual Capital 2: 3, 183–191.

A synopsis of key topics, issues, and findings, as presented at the 4th World Congress on Intellectual Capital, hosted by McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. There were 536 delegates from thirty-two countries who discussed the growing importance of intellectual capital. This paper highlights the key messages from the keynote speakers of the conference. We include a summary of the presentations of such luminaries as Shahla Aly (VP …