Intellectual capital management in the context of internationalization

In the scope of this research, the question how intellectual capital elements which -beyond physical assets- add value to companies affect the internationalization processes of firms was tried to be answered. To answer the question, the binary values (1 or 0) of intellectual capital elements at definite times in the history of selected companies was determined, and using comparative case analysis method, how different combination of intellectual capital elements affect the internationalization process of a company was found. To evaluate the binary values of intellectual capital elements in the companies content analysis method was used. Keywords: Intellectual Capital, Internationalization, Comparative Case Analysis, CAnalysis