Anna Bagieńska
page: 1-11,
JEL classification: D24, E22, L21, M21;
Keywords: intellectual capital, KCETM method, annual report, integrated reporting;
Abstract: Intellectual capital is not sufficiently depicted in the annual reports of Polish companies, although
it plays an important role in the operation and market valuation of enterprises. The aim of the
paper is to evaluate the possibilities of using the KCETM method for depicting intellectual capital in
the enterprise annual report – in particular, in the integrated reports. The KCE method developed
by Lev has been modified in the area of normalized revenues, of which the evaluation method
is not controlled by the audit, which results in its subjectivity. We adopted the category of gross
profit generated by an enterprise from sales (including a large share of costs of earnings) which is
reported by the enterprise. On the basis of the financial data from annual reports, we conducted
the Knowledge Capital Earnings measurement of selected IT companies and this method was
evaluated by comparing the results with the market and financials indicators of the companies and
their Market-to-Book Values.
The conclusions from the analysis confirmed a strong correlation of intellectual capital (evaluated
by modified KCETM method) with market indicators and return on equity. The method of intellectual
capital evaluation of Market-to-Book Value did not give results related to market and financial
indicators.
Therefore, based on the reported gross profit on sales, the KCETM method should be recommended
as a measure in the integrated reporting of an enterprise.