RT Article T1 Towards ‘An Intellectual Capital-Based View of the Firm’: Origins and Nature JF Journal of business ethics VO 98 IS 4 SP 649 OP 662 A1 Martín de Castro, Gregorio 1972- A1 Delgado-Verde, Miriam A1 López Sáez, Pedro A1 Navas López, José Emilio A2 Delgado-Verde, Miriam A2 López Sáez, Pedro A2 Navas López, José Emilio LA English YR 2011 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785640968 AB Economic and social activities are undergoing radical changes, which can be labelled as ‘knowledge economy and/or society’. In this sense, intellectual capital (IC), or knowledge assets, as the fourth factor of production, is replacing the other ones – job, land and capital. This article tries to offer the origins and nature of the firm’s IC that can be labelled as ‘An Intellectual Capital-Based View of the Firm Competition’. This framework tries to highlight the strategic role of different intangible assets like talented and committed workers, cultural values, or long-term relationships among the firm and its stakeholders – customers, allies, suppliers and society in general – in gaining and sustaining competitive advantages, being the management of IC a key issue in the management agenda. K1 state of the art K1 relational capital K1 Human Capital K1 Knowledge management K1 intellectual capital DO 10.1007/s10551-010-0644-5