Intellectual Capital Management in Egypt’s National Centre for Educational Research and Development (NCERD): A case study

Abstract

With the challenges presented by the knowledge economy, research centers play an increased role in the creation and dissemination of new knowledge that is crucial for informing policy and practice in different fields.Therefore, importance should be given to evaluating and developing these research centers" practices for managing their resources especially the intangible ones-commonly known as Intellectual capital (IC).The significant role of effective (IC) management in building organizational capacities for improvement, especially for knowledge-intensive organizations, is well documented. However, studies that have been done to investigate the IC management practices in research centers, especially in developing countries, are rare and not found in the field of education. Hence, this study seeks to bridge this research gap by investigating IC management practices within the National Center for Educational Research and Development (NCERD) in Egypt.The study also aims to propose some operational recommendations that could promote more effective IC management in the NCERD whereby improving its performance .The paper adopts case study as a qualitative research method.Triangulation of data drawn from multiple sources of evidence are used, namely document analysis, participant observation, and interviews with a sample of the researchers working in the Center. A deductive coding approach to data analysis