“…Thus, IC becomes a strategic internal organizational resource to achieve a competitive advantage (Dar & Mishra, 2020) as well as increased competitiveness and financial growth (Benevene et al, 2021;Gross-Gołacka et al, 2020). Even though IC has become a rare, valuable, and irreplaceable organizational asset (Benevene et al, 2021), firms are more likely to gain a competitive advantage by investing in intangible assets (Gross-Gołacka et al, 2020;Sapta., Rustiarini, Kusuma, & Astakoni, 2021). If the company utilizes IC to its full advantage, it becomes a new resource to improve business performance (Khan et al, 2021;Papíková & Papík, 2022).…”