Boosting Bank Productivity: How Intellectual Capital Plays a Role

In today's economy, firms' success isn't just about owning buildings or having lots of money. It's also about having smart ideas and skills that others can't copy. Banks, being smart businesses, are looking into something called 'intellectual capital' to improve their productivity. This study checked out 73 Indian banks over 12 years (2006-2017) to see if investing in this capital helps.Intellectual capital includes things like employee skills, customer relationships, and innovative processes. The study found that while some parts of this capital did help banks be more productive, others didn't make much difference. For instance, better-skilled employees and strong customer ties seemed to boost how well banks used their assets and how much work employees got done. But other aspects, like having innovative processes, didn't show a clear impact. This isn't surprising. Training employees takes time and money, but it's worth it if it means they can do their jobs better. Happy customers also mean more business. However, being innovative isn't easy to measure, and it might take longer to show results.