A study on the relationship between intellectual capital, earning per share and income growth: A case study of Tehran Stock Exchange

The primary aim of this survey is to study the relationship between intellectual capital, earning per share and income growth for a case study of Tehran Stock Exchange in Iran. There are 120 companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange and, using a simple sampling technique, we choose 50 firms, randomly. The results of this survey indicate that the components of intellectual capital including human capital, customer capital, and structural capital have significantly positive relationship with the earning per share of the companies over the period of 2005- 2010. The results also indicate that the components of intellectual capital including human capital, customer capital, and structural capital are positively associated with the income growth of the companies for the period from 2005 to 2010.