“…Therefore, IC is seen as a factor able to promote innovation (Chen, Vanhaverbeke, & Du, ; Delgado‐Verde, Navas‐Lopez, Cruz‐Gonzalez, & Amores‐Salvado, ; Kianto, Ritala, Vanhala, & Hussinki, ; Obeidat, Tarhini, Masa'deh, & Aqqad, ) to increase company value (Buenechea‐Elberdin, Saenz, & Kianto, ; Dumay, ) and to improve social and economic performance (Bontis, Ciambotti, Palazzi, & Sgrò, ), but its functionality differs depending on the industry sector, the reference context, and the management philosophy (Bontis, Keow, & Richardson, ; Dumay & Garanina, ). This means that IC differently influences the firm performance according to the specific corporate characteristics.…”