Relationship between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Hidden
Wealth over the period 2000‑2008: An International Study
pp259-270 In this paper we show that it is possible to measure
the development and management of knowledge in a country using
indicators of intellectual capital that consider non visible
assets not included in Gross Domestic Product. Using this idea,
we obtained a measure of the intellectual capital for 72
countries selected in accordance with the information available
for 2000, 2005 and 2008. These measures allows us to verify the
hypothesis that knowledge acts as a divergent factor of wealth,
that is, that rich countries are richer in knowledge and manage
it more efficiently than poor countries. Thus, in a global
economy, intellectual capital circulates in the opposite
direction to development, that is, from poor to rich countries.
In this sense, economic growth in developing countries displays
a stronger relationship with intellectual capital. We show how
national intellectual capital antic