The Impact of Intellectual Capital on GCC Banking Industry Performance

The GCC banking industry witnessed a moderate low performance over the period 2015-2019, which is attributed to the sharp declining of global oil prices. This study aims to investigate the impact of intellectual capital components that human capital and structural capital on the GCC banking industry performance. The research is based on secondary data collected from Thomson Reuters data base, which covers 168 quarterly data basis span from 2013 to 2019. The panel data estimation is used to test the potential contribution of intellectual capital on the GCC banking industry performance. The result obtained confirmed a significant and positive impact of structural capital on the GCC banking industry performance. It recommends that the GCC banking industry needs to promote the adoption of intellectual capital to cope the latest global development in banking industry.