Recently, some empirical research has been focused on identifying IC components and some models of IC reporting have been developed and used in companies (see i.e. Edvinsson, 1997; Sveiby, 1998; Johanson et al., 2000). These models are internally focused. A few companies report in a structured way on IC externally, among which the company Skandia AFS, which published an annual report on IC for the first time over the year 1993. The International Accounting Standards Committee has developed a new accounting standard on intangible assets, which standard IAS 38 was approved in 1998. Although the IAS 38 provides for the disclosure of some IC elements in the annual report, most of the IC resources stiller main undisclosed.