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In the 21st Century, firms came to face the existential threat of competition brought about by globalization. Against this background, the firms realized that a quality management structure was a must for a robust capital structure, as well as forining their existence. As more and more firms came to realize that a robust capital structure could be possible in compliance with the principles of fairness, transparency, accountability and responsibility within the framework of their management philosophy, Corporate Governance came to the forefront as a leading concept. The leading gains from compliance with Corporate Governance Principles are increased management quality, decreased capital costs, and enhanced financial opportunities and liquidity. These help firms to weather crises better. The purpose of the study is to assess whether the Corporate Governance Index in place contributes to the Intellectual Capital, of the companies operating in developing countries. For this purpose, the analysis was carried out on the basis of the finances of Turkish firms who employ the Corporate Governance Index (www.imf.org, 2016) to reveal if their Intellectual Capital were affected in such a leading emerging economy. The analysis also serves to show how international firms’ interest in Corporate Governance shapes their Intellectual Capital. The Calculated Intangible Value Method used in the study was developed out of the need to come up with an asset the information-based enterprises can put up as collateral before the banks. (Rodov & Leliaert, 2000)For such information-focused entities without substantial physical assets, presentation of assets to serve as collateral is quite a significant problem. The method defines the difference between the market value and the book value of the firm as the 'surplus value', and assumes that the market value reflects not only physical assets but also a component that can be associated within tangible assets as well.The actual contribution of the method is to calculate the value of the firm’s intangible assets which account for the surplus value. The value of the intangible assets can be defined as the company’s ability to perform better than an average competitor endowed with comparable tangible assets, in terms of overall profitability. (Nejati & Pirayseh, 2015)The method was developed and implemented for the first time by an American firm, NIC, and is sometimes called the NIC method. (Jin, Edvinnson , Chen, & Beding, 2014)The method establishes the value of a company's intellectual assets through a 7-step procedure. Findings Initially, the financial statements of 39 firms the shares of which are traded at BIST (IstanbulStock Exchange), and 4 non-public firms, which have implemented Corporate Governance Index in Turkey regularly since 2007 among these, were used as data. However, in cases where the 'earning ratio of the business' is below the 'average earning ratio of the industry', the Calculated Intangible Value Method can not be used. 10 firms were excluded from calculations on these grounds. In other words, even though the analyzes began with a total of 43 companies, in the end, Intellectual Capital figures of only 29 companies could be calculated. Conclusion 51.72% of the companies included in the analysis saw positive changes in their Intellectual Capital figures through the implementation of the Corporate Governance Index. On the other hand, 44.82% saw falls in their Intellectual Capital figures after the implementation of the Corporate Governance Index. Only 3.46% of all firms saw no change.The results of the test are found in the "t Stat", "t Critical", and "P" values. The p-value for a one-tailed test is 0.004261645, and the p-value for a two-tailed test is 0.008523291. Our decision rule for the p-value would be, "reject H0 if p-value is less than 0.05. Thus, we would reject H0 using the p-value decision rule. In a nutshell, more than half of the companies that implemented the requirements of the Corporate Governance Index without interruption since 2007 saw a significant increase of Intellectual Capital. This proves that the Corporate Governance Index is crucial in terms of enhancing not only the governance structures of the firms but also the institutional memory and structural capital.Therefore, the firms should place greater emphasis on the application of the Corporate Governance Principles should they seek the ability to adapt to globalization, to stand financial crises, and to increase market share.

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