在知識經濟時代下，企業競爭優勢之來源不再是有形資產，而是企業內部的制度、人力資源、創新等無形資產，即為智慧資本，因此外部資訊使用者所關心的不再只是企業所擁有的有形資產，更包括企業所擁有的智慧資本，但現行會計報表仍偏重衡量與報導有形資產之部分，逐漸喪失正確傳達企業價值之功能，遂興起改革之聲。 目前國內外許多會計學者已積極探討企業價值之來源—智慧資本，希望藉由正確釐清智慧資本之本質，以制訂切合時宜之會計制度，以助企業內部管理其智慧資本，並適切地對外進行智慧資本外部報導，提供有助於外部資訊使用者決策之資訊。智慧資本外部報導之內容應為何呢？為目前學術界積極探討的主題之一，已有多篇相關的學術文章發表，但其多為大原則及大方向之探索性研究，對於智慧資本報導所應包含內容未有較多具體著墨；故本研究以使用者觀點為依據，希望藉由探討外部資訊使用者認為企業報導哪些智慧資本項目有助於其評價企業，以作為企業智慧資本外部報導之參考依據。 本研究利用問卷調查直接蒐集外部資訊使用者與企業之看法，再經由多種統計分析後，發現以下結果： 一、影響外部資訊使用者對企業評價的重要智慧資本有「研發及產品化能力」、「增加客戶購買意願之能力」、「完善的人力資源管理」、「提昇銷售多樣產品之能力」、「拓展新客戶之能力」、「經營團隊品質」、「風險評估與管理能力」、「員工專業能力」等八個因素構面。 二、影響外部資訊使用者對企業評價的智慧資本項目會因產業不同而有所不同。 三、不論是資訊電子業或金融服務業，企業認為影響其評價之智慧資本項目與外部資訊使用者之看法有所差異。 / Intellectual capital — the brain of a company’s employees, their know-how, the processes and customer knowledge that they create — is the new source of competitive advantage in the information age. The source of corporate competitive advantage is no longer the tangible assets of companies. The users of external business reports do not only need information of tangible assets of the firm, but also the details of intellectual capital a firm owns. Our conventional reporting framework only highlights the measurement and reporting of tangible assets. Consequently, the current financial statements do not capture or communicate the true value of the company. Increasing number of users have been issuing calls for the reform of the traditional financial reporting and disclosure requirements to meet the growing need for information on intellectual capital. Numerous papers have been issued on intellectual capital. The scholars have covered such areas as the definition of intellectual capital, the measurement of intellectual capital, and the reform of the conventional reporting framework. What should the corporate intellectual capital report contain? This study seeks to determine what type of intellectual capital information users will need to value firms correctly. We used questionnaire to obtain data from users and firms directly and applied statistics analysis to the data. We found that: 1、Intellectual capital details which can assist users in valuing firms are: the ability on R&D and production, the ability to increase consumer spending, the ability of human resource management, the ability to sell different kinds of products, the ability to increase the number of clients, the quality of managers, the ability to assess and control risk, and the professional skills of employees. 2、Intellectual capital details which affect users valuation of firms are different for each industry. 3、Different Intellectual capital information is used in valuing the firm by the inside and outside users of financial statements.