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Contents Table of Figures xi Lists of Tables xii Foreword xv Preface xvii - Chapter One: Intellectual Capital: An Introduction 1 Knowledge: What is it and How is it? 14 Towards a phenomenology of the Knowledge Economy 22 New Forms of Organisational Resources 29 Intangible Assets 31 Intellectual Capital 45 Human Capital 63 Structural Capital 65 Information and Knowledge Assets 67 Conclusion 72 - Chapter Two: Intellectual Capital: Management and Development 81 Intellectual Capital Management: A definition 83 Knowledge Acquisition Vs. Knowledge Creation 90 Knowledge Management 95 Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital Management 100 Knowledge Management: Human Capital 104 Knowledge Manag...
Contents Table of Figures xi Lists of Tables xii Foreword xv Preface xvii Chapter One: Towards a phenomenology of the new business world 9 Businesses of the Post-industrial World 15 Doing Business in the Knowledge-Based Economy 17 The Service-oriented Economy 20 Mapping the Future: Higher Education and Business Technology in Iran 21 Chapter Two: Entrepreneurship policies and Dynamics of Innovation and Technology Systems 25 A Conceptual Framework for Entrepreneurship 26 Technological Entrepreneurship in Iran 36 Chapter Three: Writing a Business Plan: Step-by-Step Planning 41 The Basics of Writing a Business Plan 42 The Objectivity and Subjectivity of a Business Idea 43 The Principles of Writi...
“How does the management handle the important know-how capital? It is considerably more important to know what is invested in it in the form of education, research etc., than what is invested in office furniture. Nevertheless it is the latter that figures in the annual accounts.” —Karl-Erik Sveiby, The Invisible Balance Sheet[1] This was a critical juncture in the life of Intellectual Capital Management (ICM). Since the 1990s, the topic of intangibles has been the focus of attention for both academic researches and business practices. A significant amount of literature attempts to understand the nature of intangibles, to measure them, as well as to assess the value relevance of differe...
Over the past decade, knowledge assets and intellectual capital have been attracting an increasing amount of attention, not only from academics and CEOs, but also from national policy makers. To date, most studies of intellectual capital have focused at the organizational level, with an emphasis on explaining the role of “intangible assets” as a differentiator between accounting value and market value as a possible source of corporate competitive advantage. More recently, pioneers in the field, including the authors of this book, have begun to apply these methodologies to a broader scope, with the objective of comparing the intellectual capital indices at the national or regional level. ...
The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition A Penguin Classic Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the Shahnameh is among t...
With an increasing focus on the knowledge and service economies, it is important to understand the role that entrepreneurial universities play through collaboration in policy and, in turn, the impact they have on policy. The authors evaluate how universities engage with communities while also balancing stakeholder considerations, and explore how universities should be managed in the future to integrate into global society effectively.
Human Resource Management, Innovation and Performance investigates the relationship between HRM, innovation and performance. Taking a multi-level perspective the book reflects critically on contentious themes such as high performance work systems, organizational design options, cross-boundary working, leadership styles and learning at work.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, knowledge Management and Organisational Learning, in Bogota, Colombia, on 18-19 October 2011
(Published in Cooperation with the Laboratory for Student Success, Temple University)