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Intangible Capital
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
“Intangible Capital: Putting Knowledge to Work in the 21st Century Organization” is for every manager struggling to succeed and innovate in today’s knowledge-based economy. This must-have handbook takes the ten basic building blocks of traditional, industrial-era businesses and defines their knowledge-era equivalents—intangibles as the new raw material, intangible capital (IC) as the new factory, IC assessment as the new balance sheet, and networks as the new organization chart—providing ready-to-implement ideas for managers adapting to the realities of business today.
Title: Intangible Capital: Putting Knowledge to Work in the 21st Century Organization
Authors: Mary Adams is a 1982 Thunderbird graduate. After graduating, she worked for four years in the Dominican Republic, first at a graduate school funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and then at Citicorp. She worked in finance for close to 15 years and, in 1999, started a consulting firm. This book reflects the work the firm has been doing to help companies adapt and optimize for the global knowledge economy. She met her husband and co-author, Michael Oleksak, while working in the Dominican Republic.
Publisher: Praeger (May 1, 2010)
ISBN: 978-0313380747
Price: $34.95
Description: Hardcover, 184 pages
Information: www.intangiblecapitalbook.com
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