"Hi Jay,
This is a fundamental question indeed. I wrote a short paper to answer this question few years ago, titled
What is Intellectual Capital? And why it should be measured?.
Let me know if it answers the question."
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A proxy indicator for the Intellectual Capital of Nations
Started this discussion. Last reply by Abhijit Talukdar Aug 8, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
After reading the paper on "Intellectual Capital of Nations" by Prof. Leif Edvinsson and Prof. Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, I was impressed that the two Professors had managed to rank nations on their…Continue
The power of innovation
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mary Adams Oct 20, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Forbes magazine regularly publishes the list of the most innovative companies in the world. If you read this list every year, two facts will readily emerge - firstly most companies in the list never…Continue
Tags: Innovation
Using IC to beat the Nifty hands down
Started this discussion. Last reply by Abhijit Talukdar Jun 10, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
IC practitioners have produced tomes of literature in the past two decades, yet IC has failed to to catch the attention of the average man on the street or the average investor.…Continue
Tags: promotion, Capital, Intellectual, Nifty
Taking IC to the mainstream
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mary Adams May 9, 2011. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Intellectual Capital as a subject has been around for more than 20 years. Yet its widespread adoption in the mainstream business continuity remains a hope. In the blog post…Continue
Tags: adoption, valuation, mainstream, Capital, Intellectual
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Abhijit Talukdar replied to Jay Deragon's discussion Why should companies measure their intangibles?Abhijit Talukdar replied to William Miller's discussion Innovation requires creating new Intangible Capital"William, what you are saying makes sense. If there is a paper that compares the linear model of innovation to the 4G model that you can share here, it will help my understanding further."
Abhijit Talukdar posted a status"I have added the ICKC badge to the About Us page of my website at http://ning.it/TsnDzg. Have you?"
Abhijit Talukdar replied to William Miller's discussion Innovation requires creating new Intangible Capital"The attached HBS paper is a bit long, but a very interesting read!
Thanks for sharing it, William."
Abhijit Talukdar commented on Jay Deragon's blog post The Risk Of Intangibles Is Not Knowing"Jay - I want to make two points in response to this very topical discussion.
First, I summed the Intellectual Capital of all the top 70 odd US businesses followed by icTracker as well as their NetWorth. The ratio for the Sep 2012 qtr came in at 75%.…"
Abhijit Talukdar posted a status"Check out icTopTen - the top ten list of firms in the US and India by various IC parameters. http://ning.it/Rl9iQf"
Abhijit Talukdar posted a status"icTracker today launched the IC analysis for top US stocks, including the Dow Jones stocks. http://ning.it/OWIlH8 Feedback is welcome."
Abhijit Talukdar replied to Muhammad Khalique's discussion PhD in Intellectual Capital has Completed"Congratulations Dr Khalique!
Is there any aspect of your research that you can share on this forum for the benefit of all members?
Regards
Abhijit Talukdar"
Abhijit Talukdar replied to Peter Spence's discussion Outsourcing without collaboration – Potential for leakage of intangible capital?"Hi Peter,
I think not, as I have outlined also by way of examples in the discussion on Convergence of Human and Relational Capital some time ago. Let me clarify my position once more by way of a theoretical…"
Abhijit Talukdar replied to Abhijit Talukdar's discussion A proxy indicator for the Intellectual Capital of Nations"Prof. Carol Yeh-Yun Lin has been kind enough to find the time to read this blogpost and respond to it. Her comments can be read here."
Abhijit Talukdar replied to Waltraut Ritter's discussion Article on "intangibles" in a mainstream economic newspaper in India"Hi Waltraut,
This is a very concise and informative article on the treatment of Intangibles by accountants. Thanks for sharing this link!
- Abhijit Talukdar"
Abhijit Talukdar replied to Peter Spence's discussion Outsourcing without collaboration – Potential for leakage of intangible capital?"HI Peter,
As to your question whether outsourcing results in a depletion of the Intellectual Capital of the firm, I tend to believe that the answer is NO, as I noted in this blogpost some time back.
Best,
Abhijit Talukdar"
Abhijit Talukdar posted a discussionA proxy indicator for the Intellectual Capital of Nations
After reading the paper on "Intellectual Capital of Nations" by Prof. Leif Edvinsson and Prof. Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, I was impressed that the two Professors had managed to rank nations on their accumulated Intellectual Capital by a detailed study of their publicly available indicators. What intrigued me however was why this study had not been taken forward by others since 2005. Surely an annual ranking of the Intellectual Capital of nations can be very important for multiple target audiences.In…See More
ICountantMary Adams replied to Abhijit Talukdar's discussion The power of innovation
"Abhijit - I agree with your thinking although Lifestyle makes it sound like you are only talking about consumer product innovation. There are lots of other places where innovation happens and improves the quality of B2B.
What's…"
Abhijit Talukdar posted a discussionThe power of innovation
Forbes magazine regularly publishes the list of the most innovative companies in the world. If you read this list every year, two facts will readily emerge - firstly most companies in the list never get off it and secondly all of these companies are household names. This implies that all of these companies have continuously innovated their way to success! As Intellectual Capital practitioners this is an important pattern for us to realize and recognize. My post titled…See More
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- What is your interest in smarter companies?
- I am a IC professional - offering IC Discovery, Measurement, Reporting and Valuation services.
- For you, what is the definition of intangible capital?
- Intellectual Capital (for a business) is the aggregate of those intangible assets that give it a competetive edge in the marketplace.
- How do intangibles relate to your work?
- I am fixated on the idea of valuing the Intellectual Capital of businesses in monetary terms. This I believe, is the one lacuna in our current scheme of things. I have developed the icTracker software (www.attainix.com/ictracker.aspx) explictly for this purpose. At present, this software values the Intellectual Capital of Indian businesses, but I have plans to extend it to International businesses in the future.
- Where can we learn more about you on the web? (LinkedIn, Facebook, Website (you can add more later on your profile page)
- http://www.attainix.com
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- At 8:40am on April 26, 2011,
ICountantMary Adams said… Just read your paper "What is IC and why it should be measured." Excellent job. I especially like the cash flow diagram and your statement:
...tangible asets can be acquired by just about any business...however, intangible assets have to be cultivated, nourished and nurtured
I hope that you will be able to participate in our IC Practitioners call on June 14.
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