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Economics Catch Up on Ignored Value of Research and Knowledge, Trillions in Shadow Capital

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For you, what is the definition of intangible capital?: Human + Relationship + Structural + Strategic Capital

How do intangibles relate to your work?: We empower consultants with tools, training and continuous learning to help them build smarter companies that optimize the return on the intangible capital that drives 80% of corporate value in companies today.

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Community Update May 23: Which Intangible Is More Important?

Once someone understands how intangibles influence results they are likely to ask "which intangible influences my results most?" Any good consultant would answer "it depends". What Does It Depend On? Which…See More

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Economics Catch Up on Ignored Value of Research and Knowledge, Trillions in Shadow Capital

From Science World Report: : Economic growth and the current GDP are actually higher than the usual statistics show, because intangibles such as knowledge and research are not accounted for!Investing in intangibles such as knowledge, research, development, education, innovation and information technology is very important for…See More

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Community Update May 16th: Speaking a Common Language

UpdatesSpeaking a Common Language Sometimes when we talk about intangible capital we feel that people think we are speaking in a foreign language. We use terms that are different from what has been taught in our colleges, our businesses and in the marketplace. Intangible capital does have its own language. We speak about human capital, strategic capital, structural capital and relationship capital while most of the market has no reference to what exactly these terms mean. For the next…See More

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Smarter Companies ICounts Inventory & Graph Report

In April 2013 we solicited community members to help us complete an assessment of Smarter-Companies' intangible capital. We have complied an inventory and the results in this ICounts Graph Report.By providing everyone with this report we hope to demonstrate the value of our ICounts methodology, the visualization of intangibles and the stakeholder rating of performance of each element of intangible capital. You'll see that the report also includes a Canvas explaining our IC business model. …See More

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Hisham Khayat commented on smarter-companies's blog post Smarter-Companies Announces Certification of First ICountants

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"Carlos - One of the challenges when talking about IC in M&A is that people always say there isn't enough time to think about these new things when they are in the middle of a deal--even though a failed deal carries huge costs. The trick is…"

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ICountantCarlos Leyva replied to smarter-companies's discussion Managing Intangible Capital in M&A

"Synergies are usually overvalued by managers when M&As occur, maybe a better understanding of the Intangible Capital will help them to diminish their risks on M&A activities. "

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May 9th Community Update: Disruption!

Intangibles and DisruptionSixteen years ago, Clayton Christensen laid out his theory of 'disruption' in the book The Innovator's Dilemma. From steel mills to floppy disk drives, he saw innovation led by small players designing deceptively simple products that eventually superseded the market leaders. The book became a…See More

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Hi Guys, When I saw there was a posting on a newly published Human Capital Handbook I thought "Wow! The world is paying attention after all!" I was thinking, of course, that the post referred to: The… is the most popular blog post to date

Hi Guys, When I saw there was a posting on a newly published Human Capital Handbook I thought "Wow! The world is paying attention after all!" I was thinking, of course, that the post referred to: The…

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Managing Intangible Capital in M&A

From a new report from the Hay Group:Veterans of M&As know that in today’s complex business environment, M&As are less about companies and their physical resources and more about intangible capital: brand, human capital, leadership, organizational structures, and many others. At Hay Group we know from years of helping clients successfully handle both pre- and post-deal transaction work that this asset class is vital to M&A success.Yet most acquirers have very little understanding of…See More

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Is your coffee shop a digital monastery? The rise of intangibles

From Praag.org, a journal of cultural studies Sixteen years ago, Clayton Christensen laid out his theory of ‘disruption’ in the book The Innovator’s Dilemma. From steel mills to floppy disk drives, he saw innovation led by small players trying, failing, trying again and eventually creating products that superseded the market leaders. The book became a bible of Silicon…See More

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