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The executive who led the team, the first-ever director of Intellectual Capital, was Leif Edvinsson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eNow Edvinsson has teamed up with noted business author Michael S. Malone to write the first book that explains the workings of IC measurement and its usefulness to the modern corporation. Intellectual Capital is also the first book ever to present a universal IC measurement and reporting system.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eAnd that's only the beginning. The authors also show how IC measurement can be used in any organization, including government agencies and nonprofit institutions; they present a simple new measure as a yardstick to compare the IC value and efficiency of different organizations; and finally, they propose a new kind of IC \"stock market\" exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eIntellectual Capital will transform the nature of doing business by establishing the real value of enterprises for those who manage them, work in them, and invest in them. 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Forget Technicolor, grey matter matters. \"   Kjell A Nordström and Jonas Ridderstrale, authors of Funky Business          It is wise to have some idea of where you are going.     In the knowledge economy it's equally important to be prepared to change direction at a moment's notice.       In business, we too often know all about our latest financial position without having any idea of our real or potential position.  Do you know where you're going in the knowledge economomy?     Where do we register the resignation of a key person?  Where do we register the loss of a key customer? or the success of a key project? The measures by which we all manage only give us half an understanding of where we are or where we're going.   In 1675, King Charles II of England set up the Royal Observatory, tasked with finding a method of accurately determining longitude at sea.   A similar challenge currently faces the business world.           Modern corporations habitually calibrate along a single measure: a financial one. This is corporate latitude. The trouble is that it only gives part of the picture, only half of the co-ordinates required to know their precise location and to map out the route to their destination. Without a practicable method for measuring corporate longitude - a measurement for intellectual capital - companies are unable to locate their true position or chart a meaningful course.         Intellectual capital is a combination of human capital - the brains, skills, insights and potential of those in an organisation - and structured capital - wrapped up in customers, processes, databases, brands and systems. It is the only meaningful way to gauge the potential energy of a company.          Corporate Longitude provides a way to measure these intangibles as well as the financial facts, and to navigate accurately through the turbulent waters of business.          With the rise of the knowldge economy, the search for corporate longitude is on.  The the founding guru of intellectual capital knows where to find it, and here provdes a compass for the entrepreneurial knowledge leader.  Find out how intelligent enterprising will set apart the new navigators of knowldge markets.          \"Our journey in Corporate Longitude has a number of important markers. The first is that I believe there is a new commercial reality -- knowledge economics -- which transforms the concept of value and of value creation. Intangibles, such as intelligence, brands, trust and networks, are the driving force of knowledge economics.          The rise of knowledge economics highlights a mismatch between current financial reporting systems and intellectual assets – these I see as akin to corporate latitude and corporate longitude. One without the other gets us nowhere.\"   Leif Edvinsson","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52094944542993,"sku":"GOR002683134","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780273656272.jpg?v=1757001191"},{"product_id":"aktivposten-wissenskapital-book-leif-edvinsson-9783322822734","title":"Aktivposten Wissenskapital","description":"Zwischen Markt- und Buchwert eines Unternehmens klafft eine L cke. Die herk mmlichen Grunds tze der Unternehmensbewertung reichen nicht mehr aus, den wahren Wert eines Unternehmens zu ermitteln, da dieser mittlerweile bis zu 90 Prozent aus immateriellem Verm gen besteht. Das Wissenspotential der Mitarbeiter, die Qualit t der Kundenbeziehungen, das organisatorische Wissen und die Innovationsf higkeit sind das Intellectual Capital eines Unternehmens: sein Wissenskapital. Leif Edvinsson ist der erste Corporate Director Intellectual Capital beim schwedischen Finanzdienstleister Skandia, der eine Vorreiterrolle in der Darstellung der verborgenen Unternehmenswerte inne hat. Edvinsson entwickelte ein System, das Finanzparameter in Relation setzt zu Organisationsstruktur, Prozessdenken und Innovationsbereitschaft. Das Buch zeigt einerseits die Ergebnisse der praktischen Umsetzung in namhaften Unternehmen, wobei einerseits deutlich wird, dass der Einsatz des Konzeptes zu intensiveren Kundenbeziehungen und zur Erh hung des Kundenkapitals f hrt. 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It further analyzes experiences from a variety of pioneering companies and institutions around the globe in measuring intellectual capital, including case studies from educational and research institutions, and provides crucial transnational comparisons. 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