Showing papers on "Intangible asset published in 1997"
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01 Apr 1997
TL;DR: In this paper, Sveiby assembles a veritable toolbox of knowledge-based management techniques to enable managers to meet the new business challenges of the coming century and offers practical advice and rules of thumb for designing a business strategy that focuses on knowledge as an intangible asset.
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This groundbreaking book offers practical advice and rules of thumb for designing a business strategy that focuses on knowledge as an intangible asset. In eight chapters, Sveiby assembles a veritable toolbox of knowledge-based management techniques to enable managers to meet the new business challenges of the coming century. 28 charts; 16 tables.
3,401 citations
TL;DR: The rise of knowledge management as a discipline, defined the relationship between knowledge management and traditional measures of firm performance like marketplace innovation, internal efficiency and profitability, describes some basic models for understanding how knowledge is created, embodied and distributed within organizations as discussed by the authors.
733 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the role of intangible assets in the core competencies of businesses and how these assets can be protected from losing value over time, and how to ensure their safety.
53 citations
TL;DR: This paper explains British Airways’ approach to innovation and examines the difficulty in assigning a specific measure to this intangible asset, and sets out ways in which innovation can produce improvements in business performance.
Abstract: Successful Knowledge Management programmes can demonstrate clearly defined links to the value proposition ‐ its bottom line being a contribution to business benefits. This is apparent at British Airways where a programme of external intelligence about information technology (IT) developments is being converted into useful IT applications. This paper explains British Airways’ approach to innovation and examines the difficulty in assigning a specific measure to this intangible asset. It also sets out ways in which innovation can produce improvements in business performance.
6 citations
01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: The nature of public policy intervention in the agri-food sector is changing dramatically as discussed by the authors, and Budgets are no longer growing to support direct governmental intervention in food system performance.
Abstract: The nature of public policy intervention in the agri-food sector is changing dramatically. Budgets are no longer growing to support direct governmental intervention in food system performance. This is most evident in the retreat by federal and sub-federal governments from farm subsidies and other programs (e.g., GATT/WTO).