Intangible management : tools for solving the accounting and management crisis /
For the recorded history of management, the world has managed value creation according to what can be seen, touched and proven. In today's knowledge-based economy, value creation is derived primarily from how well firms manage intangibles (knowledge, service, expectations, response time, innova...
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Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
Publication Dates: | 2002. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126633511 |
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For the recorded history of management, the world has managed value creation according to what can be seen, touched and proven. In today's knowledge-based economy, value creation is derived primarily from how well firms manage intangibles (knowledge, service, expectations, response time, innovation, change management, etc). The large capital outlays that signified the manufacturing economy are no longer required. In fact, such 'tangibles' now explain less than 20% of the value of most publicly listed firms. For example, Time Warner has only 6.49% of its value attributable to tangibles. As su |
Item Description: | Includes index. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxii, 261 pages) : illustrations |
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9780126633511 0126633517 9780080508863 0080508863 |
Index Number: | HD53 |
CLC: | F275 |
Contents: | Introduction -- The Failings of Conventional Management -- What Knowledge Managers Need to Know -- Intangible Operating Structures -- The Asset vs. Expense Debate -- Intangible Bookkeeping and Intangible Accounting -- Intangible Bookkeeping -- Foundations of Intangible Management -- Intangible Cost Management -- Emotion and Time Studies -- Identifying Non-Productive Time -- Knowledge Application Costs -- Intangible Information Management -- IIS21001 Knowledge Reengineering Standard -- Examples of IIS21001 Knowledge Reengineering -- Intangible Cost Structures -- The Traditional Economic Appro |