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  Knowledge King - Capital (economics)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For example, investment in skills and education can be viewed as building up human capital (or in more detailed analyses, building up individual capital using instructional capital, recognizing that both the individual and the instruction may benefit from the interaction).
Instructional capital which is adequately-tested knowledge that persons and communities and software executes to predict/create or avoid futures that they consider desirable, or not.
However, this increasingly distinguishes means of capital investment, and collection of potential rewards for patent (imitative or instructional capital), copyright (creative or individual capital), and trademark (social trust or social capital) instruments.
www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/c/ca/capital__economics_.html   (1123 words)

  
 Capital (economics) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On the other hand, (Click link for more info and facts about constant capital) constant capital refers to investment in non-human factors of production, such as plant and machinery, which Marx takes to contribute only its own replacement value to the commodities it is used to produce.
In general, intellectual capital is that which produces new " intellectual property rights", and that in turn is "whatever one can get paid (Click link for more info and facts about royalties) royalties for".
Such terms reflect a wide (Agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole) consensus that nature and society both function in such a similar manner as traditional industrial infrastructural capital, that it is entirely appropriate to refer to them as different types of capital in themselves.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/capital_(economics).htm   (1327 words)

  
 destinationKM.com: Calculating Knowledge Capital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Knowledge capital can be calculated because it reveals itself as the most important contributory influence in explaining how a firm earns its profits.
The allocation of the respective contributions of knowledge capital and financial capital to profits can be made if one recognizes that financial capital is now a commodity--readily available at a price that reflects the interest rate that a firm pays for its borrowings.
By filtering out the contributions of financial capital from the reported profits, we are left with a residual that is entirely attributable to what knowledge capital has actually delivered.
www.destinationkm.com /articles/default.asp?ArticleID=782   (780 words)

  
 Knowledge Capital
As we transition from the industrial to the knowledge society, effective use of knowledge is becoming one of the important distinguishing factors between leading companies and also-rans.
Figure 1 - Worldwide Knowledge Management Services Spending 2000-2005 ($B) Although currently the United States is the major market for KM services, by 2005 it will only account for 48% as corporations around the world seek to make better use of their knowledge.
A critical component of the success of knowledge management is the organization's ability to apply this knowledge to generate new knowledge," according to Knowledge Management: The Backbone to Success in the 21st Century, IDC #CA004BIH, January 2001.
www.providersedge.com /kma/km_overview_knowledge_capital.htm   (540 words)

  
 Learn more about Procedural knowledge in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Know-how is different from other kinds of knowledge such as propositional knowledge in that it can be directly applied to a task.
One limitation of procedural knowledge is its job-dependence; thus it tends to be less general than propositional knowledge.
One advantage of procedural knowledge is that it can involve more senses, such as hands-on experience, practice at solving problems, understanding of the limitations of a specific solution, etc. Thus know-how can frequently eclipse theory.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /p/pr/procedural_knowledge.html   (314 words)

  
 The Knowledge Capital Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Knowledge Capital Project is a global non-profit venture that enables qualified adults to obtain discounted loans to use towards one of our vocational re-training programs.
The Knowledge Capital Project is committed to operating under the highest of standards and will ensure its beneficiaries access the highest quality training and educational programs.
The Knowledge Capital Project is also actively seeking other corporate partners to assist in its goal of bringing skills to those seeking jobs.
www.k-capital.com   (621 words)

  
 Artemis Media - professional, accessible, effective web design in Cumbria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Knowledge capital is not simply information it is more than that; to simplify the matter it might help if we explain what we mean by knowledge.
The phrase that knowledge is power has never been truer for those who have particular aspects of knowledge deemed important to the survival and profitability of a company.
Knowledge is needed at the level at which it is to be utilised effectively by all who require access.
www.artemis-media.com /34.html   (902 words)

  
 Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital
Knowledge and the management of knowledge appear to be regarded as increasingly important features for organisational survival.
Currency is explored using a managerial knowledge portfolio that identifies the knowledge to be managed in the critical areas of managerial focus, strategy, operational processes and change management.
Intellectual capital is implicated in recent economic, managerial, technological, and sociological developments in a manner previously unknown and largely unforeseen.
www.apmforum.com /emerald/knowledge-management-3.htm   (3930 words)

  
 Knowledge as Capital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The high potential return of leveraging the knowledge capital of an organization has led to company valuations that far exceed what used to be accepted as standard.
This new capital is walking around your company, is hidden in file drawers, and surfaces in conversations with clients and suppliers.
Understanding where the knowledge is in your company is one of the first steps in leveraging it for profitability and growth.
content1.skillsoft.com /content/cm/KNOW0102000000/summary.htm   (308 words)

  
 Knowledge Capital Assessment
The ratio of Knowledge Capital to Financial Capital for a group of look-alike firms is a telling indicator of the potential future gains in the market valuation of the firm.
Knowledge Capital is created when information management costs generate effects that are longer-lasting than an annual operating expenses.
The value of Knowledge Capital per Employee may give support to the frequent assertion that "employees are our most important asset." It is desirable that the Knowledge Capital per Employee is a large multiple of average employee salaries and wages.
www.strassmann.com /consulting/kc-assessment.html   (244 words)

  
 The Value of Knowledge Capital
If knowledge happens to be necessary for labor to make better uses of capital, that becomes the justification for a higher wage rate for labor.
It seems to me that if companies were allowed to record their Knowledge Capital in the valuation of their shareholder equity as a matter of accounting routine, many of the inconsistencies that currently show up in accounting and tax treatment of company valuation would vanish.
When knowledgeable employees leave, they are written off as having no value, even though during their years of employment the corporation paid for all of the knowledge they acquired on the job.
www.strassmann.com /pubs/valuekc   (4038 words)

  
 Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Knowledge Management), The definition offered is in translation: A way of seeing the world and the organisation, thus an understanding of KM as a perspective on organisation theory inspired by epistemology.
People actively using "Knowledge Management" seem to fall into two "tracks" depending on their understanding of what "knowledge" is: as a dynamic process or as a static object.
Depending on how they understand what knowledge is and their aims both IC and KM actors thus emphasise either the static or the dynamic properties of knowledge.
www.sveiby.com /articles/IntellectualCapital.html   (847 words)

  
 Savitr - Knowledge
To this end, Savitr has consciously identified the various sources of knowledge within the organization and has evolved processes to streamline and build over the base to transform these sources into powerhouses that drive this organization.
Intellectual property relates directly to the knowledge of an organization which translates to its mode of operation, processes and competencies.
At Savitr, our knowledge capital is built on the pillars of innovation, technology leadership, domain competence and service delivery methods.
www.savitr.com /v1/knowledge/index.php   (229 words)

  
 IPL Kidspace: Stately Knowledge
Test your stately knowledge of the state capitals.
It's pretty simple to play: just type in the name of each state's capital where it says "enter your answer", then press the enter button to see if you are right.
Make sure the first letter of the name is capitalized.
www.ipl.org /youth/stateknow/capitalgame.html   (95 words)

  
 Measuring knowledge capital: March 05, 2001 issue of New Thinking
The classic way knowledge capital was created and transferred within an industrial economy was through apprenticeship models.
However, the apprenticeship model for the transfer of knowledge has been in decline for the last thirty years, due to globalization, downsizing, outsourcing and the development of ‘virtual corporations’.
The result is that while knowledge capital is more important than ever for the success of a modern organization, the old models for creating and passing on knowledge have been in severe decline.
www.gerrymcgovern.com /nt/2001/nt_2001_03_05_knowledge_capital.htm   (667 words)

  
 Knowledge Management - Management - Management Portal
Knowledge is a threefold process of cognition, communication, and co-operation.
In our paper we investigate the definition and practice of knowledge management as perceived by middle and senior managers in corporations which have been deeply involved in explicit systematic attempts to manage their information and knowledge, and by consultants associated with such projects.
Knowledge Management (KM) is widely accepted as valuable means for organizations to enhance intellectual capital, encourage innovation and optimize performance.
www.themanager.org /Knowledgebase/Management/Knowledge.htm   (2106 words)

  
 Valuing Knowledge capital
Valuing knowledge capital like patents, RandD, and human capital may not be easy.
A corporate balance sheet, prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles, does a reasonable job informing about the physical assets and financial capital employed by a company.
But when it comes to the increasingly important knowledge capital and/or intangible assets of corporate enterprises, it provides next to no insight.
www.valuebasedmanagement.net /articles_osterland_knowledge.html   (217 words)

  
 KM Advantage Home
Knowledge has been and continues to be the key to success and competitive advantage for every organization.
Effectively managing the processes of actively disseminating and of actively applying knowledge to making an organization successful is Knowledge Management (KM).
Competitive advantage is achieved through developing and implementing both creative and timely business solutions that reuse applicable knowledge and that use newly created knowledge, which is commonly called innovation.
www.providersedge.com /kma   (258 words)

  
 CFO Europe
Moreover, because it is a stockmarket-based measure, the knowledge capital value fluctuates from moment to moment, in a manner not related to the underlying value of the assets.
To find a present value for knowledge capital, on which companies are ranked, the stream of future knowledge earnings is discounted at a rate commensurate with the average growth rate for three knowledge-rich industries—biotechnology, software and pharmaceuticals.
In the relation of knowledge capital to book value, CMG, the UK information and communications technology group, is far ahead of the competition—with a 42-to-1 ratio.
www.cfoeurope.com /200011a.html   (1815 words)

  
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Knowledge Management is more than a company executive writing a memo, the company purchasing groupware, managing a collection of explicit materials, applying a fragmented policy, and creating an intranet.
Knowledge Management students can use it as a suggested reading list: a reference tool to determine if the field offers a specific subject area within the scope of their interests or expertise.
Knowledge Management has also shown the flexibility to be applied in virtually every knowledge-related field from academia to business strategy- and decision-making to the sciences—both physical and social.
domin.dom.edu /faculty/SRIKANT/lis88001/kmbib.html   (11185 words)

  
 Knowledge Capital and Performance Heterogeneity: A Firm Level Innovation Study
This paper is an empirical analysis of knowledge capital and performance heterogeneity at the firm level.
Knowledge capital, defined as the ratio of innovation sales to total sales, is found to be a significant factor contributing to the performance heterogeneity among firms.
Fifth, when controlling for differences in innovation investments and human capital, knowledge intense firms are not more innovative than labor and capital intense firms.
ideas.repec.org /p/hhs/hastef/0387.html   (496 words)

  
 Measuring, Managing and Reporting Knowledge Capital
The increasing importance of knowledge capital for commercial and national performance is one of the most widely debated topics of economics today.
Advanced economies around the globe are struggling to find a solution to the intangible problem, and the first country to provide a breakthrough will be able to supply that solution to the rest of the world.
The criteria for measuring, managing and reporting knowledge capital in the information economy will be the topic of discussion at the GAP Congress on Knowledge Capital in November 2005 in Parliament House of Victoria.
www.globalaccesspartners.org /eventkc.htm   (712 words)

  
 Knowledge Management Research Center - Corporate intellectual capital - Knowledge Management Research Center - CIO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Knowledge management is an evolving broad umbrella of topics and viewpoints, here find major thoughts and trends.
From portals, to communities of practice, to knowledge bases, learn how organizations are incorporating knowledge management principles into their operations.
Find out what knowledge management is and how it can give your company a leg up on the competition.
www.cio.com /research/knowledge   (695 words)

  
 Rage & Hope: Apple-Cultural Capital & Official Knowledge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I believe that it presents another side of his brilliant mind as we strive to understand his views on the "commodification and privatization that education is currently facing."
Just as economic institutions are organized (and sometimes disorganized) so that particular classes and class fractions increase their share of economic capital, cultural institutions such as universities seem to do the same thing.
"The conception of cultural capital assumes that the fundamental role of educational institutions is the distribution of knowledge to students, some of whom are more able to acquire it because of cultural gifts that come naturally from their class or race or gender position."
www.perfectfit.org /CT/apple7.html   (293 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Knowledge and Social Capital: Foundations and Applications (Knowledge Reader): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Social capital - the informal networks, trust and common understanding among individuals in an organization - determines major competitive advantages in today's networked economy.
Knowledge and Social Capital explains how social capital can drive collaboration, reconcile an organization's internal and external labor markets, and improve organizational effectiveness.
Knowledge and Social Capital teaches core principles and important strategies to a range of executives, including organizational development specialists, corporate strategists, and knowledge management professionals.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0750672226?v=glance   (1077 words)

  
 Knowledge Capital
Human capital is the totality of human competence determined by...
Knowledge Capital and Performance Heterogeneity: A Firm Level...
Knowledge Capital Centre (MKCC), is one of the many programmes between the...
www.inknowvate.com /inKNOWvate/knowledge_capital.htm   (2173 words)

  
 FNF: KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL - INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL   2001-12-14
the critical scarce resource is knowledge and not capital.
knowledge is most valuable when it is controlled and used by those in the front
The role of storytelling and its relationship to knowledge through the ages.
www.hi.is /~joner/eaps/wh_kcapr.htm   (467 words)

  
 EconPapers: Knowledge Capital and Performance Heterogeneity: A Firm Level Innovation Study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Knowledge Capital and Performance Heterogeneity: A Firm Level Innovation Study
Abstract: This paper is an empirical analysis of knowledge capital and performance heterogeneity at the firm level.
Journal Article: Knowledge capital and performance heterogeneity:: A firm-level innovation study (2002)
econpapers.repec.org /paper/hhshastef/0387.htm   (386 words)

  
 Sveiby Knowledge Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management a comparison 1996, updated April 2001.
Building the Knowledge Economy Paper presented in Kuala Lumpur 1999 on the Knowledge Economy comparing the Singaporean and Australian Economies.
A Vision for the Knowledge Organisation in the Knowledge Era.
www.sveiby.com /library.html   (522 words)

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