The Power of Employee Appreciation Sep 5, 2009
Showing employees the appropriate recognition and appreciation is essential for retaining the talent and intellectual capital that each person brings to the business ... Showing employees the appropriate recognition and appreciation is essential for retaining the talent and intellectual capital that each person brings to the business. (Suite101.com)
A Paradigm shift in wealth creation in Ghana Sep 3, 2009
One fascinating fact which left most participants beside themselves with astonishment was the realization that what was in short supply in Ghana was not necessarily the monetary capital to start a business but the effective use of intellectual capital [critical thinking, analysis, and observational skills] in identifying opportunities, seizing them, and finding innovative ways of making these opportunities productive. Participants who were largely constituted of youths from all ends of Ghana... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Innovation must for companies: Barry F Cohen Sep 3, 2009
Whats necessary really is a combination of human and intellectual capital. We cant rely on financial institutions to paint the future. (India Times)
Index Awards honor innovative design Aug 30, 2009
org, a system that brings money and intellectual capital to the working poor, and Better Place, a clean-energy system for all-electric vehicles. Since its inception in 2005, the juried competition's large cash prizes for designs that improve life have attracted talent from energy and resource conservation-conscious regions like the Bay Area. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Humility and the Successful Startup Aug 29, 2009
The leverage available today is due to a new generation of knowledge-management tools, many of which are available online, that can help entrepreneurs maximize the intangible assets side of their balance sheet, such as knowledge, goodwill, know-how, and intellectual capital. The first step of the startup process is to find your big idea. (BusinessWeek)
UC protests Jewish sale Aug 27, 2009
UC s reputation and its standing as a magnet for intellectual capital, he said, could be impaired. Specialized services often needed by people who lack insurance were concentrated at University Hospital while profitable ones were built up at Jewish on the assumption that a dollar spent or earned at any Health Alliance hospital affected all the Health Alliance members equally we shared a bottom line. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Maps used to manoeuvre Malaysia's economy may be outdated Aug 24, 2009
I would also want to keep close track of Malaysias investments in software and intellectual capital. Australias Productivity Commission, for example, has computed the countrys stock of intangible assets and found it is almost half of all its tangible assets. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
USA's Yesterdays: James Gordon Bennett -- He put more news in newspapers Aug 22, 2009
A chance contact in New York with a South Carolina publisher led to Bennett s decision to try journalism as a career: the publisher offered Bennett a post on the Courier, the principal newspaper of Charleston, then the intellectual capital of the South. After a brief stint translating foreigners dispatches, Bennett returned to New York City. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
We need a plan to keep people from leaving the state Aug 18, 2009
We possess unequalled natural resources, arguably the most potent intellectual capital in the world, and a human resolve that embraces the entire spectrum: the yeoman spirit as well as the world-weary cynic, which itself is a virtue that often prevents hubris and catastrophe. What ails us is not population loss or one less congressional seat. (Boston Globe)
Nanotech timeline: SWAT team planned to monitor project Aug 16, 2009
At the same time, officials will be working to put together the intellectual capital to make the project a success, Yeigh said. That will give us time to put the meat on the bone, if you will, Yeigh said. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Economic diversification Aug 13, 2009
In addition to our intellectual capital we have a priceless advantage in our quality of life. That alone has drawn a number of the best and the brightest some of them returning home, others making this home for that reason. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education Aug 11, 2009
Honestly, I think it must be considered that the move to open-education could have a damaging effect on our education system and by extension, our gross intellectual capital level. I think the confluence of degrading institution resources, devaluing credentials, and enabling "snacking" on knowledge to college-aged kids could have serious long-term negative effects. (FastCompany)
BBA to 'send off' area college students Aug 4, 2009
This is just one of the many ways the BBA is investing in the region s intellectual capital, the alliance said. The networking event will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 5. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
Bridging old, new in Boston politics, Flaherty makes his mayoral bid Aug 2, 2009
The time has come for the next generation to tap into the intellectual capital of our city. Michael Francis Flaherty Jr. has lived virtually his entire life in South Boston, a neighborhood that has produced an extraordinary amount of political talent over the past half-century. (Boston Globe)
Universities should get freedom: Sibal Aug 2, 2009
Investment in education is necessary for the creation of intellectual capital. In India, 900,000 students enroll for engineering every year, but behind this statistic is the fact that only 12% make it to college after passing the Plus-2 level. (India Times)
Mastering math pays off big for college grads Jul 28, 2009
It d drive down my salary in the long run but would probably be better for the country overall as we would basically be stealing intellectual capital from other countries. I think these surveys aren t really useful in determining career paths. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Mega Mergers Can't Cure the Pharmaceutical Industry Jul 27, 2009
Instead of acquiring resources, a more sustainable solution for the pharmaceutical industry lies in pooling resources, particularly intellectual capital and increasingly limited financial resources. By effectively pooling research assets within a disease area, the industry would benefit in three ways. (BusinessWeek)
Global investors hitch a ride on ETFs for cheap India entry Jul 16, 2009
Tom Lydon, a California-based ETF expert and the author of 'iMoney: Profitable ETF Strategies for Every Investor', believes India is in the spotlight, as it offers intellectual capital, high domestic consumption, a bustling and growing economy. "As an emerging market, India has immense potential for even more growth. Additionally, it is part of the BRIC countries Brazil, Russia, India and China and investors are hungry for exposure to these markets," Mr Lydon said in an email response to... (India Times)
State of Fear Jul 14, 2009
Longer term, a failure to support needed education spending will put us further behind in the single most important area of government investmentour intellectual capital. But if everything does fall apart, at least Wall Street now has plenty of experience repackaging bad debtwhether subprime mortgages or state IOUs. (Slate)
Why the U of I still matters in the Magic Valley Jul 11, 2009
The Magic Valley, after all, is where Idaho agriculture is concentrated and where the university's intellectual capital could be spent to greatest effect. The U of Ihas long had a strong agricultural extension program in keeping with its role as a land grant university. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
* FEATURE : Divided Geneva marks 500 years of Calvinist rigor Jul 10, 2009
He is being celebrated because he turned a provincial town into a European intellectual capital that became renowned through the centuries, the organizers of Genevas Year of Calvin said. Its very revealing that Genevans like to speak of the city of Calvin, said Olivier Fatio, a professor at the Institute of the History of the Reformation. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Can California Be Sold On Ebay's Former Leader? Jul 7, 2009
Whitman didn't, and the story, which she tells enthusiastically and at length, delights her because it confirms her conviction that California "was built by intellectual capital," and not just the Hollywood and Silicon Valley sort. California's cascading crises prefigure America's future unless Washington reverses the growth of government subservient to organized labor. (Townhall.com)
The Paul Green School of Rock Music Receives Growth Capital Investment from Sterling Partners Jul 7, 2009
The financial investment is vital but Sterling is also known for providing intellectual capital and strategic resources that will go a long way in helping us develop a world-class brand. Our customers, our franchise operators and our employees will all see a measurably improved system in the near term and a company that is committed to innovation and the highest quality service over the long term. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Green jobs could give lift Jul 2, 2009
New jobs on the Space Coast could tap into the intellectual capital at the Kennedy Space Center, speakers at Wednesday's roundtable said. Ed Smeloff, a manager with SunPower Corp. in Richmond, Calif. (Florida Today)
3D Entertainment Summit Unveils New Partnership with Variety and Announces Entertainment Technology Center at USC as Presenting Partner Jul 1, 2009
The companys "value-added" resources are the intellectual capital of its people and proprietary business practices. These attributes, coupled with an intense customer centric philosophy, combine to deliver world-class events. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Front Porch Empire Jun 30, 2009
Ironically, some of the policies favored by the Front Porchers make imperial outcomes all the more likely I had a discussion with a Front Porch Republican once about the idea that small towns should pay talented college graduates to return home, on the theory that this would prevent a brain drain from towns in need of intellectual capital. Consider again Sam Walton the best thing, from an anti-growth perspective, that might have happened after Walton graduated from the University of Missouri... (The American Conservative)
Panel: AZ's long-term future needs attention Jun 28, 2009
"We will probably have a jobless recovery because many of these jobs (that have been cut in the state) are not only nonexistent, but they are probably going to go offshore. And they (jobs leaving) are not just going to be back-office jobs or low-wage jobs, because other countries have emerged very strongly as centers of intellectual capital.". Arizona's economy, she said, will be one of the last major metropolitan economies to be "fully restored" unless it can diversify. (AZCentral -- Business)
Calvin takes centre stage in Geneva Jun 28, 2009
Calvin's ideas, actions and sermons contributed to the Protestant Reformation movement and transformed Geneva into an intellectual capital in Europe. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, Calvin broke from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1520s. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Peoples Power Thirty Years On!. Jun 4, 2009
The development of intellectual capital in a nation, in an organization provides a cost-effective means to sustainable competitive advantage leading to greater success and prosperity. For the past several years, the macroeconomic indicators of the economy of Ghana have seemed to suggest that the economy had never performed better. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Panelists say regional cooperation needed Jun 3, 2009
Threads of much-needed regional cooperation were woven into discussions about the city s upcoming green spaces, such as the Railroad Reservation Park and Red Mountain Park, politics, education, sustainability and Birmingham s intellectual capital. Tuesday morning s leadership panelists included Charles Scotty McCallum, former president of the and former mayor of Vestavia Hills; Robert Kelly, president of ; Colin Coyne, president of ; Wendy Jackson, executive director of the ; and Dalton Smith,... (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
ESD: NY needs to accentuate the positive Jun 3, 2009
We have a wealth of public and private universities, and we have intellectual capital all across the state. Reader Comments. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Selectmen receive strategic planning results Jun 3, 2009
Some of Marshfield s strengths are its oceanfront, good schools and intellectual capital, while its main weaknesses include Route 139 traffic, poor voter turnout and anti-government interest groups, according to strategic planning results presented at Monday s board of selectmen meeting. Town department heads and selectmen participated in several strategic planning sessions with Nicole Kustanovitz of the Center for Public Management at Suffolk University to talk about the town s strengths,... (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Clearer picture on economic recovery in two to three months May 29, 2009
The US has a strong economic base and intellectual capital, and is expected to recover from the crisis faster than any other economy especially with the strong leadership of President Barack Obama, he said. Malaysia has enough international reserves at US$88bil (which can finance 8. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Where geeks rule May 29, 2009
Infrastructure lubricates economic growth, and the infrastructure of the knowledge age is intellectual capital. It is the minds of young Australia that we need to be investing in. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Chicago Booth to host live webcast of ‘Future of Markets’ May 29, 2009
Their debate-shaping ideas have expanded our intellectual capital and will culminate in a thought-provoking dialogue that everyone can watch. The conference also will feature a special forum on the future of equity markets and other topics with Eugene Fama, the Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and founder of the efficient market theory, and Snyder, the George Pratt Shultz Professor of Economics. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
The Application of Enterprise Social Networking to Talent Acquisition and Management May 27, 2009
These collective workforce communities enable companies to effectively tap into the knowledge and connections of current and former employees to improve collaboration and communication, increase recruiting and talent management efficiency, and retain access to valuable intellectual capital ... Conenza's fully-managed community solution, featuring the secure and scalable Conenza Community Core, delivers increased recruiting efficiency, decreased recruiting and on-boarding costs, reduced... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Grow your value May 26, 2009
You've just described the core intellectual capital of your business. Now, fast-forward to the end-of-tax-year stocktake. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
The Rise of Business Shape-Shifters May 23, 2009
In my bibliography, the last type is the rarest: strictly speaking, I've written only four, up until now all of them co-authored, on virtual corporations, sales force automation, and intellectual capital. Only the new one, which is about protean corporations, bears my name alone. (ABC News -- Business)
Energy capital may also become carbon trading central May 22, 2009
The Houston Climate Alliance is an effort to recognize that Houston is really the natural location for the carbon trading industry, given the intellectual capital that is already here as well as the presence of key companies, Cowan says. But that won t come without significant advancement in the legal and regulatory framework for cap-and-trade, says Kumar. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Ryan Spins Off Enterprise Software Solutions to Form Second Decimal May 20, 2009
Second Decimal infuses the intellectual capital of the most seasoned tax and technology experts in the industry with a suite of intuitive and powerful software applications that exponentially improve accuracy, productivity, and processes. SOURCE Ryan. (PR Newswire)
New Economy Initiative Announces $9.25 Million Investment to Assist Automotive Suppliers and Advance Entrepreneurship May 19, 2009
"With the region's tremendous assets - from a talented workforce to intellectual capital in research and technology to an unparalleled work ethic, and beyond - we have some amazing tools for developing the ideas and companies that will be the foundation of our future economy," said NEI interim director David Egner. "These efforts will help activate those assets and accelerate the increases in new businesses and jobs that the region needs.". (PR Newswire)
Boston Chamber serves as voice of business for a century May 17, 2009
I'm optimistic to a large degree due to the intellectual capital and major assets we have. The world has changed into a knowledge-based economy and we have all of the underpinnings to compete successfully. (Boston Globe)
Decentralism May 12, 2009
And that is that fly-over country, by and large, has been hemorrhaging intellectual capital for decades. The most talented young men and women, the most able, the most intelligent and creative, have been leaving to go off to college or have been lured off to college only to return in ever-diminishing numbers. (The American Conservative)
Megan McArdle May 9, 2009
Some bubbles do leave useful physical or intellectual capital behind them. The Victorian railway mania in Britain (which was largely a criminal enterprise)is a good example of the one, and the dot. (Slate)
ARE YOU SERIOUS, PANDIT? May 3, 2009
This is especially true in the media, technology and fashion fields, where intellectual capital is highly rewarded. But on Wall Street, non-competes are the rare exception, not the rule. (New York Post -- Business)
Make Capital Region that desirable 'place' May 3, 2009
Now, more than ever, the concepts of people and place are key to understanding why some states such as New York experience a loss of intellectual capital when its college graduates and twenty-, thirty- and forty-somethings move out of state. In this age of globalization, one would think where you live doesn't matter. (Albany Times Union)
The iPhone Business Boom May 2, 2009
It is targeted at a customer base that is legendary for its emotional commitment to Apple products and the company is willing to expend enormous amounts of intellectual capital designing new products and applications for Apple products. And the device has benefited from the usual the media coverage of a major, Steve Jobs hosted, launch followed by a classic Apple marketing/advertising campaign. (ABC News -- Business)
Book On Ghana Launched May 2, 2009
A study in New England in the United States revealed that it is dangerous if the development of skilled labor and intellectual capital lagged behind a regions industrial development. In this regard, Ghana needs to undertake its manpower training concurrently with economic planning and development, because, merely increasing educational opportunities without concurrent economic development may result in the perpetuation of the brain drain syndrome. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nation's oldest furniture market turns 100 Apr 28, 2009
The region thus represents much of the industry's intellectual capital. Brod estimated the High Point Market was responsible for more than 10,000 area jobs as designers, carpenters and marketers spend months preparing showrooms and sales strategies ahead of each market. (AZCentral -- Business)
Biden Calls Affordable College A Priority Apr 28, 2009
Our intellectual capital is a resource that shouldn't be wasted. For America to prosper, we need an educated workforce. (CBS News -- 60 minutes)
Al Rajhi Bank to extend reach via Malaysian branch Apr 20, 2009
The team will also have access to intellectual capital and all the resources available in Saudi Arabia. Malaysia is the only international operations outside Saudi Arabia for Al Rajhi Bank and will be used as a launching pad to cover the region, he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
In a ?male? recession, women are... Apr 15, 2009
It is a major problem because of the huge amount of intellectual capital that these organisations are losing, Ms Sealy says. The women who left represented 200 years of banking experience walking out of the door. (New York Post -- Business)
Sen. Jeff Mullis: Conservative response to government spending Apr 8, 2009
What we re proposing harnesses the greatness of Georgia and realizes the intellectual capital and the entrepreneurial spirit. The free market system has worked well for over 200 years, and I am fundamentally opposed to the notion of spending to get out of a recession. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript Apr 1, 2009
As comfortable as the president may look on CBS, "60 Minutes" and the Leno show, he is and a prime time press conference, he's sending valuable emotional and intellectual capital with the relentless exposure in the modern media. There is so much that you can extend of yourself as president of the United States. (Fox News)
Tribal colleges meet to plan students' future Mar 29, 2009
Tribal college administrator Jack Jackson lifted his deer hide-covered corn pollen bag into the air on Saturday when he was asked to define the meaning of intellectual capital within his community. Actually, dozens of participants offered as many definitions of what intellectual capital means to Native communities in the 21st century ... There's a lot of good teaching within indigenous peoples, said Jackson, a project director at Dine College, one of nearly 30 colleges to have received a... (Missoulian, MT)
Obama's Indelicate Exposure Mar 27, 2009
As comfortable as the president may look on the CBS show "60 Minutes," with Jay Leno or in a primetime press conference, he's spending valuable emotional and intellectual capital with the relentless exposure in the modern media. Confident and cool, he's nevertheless beginning to look a lot like a man afflicted with the hubris of show biz. (Townhall.com)
What Larry Summers hath wrought Mar 27, 2009
After all, it was Summers who wanted to engage the university's intellectual capital with the marketplace, and that is certainly what Biederman & Co. have been doing. (In a hilarious sidelight that Harvard probably doesn't find so amusing, that the status of a Harvard Medical School professor ranked just below "God."). (Boston Globe)
Sen. Jeff Mullis: True stimulus legislation Mar 23, 2009
Georgia s proposal harnesses the greatness of Georgia the intellectual capital, the entrepreneurial spirit, and the true grit of every Georgian. Sen. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Cantor's annual address calls for education reform Mar 20, 2009
Citing student and university initiatives, Cantor said it is this intellectual capital that the university should and has expanded upon. "We will transform our schools and colleges and university to meet the demands of a new age," she said, reciting part of President Obama's Inaugural address. (Daily Orange, NY)
W.P. Carey School No. 25 on research list Mar 19, 2009
These top rankings show that our faculty members are not only making an impact in the classroom, but they are also contributing to the field of business overall through the creation of intellectual capital, said Gerry Keim, associate dean for the W.P. Carey MBA program. These faculty members are on the leading edge of producing new knowledge. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
> Executive Q&A: Vaccine technology is a sector to watch Mar 18, 2009
We have the intellectual capital. We have the venture capital and we have the entrepreneurs, so we have the manpower and we have the culture. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Bay State has nothing to brag about Mar 18, 2009
It's a paradox: in a state that prides itself on intellectual capital, Massachusetts ranks 38th out of 50 states when it comes to having online accessibility to public records, according to a national survey released today. Bits of information such as audit reports, fake business name registrations, consumer complaints, bridge inspection safety reports, child care center inspection reports, hospital inspection reports, school bus inspections, school inspections, safety records, gas pump... (Burlington Union, MA)
PASCAL vital for S.C. college students Mar 18, 2009
Lets not compound our problems by refusing to invest in our future by failing to invest in intellectual capital. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, South Carolina already has cut more out of its higher education budget than any other state. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Sandeep Jajodia, Executive vice-chairman and MD, MIEL Mar 12, 2009
The activities would give us a lot of intellectual capital. Are there any joint ventures in the offing in respect of coal mining. (India Times)
Be prepared if the axe falls Mar 11, 2009
" YOUR COUNSEL Robinson says counselling in any form - but particularly in career management - provides the most effective support. She says a significant number of people in employment have drifted through their working life gaining promotion on merit but without a clear plan. Good professional career management coaching provides effective support. "Not only do you discover there is life after redundancy, as you have a career management support mechanism that works, but you learn new life... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
