What is Intellectual Capital

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The internal equity of the entity, the aggregate intangible value, that is the aggregate expression of the intangible items in a proper sense and of the residual item, the goodwill. Learn more in: Analysis, Valuation, and Disclosure of Intangible Value

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Set of intangible assets based on knowledge and access to the evolution of resources in a system of value creation, through the achievement of sustainable competitive advantages. Learn more in: The Training of Intellectual Capital in the Tourism Sector Based on the Development of Professional Skills

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The sum of the knowledge an organization is able to leverage in the process of conducting business to gain competitive advantage. Learn more in: HR Portal: A Tool for Contingent and Individualized HRM

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Collective knowledge and informational assets. Learn more in: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Collective Intelligence Online

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Various definitions in the literature including: “The collection of intangible resources and their flows” where resources equal “any factor that contributes to the value generating processes of the company and is, more or less directly under the control of the company itself”. Bontis N, Dragonetti NC, Jacobsen K, & Roos G (1999) Knowledge and knowing capability of the collectivity. Nahapiet J & Ghoshal S (1998) “Everything everybody in a company knows that gives it a competitive edge” Stewart TA (1997) Learn more in: Developing Innovative Practice in Service Industries

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Is non-monitory invisible asset (not revealed on the balance sheet), knowledge, and capabilities of a company that have been formalized and leveraged; significantly contribute to the provision of the organizational strategy and competitive advantage. Learn more in: Role of Intellectual Capital in Women Entrepreneurs' Business Performance

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Is acknowledged as a dominant and powerful intangible asset of organizations, strongly connected to performance management and human capital, having a positive influence on development, growth and inclusive sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship methods, models, and strategies. Learn more in: Sustainable and Responsible Entrepreneurship for Value-Based Cultures, Economies, and Societies: Increasing Performance Through Intellectual Capital in Challenging Times

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The new economy in a globalized society requires new technologies and a computerization of the entire activity, transforming knowledge into a key resource, which is the strength of the new economic context, thus showing that information technology, in general, and information systems, in particular, have changed the business world, their influence being increasingly important in the management of business processes as more and more activities have become particularly efficient through automation, benefiting from the support of modern information systems, well developed and functional, oriented both towards the processes and activities of the business itself and towards the relationship with third parties, opening the way to the future-oriented organizational culture. Learn more in: Impact of Innovative Capital on the Global Performance of the European Union: Implications on Sustainability Assessment

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Hidden intangible assets based on the human knowledge that are not entirely reported in the financial statement of the enterprise and are playing significant role in the knowledge-based economy. Learn more in: Intellectual Capital Measurement

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Sum of human capital, structural capital, and relational capital. It is any factor that contributes to the value generating processes of the company. Learn more in: Design of a Strategic Knowledge Management Model to Evaluate Sales Growth in SMEs

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The sum total of the thoughts and non-tangible production of a group or country. Learn more in: Critical Thinking, Socratic Seminars, and the College Classroom

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It is formed by the combination of human, structural, and relational capital. Learn more in: Entrepreneurship: Concept and Theoretical Framework

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A set of knowledge, applied experience, organizational technology, customer relationships, and professional skills that give a company a competitive advantage in the market. Learn more in: Proposal of Indicators for Intellectual Capital in Higher Education

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Knowledge assets of the organization, commonly thought to be made up of human capital (job-related knowledge), structural capital (persisting knowledge assets of the organization such as systems or culture), and relational capital (knowledge relating to external entities). Learn more in: Big Data, Knowledge, and Business Intelligence

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Set of intangible assets based on knowledge and access to the evolution of resources in a system of value creation, through the achievement of sustainable competitive advantages. Learn more in: Professional Training in Tourism for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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The sum of the knowledge an organization is able to leverage in the process of conducting business to gain competitive advantage. Learn more in: HR Portals as Tools for Relational Resources Management

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Knowledge assets of the organization, commonly thought to be made up of human capital (job-related knowledge), structural capital (persisting knowledge assets of the organization such as systems or culture), and relational capital (knowledge relating to external entities). Learn more in: Data, Knowledge, and Intelligence

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Identification and measurement of intangible assets. Learn more in: Sharing Knowledge through Communities of Practice

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Can be defined as the difference between a firm’s market value and the cost of replacing its assets. Components of intellectual capital consist of human capital (HC), structural capital (SC) and relational (external) capital (RC). Learn more in: Innovation in Extremadura: Opportunity for Companies or Obstacle for their Development?

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Collective knowledge of the individuals in an organization or society. This knowledge can be used to produce wealth, multiply output of physical assets, gain competitive advantage, and/or to enhance value of other types of capital. Intellectual capital includes customer capital, human capital, intellectual property, and structural capital. Learn more in: The Role of Universities in Industry 4.0 Era: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Perspectives

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Combination of human, structural and relational capital. Learn more in: Entrepreneurship Concept, Theories, and New Approaches

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The value of a company or organization's employee knowledge, business training and any proprietary data or information that may provide the company with a competitive advantage. Intellectual capital is considered an asset, and can broadly be defined as the collection of all informational resources a company has at its disposal that can be used to drive profits, gain new customers, create new products, or otherwise improve the business. Learn more in: Leadership for Big Data and Business Intelligence

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Knowledge assets of the organization, commonly thought to be made up of human capital (job-related knowledge), structural capital (persisting knowledge assets of the organization such as systems or culture), and relational capital (knowledge relating to external entities). Learn more in: Data, Information, and Knowledge: Developing an Intangible Assets Strategy

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Knowledge built by a diversity of stakeholders in a collaborative process by sharing, confronting and debate different types of knowledge for joint problem solving (cf. Grimaldi et al., 2013 , Nonaka et al., 2000 ). Learn more in: Socio-Ecological Literacy: Collaboration as a Learning Tool for Society Transformation

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Is seen as a highly complex notion with multiple roles and functions, which embodies a dynamic system of intangible resources and activities that possess the capacity to ensure and to enhance the sustainable competitive advantage of organizations over time. Learn more in: Strategic Human Resource Management in the 21st-Century Organizational Landscape: Human and Intellectual Capital as Drivers for Performance Management

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Knowledge that can be converted into value. Learn more in: Start-Ups and Spin-Offs in Biotechnology Sector in Poland: Business Models Analysis

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The set of intangible assets linked to the human, structural, and relational areas present at a given time in a company, and which are part of its value creating process. Learn more in: Intellectual Capital Models and their Role within Information Systems

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A firm’s intangible and non-monetary assets (e.g., knowledge, intellectual property) that contribute to achieve its value creation and competitive advantage in market. Learn more in: An Entrepreneur Sees the Reward: The Importance of Intellectual Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility in a Company

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All nonmonetary and nonphysical resources and capabilities that are fully or partly controlled by the organization that contribute to the organization’s value creation. Learn more in: Intellectual Capital of the European Universities

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The value of all the knowledge and ideas of the people in an organization, or a society. Learn more in: The Position of Mexico in the World: An Opportunity to Eradicate Poverty and Inequality Through Human Capital Implementation – Globalization in Mexico, Poverty and Inequality, Normativity, Poverty Measurement, Educational Reform

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Knowledge assets of the organization, commonly thought to be made up of human capital (job-related knowledge), structural capital (persisting knowledge assets of the organization such as systems or culture), and relational capital (knowledge relating to external entities). Learn more in: Big Data, Knowledge, and Business Intelligence

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A bundle of knowledge and resources that exist within an organization. This includes the human capital and social capital held by the various members of the organization. Learn more in: The Accrual and Use of Social Capital in Workplace Innovation: A Conceptual Framework

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It is the sort of capital defined by the combination of human capital, relational capital, and structural capital. Learn more in: ICTs and Knowledge Management Synergies to Impulse Senior Entrepreneurship

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Knowledge, skills and production experience of specific people and intangible assets, including patents, databases, software, trademarks, etc. that are productively used to maximize profits and other economic and technical results. Learn more in: The Internet of Things and Blockchain Technologies Adaptive Trade Systems in the Virtual World: By Creating Virtual Accomplices Worldwide

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Wealth created by investments in intellect, experience, skills, information, knowledge, training, technology, spirituality, autonomism, Unitarianism, and customer relations. Learn more in: Banding Organization, Management, and Leadership Theories to Identify Managerial Strategies

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It refers to the skills and knowledge possessed by an individual or organization, regarded as an intangible resource or asset, and which give value to the organization. Learn more in: Valuing Intellectual Capital at the Postgraduate Level in Higher Education Institutions

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Knowledge and other intellectual resources key for the success of enterprises, regions, and nations in the knowledge economy. Learn more in: The Importance of Intellectual Capital for the Sustainable Growth of Regions: Evidence From the Republic of Serbia

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Intellectual capital is a set of knowledge-based resources and processes that contribute to the sustained competitive advantage of the firm. The most commonly shared view is that intellectual capital consists of three basic elements: human capital (skills and know-how of the people in the organization), structural capital (organizational infrastructures and processes) and relational capital (relationships with clients, suppliers and other significant stakeholders, image, brand). Learn more in: The Knowledge-Based Approach to Organizational Measurement: Exploring the Future of Organizational Assessment

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The sum of intangible assets that contribute to a company's competitive advantage. These assets comprise of the expertise of employees, organizational processes, and entirety of knowledge contained within the organization. Learn more in: Ownership Structure and Intellectual Capital Performance: Evidence From Indonesian Banking Companies

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Can be divided into three categories. Learn more in: Chief Knowledge Officers

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The amount by which the market value of a firm exceeds its tangible assets less liabilities (physical-financial) Learn more in: Model for Effective Collaborative Learning in Virtual Worlds with Intelligent Agents

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The representation of the combined knowledge resources of the organization, which is largely the result of the use, dissemination, application and connection of knowledge within organizations. Learn more in: The Role of Management Accounting and Control Systems as Information Networks and as Networks of Relationships on the Development of Organizational Knowledge

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It is one of the most delicate, engaging, cunning and volatile concept available in today’s modern society, referring in the same time or separately (depending on the circumstances) to the influence of non-material factors on the economy or to the intangible assets and factors of the organizational work, addressing a new vision for competing with the future for the organizations – far from the traditional one, stressing the importance of individuals, enterprises, institutions, communities, countries hidden potential and values on the society, the economy and the environment capable to cultivate creativity and wellbeing. Learn more in: Analyzing the Impact of Green Marketing Strategies on the Financial and Non-Financial Performance of Organizations: The Intellectual Capital Factor