Human and Intellectual Capital Calculations

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The Human Value of the Enterprise

Treating people as assets of a company rather than simply as costs requires a credible system for valuing them. An index of value factors offers a very good way of doing this.
Managing Intellectual Capital

The limitations of financial reporting mean top corporations are looking to measure non-tangible assets such as intellectual capital, setting the trend for the next decade.
Protecting Your Intellectual Property—Nonregistered Rights

Rights which come into being automatically (e.g., design rights and copyright, which do not require registering) are also important routes for protecting intellectual property.
Intellectual Property: Patents—An International Overview

This article provides an international overview of patents.
Intellectual Property—Copyright

This article provides an overview of copyright and how it is used.

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Calculations

Calculations and Ratios presents the essential mathematical tools the finance professional needs for finding solutions to daily numerical problems. This section includes how to calculate return on investment, return on shareholders' equity, working capital productivity, EVA, risk-adjusted rate of return, CAPM, and many more.

Goodwill and Patents
The value of two intangible assets.

The inventory goes down the elevator every night.
Fairfax Cone (1903–1977), US advertising executive
Source: Quoted in The Trouble with Advertising (John O'Toole, 1981)

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Intellectual Capital
by Thomas A. Stewart
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The Human Value of the Enterprise
by Andrew Mayo
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Corporate Responsibility in a Global World: Marrying Investment in Human Capital with Focus on Costs
by Angela Baron
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Managing Intellectual Capital
by Leif Edvinsson
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Intellectual Property

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Protecting Your Intellectual Property—Nonregistered Rights
by Jeremy Phillips
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Managing Intellectual Capital
by Leif Edvinsson
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Goodwill and Patents
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Navigating the Financial Blogosphere
by Felix Salmon
Thinkers
Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
Internationally renowned economist, and environmentalist

Human and Intellectual Capital Calculations

Topic Highlights

The Human Value of the Enterprise

Managing Intellectual Capital

Protecting Your Intellectual Property—Nonregistered Rights

Intellectual Property: Patents—An International Overview

Intellectual Property—Copyright

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