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Intellectual Capital from the Analyst Point of View | I-Capital Advisors
In developed economies today the most important factors associated with corporate competitiveness and growth are invisible. These intangible assets – collectively called intellectual capital – range from staff and management skills, software, R&D, brands and patents all the way to strategies, processes, and relationships with suppliers and customers. Yet despite its paramount importance, intellectual capital is still neither reported by companies nor valued by capital markets systematically and broadly.
The current state of accounting for a company’s assets, developed over centuries according to evolving economic needs, is not synchronised with today’s economic reality. If this less than full treatment of intellectual capital is continued, the associated adverse effects could be far-reaching: the cost of capital could remain inadequately high for many companies (particularly for those innovative, highly knowledge-intensive ones), investors and lenders might risk missing out on potential opportunities, and the economy on potential growth.
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Can Millennials Really Change the Workplace? – Tom Davenport
Now I am fairly secure in my membership in Generation Jones–I still have lots of pleated pants, for example–and I find the accusations that “I just don’t get it” amusing. But the comments did make me think about the fate of the millennials as they move into the workforce. Will they bend to the whims of the workplace, or will the workplace bend to suit them?
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Démystifier le cloud computing.
Le concept de « cloud computing » s’est propagé avant d’avoir été clairement défini. Mais si vous êtes de ceux qui croient au mirage, il est sans doute temps d’y regarder de plus près.
Entièrement axé sur l’efficience, le cloud computing permet de déployer un système unique aussi bien qu’une quantité massive de ressources informatiques afin de les rendre accessibles à la demande, en temps réel et pour un coût abordable. Dans la mesure où les stratégies de « cloud » les plus performantes s’appuient sur des concepts et des outils déjà bien connus des développeurs, ce paradigme est susceptible de redéfinir la relation unissant l’organisation informatique aux équipes de développement et aux unités opérationnelles qui dépendent d’elle. L’organisation informatique s’assure en effet des gains d’efficience et des points de contrôle supplémentaires, tandis que ses clients accèdent à un nouveau degré de simplicité et d’autonomie dans leur utilisation des services.
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Nouvelle génération, nouvelle relation
La relation entre les jeunes employés et leur employeur n’est plus la même. L’arrivée de la génération Y bouleverse les façons de faire des entreprises.
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Being Peter Kim: Social Media Predictions 2009
Fourteen great minds on social media have shared thoughts on what 2009 may have in store for us. Here’s some of what they’re thinking:
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