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June 29-30, 2006. Paris, France. This second edition of the World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities was organized by the Knowledge for Development (K4D) Program, in cooperation with The IC Group/PESOR of the Université Paris-Sud. The conference brought together panelists and participants from a variety of countries to discuss the challenges, research, global agendas and diverse issues related to Intellectual Capital for Communities in the Knowledge Economy. Previous event: Intellectual Capital for Communities in the Knowledge Economy: Nations, Regions and Cities. June 20, 2005.
New event: World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities, Paris, France. May 22-23, 2008.. Intellectual Capital (IC) has been defined as the combination of an organization’s human, organizational, and relational resources and activities. It includes the knowledge, skills, experiences and abilities of the employees, its R&D activities, organizational routines, procedures, systems, databases and its Intellectual Property Rights. It also includes the organization’s resources linked to its external relationships, such as with its customers, suppliers and R&D partners. Intellectual Capital can be both the product of R&D activities and the enabler for creating greater value from R&D. The combination of intangible resources and activities allows an organization to transform a bundle of material, financial and human resources into a system capable of creating stakeholder value. For intangibles to become part of the intellectual capital, they have to be effectively internalized and appropriated by the organization. |
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