The thrust to maximize returns on intellectual capital investments has been a mainstay of business and performance management consultants since the early 80’s. Every corporation in America, was inundated with promises of benefits by an increased investment into understanding and creating value using the intellectual capital route. The 1990’s, or the rise of the dotcom generation largely benefited from this fad. Unfortunately, when the bubble burst, and investors were wanting to understand what had happened to their investments, no one...
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The thrust to maximize returns on intellectual capital investments has been a mainstay of business and performance management consultants since the early 80’s. Every corporation in America, was inundated with promises of benefits by an increased investment into understanding and creating value using the intellectual capital route. The 1990’s, or the rise of the dotcom generation largely benefited from this fad. Unfortunately, when the bubble burst, and investors were wanting to understand what had happened to their investments, no one was...
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At the surface. the concepts of de-coupling and integration seem to be contrasting, mutually exclusive concepts. One deals with inoculation, the other consolidation. But when viewed in holistic terms, these are parts of the same whole—a true dichotomy.
Western thought and practices have largely been governed by Hellenic and Cartesian models. The western scientific worldview has likewise also been governed by Newtonian models. But the more we get to understand how the rest of the world thinks and the more prominent Eastern cultures...
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