Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Recognizing that corporate responsibility can offer a company a competitive advantage today, we became interested in IBM as a pioneer in establishing a skills-based volunteerism initiative that also influences its talent and professional development strategies.

Intellectual Capital 13

Intellectual Capital Library Project Competitive Advantage 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

Planning sounds like an act of courage, strategy like a flight of imagination. And, if we have the intellectual capital, maybe get a pied-à-terre. Change management Innovation Strategy' Twitter did it in 4. Faster change means more turbulence. Assumptions are now less reliable. Best guesses are often shots in the dark.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Innovation Business Model Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Such seismic moves would be unsettling in any company, but the real problem is that HP is not trusted to execute on its new strategy well. It governs an organization's cultivation of its intellectual capital—how it leverages what it already knows how to do, and how it evolves its offering based on changing market demands.

Software 14

Software Intellectual Capital Maturity Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. French pharmaceutical company Sanofi recently acquired Boston-based Genzyme to tap into America's intellectual capital in biotechnology.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 13

Coaching Tip

MAY 17, 2012

In a more complex, wired world, the winning strategies will always be based upon a "we" not "I" philosophy." The new currency isn’t intellectual capital. It is social capital –the collective value of who we know and what we’ll do for each other.

Intellectual Capital 119

Intellectual Capital Social Capital Leadership Cooper 119

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

Manufacturers invest most of their capital into physical assets, while high-tech firms invest in R&D to create new intellectual capital. Different industries and different business models have always maintained different percentages of these asset types.

Intangible Assets 10

Intangible Assets Business Model How To Intellectual Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

According to Ocean Tomo, a consulting firm focused on intellectual capital, physical assets (plant, property, and equipment) made up more than 80% of the market value of the S&P 500 in 1975. How much is changing? Consider the dramatic shift in the types of assets that create market value.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Business Model GAAP Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Strategy gets set at the top. When the responsibility for setting strategy and direction is concentrated at the top of an organization, a few senior leaders become the gatekeepers of change. We’ve encouraged employees to speak up, but haven’t allowed them to set strategy. Power trickles down. Big leaders appoint little leaders.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Strategy gets set at the top. When the responsibility for setting strategy and direction is concentrated at the top of an organization, a few senior leaders become the gatekeepers of change. We’ve encouraged employees to speak up, but haven’t allowed them to set strategy. Power trickles down. Big leaders appoint little leaders.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

McKinsey responded that it was actually investing more on intellectual capital, but on the industry-specific variety of more use to consultants and clients.) I couldn't believe some of the people I was seeing from McKinsey," recalls a partner at another strategy firm. While this may often be true in a strict I.Q.

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2011

While HP was once the technology leader that could do no wrong, market watchers are now concerned that the company does not have a clear strategy to overcome its problems. It's a strategy the company has used before, when it spun off its test and measurement business into a publicly traded company called Agilent.

Software 12

Software Technology Intellectual Capital Marketing 12