Intellectual Capital: The new wealth of organization - Softcover

Stewart, Thomas A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385483813 ISBN 13: 9780385483810

Publisher: Crown Business, 1998

Synopsis

Visionary in scope, Intellectual Capital is the first book that shows how to turn the untapped knowledge of an organization into its greatest competitive weapon.  Thomas A. Stewart demonstrates how knowledge--not natural resources, machinery, or financial capital--has become the most important factor in economic life.  Through practical advice, stories, and case histories, Stewart reveals how organizations and individuals can create and use the knowledge assets they need.  Dazzling in its ability to make conceptual sense of the economic revolution we are living through, this ingenious book cuts through the vague rhetoric of "paradigm shifts" to show how the Information Age economy really works.

Intellectual Capital should be read as if the futures of your company and your career depend on it.  They do.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Every once in a while I have the opportunity to wax rhapsodic--perhaps two or three times every decade--about a management book. Stewart's book provides that rare opportunity. This book is the first to provide a framework, a practical guide, and a theory of the significance of intellectual capital. It is original, refreshing, beautifully written and will likely become the management book of the '90s."
--Warren Bennis, distinguished professor of business administration, University of Southern California

"Tom Stewart has become a tycoon of intellectual capital, and this work shares the wealth and magnifies it. Buy the book and join the value chain."
--George Gilder, author of Microcosm and Life After Television

From the Back Cover:

"Be prepared to rethink your business, your career, your company's balance sheet, your organizational strategy and even the rules of the marketplace--breathtakingly written."
--Atlanta Business Chronicle

"If you read only one business book this year, make it Intellectual Capital."
--Paul Saffo, Director, Institute for the Future

"An enormously important book on a truly critical topic. Insightful, pragmatic, fun to read. Tom Stewart has hit a home run."
--Dr. Michael Hammer

"Original, refreshing--the management book of the '90s."
--Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, USC

"Intellectual Capital will be the watershed work on this important topic."
--Noel Tichy, coauthor of Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Business
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0385483813
• ISBN 13: 9780385483810
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320