Intellectual Capital in a Global Business Landscape: Unlocking Strategic Opportunities and Driving Growth

In today’s dynamic global marketplace, intangible assets and Intellectual Capital have become pivotal in determining corporate value and driving strategic success. To remain competitive and innovative, business leaders must not only protect but also effectively leverage intellectual capital.

This insightful book explores the transformative power of intellectual capital in shaping business success and societal progress. Combining theoretical insights with practical strategies, it offers readers a comprehensive guide to understanding, building, and sustaining intellectual capital. Through real-world examples and in-depth case studies, the authors demonstrate how organisations can harness intellectual capital to foster innovation, create lasting value, and adapt to the rapidly evolving business landscape.

An essential resource for business leaders, strategists, and academics, this book provides the tools and knowledge necessary to thrive in today’s knowledge-driven economy, while contributing to a better, more sustainable society.

Florinda Matos is a Professor of General Management at Iscte Business School, Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, and an associate research fellow at DINÂMIA'CET - IUL - Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies, where she leads several international projects. She is an expert in knowledge management and intellectual capital management. Additionally, she is the founder and president of the Intellectual Capital Association (ICAA) and she is an ambassador for Portugal in The New Club of Paris.

Carmine Basile heads the Institute of Innovation & Intellectual Capital at the AREOPA Group. He holds an MSc in Knowledge Management for Innovation and a PhD in Strategy & Leadership, both from Cranfield University. He has taught Strategic Marketing, Market Understanding and Team Behaviour to EMBAs, Master Students and Executives, and led the Cranfield Customer Management focus, a club of organizations from a wide range of sectors working together to drive forward best practice in customer management.

Ludo Pyis started his own company in the early 1990s, the AREOPA Group. Today, the AREOPA Group is the global leader in the field of knowledge management and intellectual capital. He is a respected keynote speaker on topics of intellectual accounting systems and heads two research and development centres for the creation of new applications in the field of intellectual capital.

Leif Edvinsson is a key pioneering contributor to Intellectual Capital (IC) theory and practice. He was the world’s first Director of IC in 1991. He was responsible for prototyping in 1996 the Skandia Future Center as a Lab for Organisational design. In 1998, he was awarded the Brain Trust “Brain of the Year” award, UK. He is listed in “Who’s Who in the World”, he’s an earlier associate member of the Club of Rome and the co-founder and founding chairman of the New Club of Paris. In 2013, he was awarded the Thought Leader Award by the European Commission, Intel and the Peter Drucker Association. In 2015, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of JIN, the Japan Innovation Network, and, in 2016, to the Advisory Board of Norway Open Innovation Forum. Together with the UN, he was awarded the KM Award 2017, in Geneva Palais des Nations, by km-a.net. He is a regular guest speaker at international events and organisations, including the BBC, CIO, INSEAD, and the American Productivity and Quality Centre.

 Göran Roos is managing director of Intellectual Capital Services Ltd., Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER), The University of Adelaide and Part Time Visiting Professor in Business Performance and Intangible Asset Management, Centre for Business Performance, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University. He is a CSIRO Affiliate as well as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).