Intangible Capital Reading List on Twitter for 2011-05-17
May 17, 2011 by Mary Adams
- Ben Bern #
- Ben Bernanke about to speak on #intangiblesecon http://bit.ly/iXcKGl live webcast. Have a listen! #
- Ken Jarboe from Athena Alliance is talking about the role of intangibles in fueling economic growth #intangiblesecon #
- Boucher speaking about OECD efforts to understand the intangibles foundation for growth and innovation #intangiblesecon #
- OECD is kicking off a two-year program on intangibles and growth #intangiblesecon #
- Boucher introducing Ben Bernanke as one of our nation's intangible assets #intangiblesecon #
- Bernanke: Investment in intangible capital now accounts for half of economic growth.in the U.S. #intangiblesecon #
- Bernanke talking about rationale for government investment in R&D. Especially in basic research #intangiblesecon #
- Bernanke R&D spending is going global. Increases overall innovation. But there is a spillover effect locally. #intangiblesecon #
- Bernanke – Internet came out of work in 1970's and 1980's. If you want real results, have to support R&D over long term. #intangiblesecon #
- Bernanke we need new measures for innovation and intangible capital #intangiblesecon #
- Bernanke finished. Now kicking off panel discussion. First topic competition and collaboration. Biz people say need both #intangiblesecon #
- Innovation comes largely from a recombination of knowledge. Need both competition and collaboration. #intangiblesecon #
- In rush to find measures for innovation, patents are an easy metric but it's not enough. #intangiblesecon #
- there is a real need for international stability of patent systems #intangiblesecon #
- Critical question is whether losing manufacturing translates to lost expertise and potential for innovation #intangiblesecon #
- To foster collaboration you need to get people together physically. Move people to the problem. #intangiblesecon #
- Biggest factor influencing success in innovation is culture first. Risk taking, speed How you organize people. Then policy. #intangiblesecon #
- Allen Howell the days of command and control are over. You can't keep all your knowledge, find ways to monetize sharing #intangiblesecon #
- In intangibles business, dif b/n most and least productive person can be huge (not that big a dif. with tangible biz) #intangiblesecon #
- In intangibles economy, just because you have more doesn't mean I have less (very dif. from tangibles) #intangiblesecon #
- Biggest problem in U.S. is inequality. Affects human capital. #intangiblesecon #
- Biggest barriers to innovation cited today: 1-access to funds 2-lack of qualified people 3-level of demand #intangiblesecon #
- Allen Howell when I invest in intangibles like process, it shows as an expense/loss for my biz. Acctg works against us #intangiblesecon #
- Hard to measure innovation outcomes because it takes a lot of time–but we can and should mea. conditions for innovation #intangiblesecon #
- just realized that I am repeating the panel's comments without clarifying the source –hope this isn't confusing #intangiblesecon #
- Now we are heading into working sessions to try to scope out next steps for the field of intangibles–will report back soon #intangiblesecon #
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