| Autor: |
Jane Watters, Iain Russell, Fiona Jackson |
| Rok vydání: |
2006 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Intellectual Capital. 7:549-567 |
| ISSN: |
1469-1930 |
| DOI: |
10.1108/14691930610709167 |
| Popis: |
Purpose – Improved exploitation of Scotland's intellectual assets (IA) has been identified as a critical means of improving the economic wellbeing of the nation. Earlier research highlighted a general lack of awareness of IA amongst all types of organisations in Scotland. The Intellectual Assets Centre coordinated the Scottish devolved government and European Union (EU) funded Innovative Actions projects designed to help small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) from all industry sectors to start to address IA management issues. The purpose of this paper is to describe the activities implemented by the Intellectual Assets Centre.Design/methodology/approach – A review of IA capture and development comparing IA activities in the EU and a survey of how 450 Scottish organisations (all SMEs) currently capture their IA was conducted. An IA capturing tool, the feasibility of a novel IA benchmarking tool and a toolkit to assist know‐how capture were developed. These were piloted with SMEs from various industries.... |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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