Organizational Capital

Watson, Richard Thomas

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-9418-2_10

Richard Thomas Watson²

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Abstract

Organizational capital refers to the wide collection of resources that some label as intellectual capital. It is the knowledge, software, and methods that a firm can deploy to convert capital. It can be organized into databases, applications, procedures, and patents.

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Watson, R.T. (2021). Organizational Capital. In: Capital, Systems, and Objects. Management for Professionals. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9418-2_10

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