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National intangible capital (NIC) performance for 59 countries 2014 as measured by the ELSS (Edvinsson-Lin-Ståhle-Ståhle) methodology for measuring stock of national intangible capital, economic impacts and efficiency of NIC: Research is supported as an initiative by The New Club of Paris.

  • NIC index values as a measure for stock of country NIC potentials embedded in its national intangible capital
  • National Intangible Capital NIC consists of four basic dimensions according to the model by Edvinsson & Malone (1997). This model has been further developed, now consisting 48 different indicators representing the four main NIC categories:
  • Economic impacts of NIC in GDP formation as percentage (%) of GDP, i.e. how much of GDP is depending on and produced by utilizing NIC
  • Efficiency of NIC as output/input ratio, i.e. ratio of percentage impact in GDP per cost of input as percentage of GDP

    • In further sections national intangible capital NIC and the ELSS methodology is described in detail.

    NIC performance 2014

    (Source: bimac nic 2014 / http://bimac.fi)

    References

    National Intangible Capital Wikipedia
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