National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson, Jeffrey Chen, Tord Beding

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3. Impact of 2008 Global Financial Crisis

   • Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson, Jeffrey Chen, Tord Beding

   Pages 7-18

4. National Intellectual Capital Development of the Four Small European Countries

   • Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson, Jeffrey Chen, Tord Beding

   Pages 19-53

5. The Aftermath of 2008 Global Financial Crisis

   • Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson, Jeffrey Chen, Tord Beding

   Pages 55-61

6. Future Perspective and Policy Implications

   • Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson, Jeffrey Chen, Tord Beding

   Pages 63-80

7. Back Matter

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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws.  While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many countries out of a financial freefall, most economies have performed beneath pre-recession levels as governments continued to struggle with their finances.

    Examining the financial crisis from the viewpoint of intangible assets provides a different perspective from traditional economic approaches.  National Intellectual Capital (NIC), comprised mainly of human capital, market capital, process capital, renewal capital, and financial capital, is a valuable intangible asset and a key source of national competitive advantage in today’s knowledge economy.  The authors—pioneers in the field—present extensive data and a rigorous conceptual framework to analyze the connections between the global financial crisis and NIC development.  Covering the period from 2005 to 2010 across 48 countries, the authors establish a positive correlation between NIC and GDP per capita and consider the impact of NIC investment for short-term recovery and long-term risk control and strategy formulation.

Each volume in a series of SpringerBriefs on NIC and the financial crisis provides in-depth coverageof the impact of the crisis, the aftermath, future prospects, and policy implications for a regional cluster.  This volume focuses on Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

• Competitiveness
• Economic policy
• Financial capital
• Human capital
• Innovation
• Intangible assets

• Dept. of Business Administration, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

  Carol Yeh-Yun Lin

• Universal Networking Intellectual Capita, Norrtalje, Sweden

  Leif Edvinsson

• Accenture, Chicago, USA

  Jeffrey Chen

• TC-Growth AB, Karlstad, Sweden

  Tord Beding

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