@article{12589,
      recid = {12589},
      author = {Buigues, Pierre., and M. Boon,},
      title = {Competitiveness and the Value of Intangible Assets.},
      pages = {360 pages ;},
      abstract = {Intangible assets are of growing importance to corporate  competitiveness and economic performance. They include R&D,  human capital, innovation in products and in organisation,  trademarks and patents, networking and software. This  path-breaking book provides a theoretical and empirical  analysis of intangible investment and its effect on public  policy in Europe.  The authors find that the growing  importance of intangibles is transforming the direction of  public policies in Europe, particularly industrial, R&D,  competition and trade policies. They conclude that  government policies must recognise the fact that intangible  investment is becoming the key element in bringing about  durable growth and accord at least the same priority to  intangible factors as to physical investment.  This work  should be essential reading for students interested in this  new field of economic analysis, national and international  policymakers, and industrialists involved in the  non-physical economy.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/12589},
}