| "Due to the increasing importance of the intangible assets of a company, firms are now concerned with how best to manage and measure knowledge and other intangibles. In addition to this, information technology has drastically changed the way these measurements are managed. Strategies for Information Technology and Intellectual Capital: Challenges and Opportunities presents efficient ways for executives and practitioners to understand the impact of IT on the intellectual capital of their firms, as well as search for a new mandate for management in the knowledge economy that takes into consideration the pervasive role of IT on their competitive boundaries. Strategies for Information Technology and Intellectual Capital: Challenges and Opportunities provides a detailed synopsis on the history, origin, taxonomies, ontologies, measurement models, and dynamics of intellectual capital. "
About the Author
Luiz Antonio Joia is an Associate Professor and MBA Head at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of Getulio Vargas Foundation. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Rio de Janeiro State University. He has published two books, several chapters and articles in journals such as: Internet Research - Electronic Networking, Applications and Policy; International Journal of Information Management; Journal of Global Information Management; Journal of Intellectual Capital; Information Strategy - The Executive's Journal; Journal of Teacher Training and Technology; Journal of Knowledge Management; Journal of Workplace Learning. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Intellectual Capital (Emerald) and of the Electronic Government (Inderscience). He holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the Militar Institute of Engineering, Brazil, and a M.Sc. in Civil Engineering and a D.Sc. in Engineering Management from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He also holds a M.Sc. in Management Studies from the Oxford University, U.K. He was a World Bank consultant in Educational Technology and is an invited member of the Technical Board of the Working Group WG 8.5 (Informatics in the Public Administration) of the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing). |
