Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy (repost)
Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy by Jonathan Haskel, Stian Westlake
2017 | ISBN: 0691175039 | English | 288 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
2017 | ISBN: 0691175039 | English | 288 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economy
Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, from tech firms and pharma companies to coffee shops and gyms, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source of long-term success.