Mind Over Matter: Why Intellectual Capital is the Chief Source of Wealth
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.43 (905 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470053615 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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"…is a broad and fairly comprehensive multidisciplinary treatment of intellectual capital and the implications of the new knowledge economy." (Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, July/August 2008)
In Mind Over Matter, Ron Baker has switched on a beacon for us to follow. A great read." --Reed Holden, founder, Holden Advisors Corp., holdenadvisors, and coauthor, The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing and Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table "At a time when the virtues that made America great--individualism, hard work, and free trade--are openly debated by well-meaning politicians, Ron Baker gives us Mind Over Matter. If we have the courage to embrace the concepts Ron posits, perhaps it will be less than another half century before we begin to reap the rewards as individuals and as a society." --Ed Kless, Senior Director, Partner Development and Recruitment, Sage Software. I sum it up in two words: outstanding stuff!" --Friedrich Blase, Kerma Partners, kermapartners "This is a wonderful read for anyone who wants to explore the power of constructive thinking. It is a timeless me
"People as the real source of value" according to Douglas W. Mcdavid. This is an important book on an important topic - the creation of value and wealth by people working together in services relationships. It's hard to tell from the title, but this is, among other things, a one-volume economics education. Baker builds on extensive quotes from a who's who of economic and business literature, including a satiric essay on balance of trade fallacies by Frederic Bastiat, and the full text of a prescient speech Ronald Reagan in Moscow in 1988. The book is written in an approachable first-person style, as befits an author who seems to be a bit of a cult hero