National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain

• Main Authors: Lin, Carol Yeh-Yun. (Author), Edvinsson, Leif. (Author), Chen, Jeffrey. (Author), Beding, Tord. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics, 7
• Subjects: Economics.; Endogenous growth (Economics).; Economic policy.; Regional economics.; Economics/Management Science.; Economic Growth.; Economic Policy.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Regional/Spatial Science.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5990-3

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...

Table of Contents:

• Contents
• Foreword: Markku Markkula
• Foreword: Nick Bontis
• Foreword: Se-Hwa Wu
• Preface: Leif Edvinsson
• Preface: Carol Yeh-Yun Lin
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
• Economic Background
• 2. Impact of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
• 3. National Intellectual Capital Development of the Four Southern European Countries
• 4. Beyond the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
• 5. Future Perspectives and Policy Implications
• Concluding remark and emerging insights
• References
• Glossary
• Subject Index
• Author Index
• Appendices.