Annex VI – Group Model’s Properties

 

Type

 

 

Characteristics

Market Vakue Models

Performance and Knowledge Management Models

Strategic Models

Customer Capital Models

Structure Capital Models

Human Capital Models

What is measured

Measure intangible assets

Measure performance of knowledge management processes

Measure how the company reaches strategic goals or accomplishes critical success factors

Measure the external environment

 

Measure internal effectiveness and company organizational structure

 

Measure competencies and the value creating potential of innovation

 

Standard of measure

Monetary

Indexes of eficiency and qualitative refferences

Degree or indexes of accomplishment

Indexes, monetary values

Quantitative

Quantitative and qualitative

Calculation Process

Computes current, historical and predicted data

Quantify qualitative variables

Quantify level of strategic accomplishment

Quantify qualitative variables

Quantify qualitative variables

Quantify qualitative variables

Objectivity

High. Data comes from accounting which is subject to external audit

Depends on technical competencies of who applies the model

Depends on technical competencies of who applies the model and from effective internal debate

Depends on technical competencies of who applies the model

Depends on technical competencies of who applies the model

Depends on technical competencies of who applies the model

Extensiveness

Extensive, if we acept that financial results include all Knowledge Capital sources

Medium. Although they have carefully elaborated questions. Some of them have few questions

Extensive if they are directed to global strategic of company

Very low. Include partial sources of knowledge capital

Very low. Include partial sources of knowledge capital

Very low. Include partial sources of knowledge capital

Information structure

Numbers

Numbers and graphisc

Numbers and graphics

Numbers and qualitative description

Numbers

Numbers and qualitative description

Availability of data

Easy. Got from accounting system and financial market data

Hard to get. Got throught survey and firm's information systems

Hard to get. From discussion inside the company

Hard to get. Got form surveys and firm's information systems

Hard. Got form surveys and fimr's internal efficiency

Hard to get. Got form surveys and firm's information systems