[PDF] Skandia Perspectives

Are Skandia's and Edvinsson's achievements in development of national intellectual capital?

The aim of the article is presentation of the significance of Skandia’s and L. Edvinsson's achievements in development of the national intellectual capital concept. In this research paper selected conceptual models NIC are analysed, which to some extent relied on Skandia’s model.

What is Skandia Navigator?

Skandia Navigator became an universal construction, irrespective of the size and type of the object of analysis. Edvinsson’s model is constantly used as the foundation of assessment instrument in significant amount of scientific studies and reports for intellectual capital researches at the macroeconomic level.

How does the Skandia Navigator evaluate the value of intangibles?

In different from balanced scorecard the Skandia Navigator considers the human capital as the most important component of intangibles and in addition it comes with a formula that evaluates the value of intangibles based on their performance, using the performance indicators in form of percentages and ratios.

What are concept models based on Skandia Navigator?

Concept models based on the Skandia Navigator are a group of relatively clear methods with a substantial degree of freedom of choice by selecting NIC indicators. Its versatility and ease of adaptation allows a big selection of measurable and immeasurable characteristics to reflect the value of the individual components.