Leif Edvinsson (born 1946) is a Swedish

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, Professor at the

University of Lund , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion intellectual capital Intellectual capital is the result of mental processes that form a set of intangible objects that can be used in economic activity and bring income to its owner (organization), covering the competencies of its people ( human capital), the value rela ...

. and knowledge management.Wenger, Etienne, Richard Arnold McDermott, and William Snyder. ''Cultivating communities of practice: A guide to managing knowledge.'' Harvard Business Press, 2002.

Life and work

Born in Uppsala, Edvinsson made a career at the Swedish insurance company

Skandia Skandia is a financial services corporation in Sweden. History Skandia started out as a Swedish insurance company in 1855. Today the brand operates in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Skandia also operates an internet bank called Skandiab ...

. In the 1990s there he developed his theories about the hidden value of intellectual capital of Skandia and developed a management model for this value. In 1997 he published the book ''Intellectual Capital: Realizing Your Company's True Value by Finding Its Hidden Brainpower,'' with Michael Malone. In 2001, he was appointed a professor at the

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award.

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and

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were also nominated that year.

Selected publications

* Edvinsson, Leif, and Michael S. Malone. ''Intellectual Capital: Realizing Your Company\'s True Value by Finding Its Hidden Brainpower.'' (1997). * Roos, Johan, Leif Edvinsson, and Goran Roos. ''Intellectual capital: navigating in the new business landscape.'' New York University Press, 1998.

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External links

Leif Edvinsson
at World Capital Institute. {{DEFAULTSORT:Edvinsson Leif Living people 1946 births Swedish business theorists People from Uppsala