The intangible tasks of knowledge creation are similar to software development in that they may be performed and communicated virtually.
We have demonstrated that drug discovery may be broken down into both tangible and intangible tasks, with the tangible ones requiring access to expensive facilities and physical goods.
[Page A1.] Suggestions on Intangible Assets A task force appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission will urge the S.E.C. to find a way to encourage companies to provide more information about intangible assets but will stop short of demanding that companies be required to make more disclosures.
These enable a company to coordinate its various tangible and intangible resources to accomplish tasks such as new product development and business model design.
In our analysis of the elements that were repetitively used to complete dispensing functions, we firstly looked at 'people' or social resources and what processes and elements (both tangible and intangible) they used achieve tasks.
Wright has repeated similar themes throughout the season — namely, that the Mets, lacking huge power or impressive speed, need to complete an exhaustive checklist of intangibles and minute tasks each game to grind out wins.
But Tagliabue decided this crisis presented too many questionable, and potentially dangerous, intangibles that made playing through this horrific event a nearly impossible task.
The bank, run as a public-private partnership, would have several tasks: developing insurance schemes to underwrite the value of intangible assets, as well as mentoring UK businesses and players in the financial sector, including banks and venture capitalists.
The task force also suggested that the Securities and Exchange Commission make it easier for companies to document investments in intangible assets.
This is no simple task, not least because we struggle with the idea of placing a value on something apparently so intangible.
