A) The rise of intangible investment is transforming economies B) Traditional manufacturing is making a comeback C) Financial markets are becoming less important D) Physical capital remains the dominant economic driver
A) They have no effect on productivity metrics B) They make productivity harder to measure C) They simplify productivity calculations D) They make productivity more visible
A) Better management is crucial for intangible success B) Management becomes less important C) Management is irrelevant for intangibles D) Traditional management methods work best
A) They make banking easier B) They reduce need for external financing C) They create challenges for traditional lending D) They simplify collateral requirements
A) Benefits that flow to other firms B) Government subsidies for research C) Internal company benefits only D) Costs that burden the investing firm
A) They simplify policy implementation B) They require new policy approaches C) They eliminate need for economic policy D) They make existing policies more effective
A) Why inflation remains low B) Why measured investment has declined C) Why productivity always increases D) Why physical capital grows faster
A) They have no relationship with physical assets B) They complement and enhance physical assets C) They replace physical assets completely D) They diminish physical asset value
A) Size, speed, strength, stability B) Supply, demand, price, quantity C) Sales, service, support, systems D) Scalability, sunkenness, spillovers, synergies
A) Only financial institutions matter B) Strong institutions are crucial C) Weak institutions work better D) Institutions become irrelevant
A) They compete with each other B) They function best in isolation C) They work better in combination D) They reduce overall effectiveness
A) Intangible capital is hard to measure B) Measurement methods are perfect C) It's easier to measure than physical capital D) No measurement is needed
A) They eliminate business cycles B) They only affect long-term growth C) They may amplify economic fluctuations D) They have no cyclical effects
A) They require physical expansion B) They decrease with use C) They can be used in many places at once D) They have limited application
A) They are excluded from financial statements B) Accounting standards struggle with intangibles C) They simplify financial reporting D) Financial reporting captures them perfectly
A) It makes economic measurement easier B) It only affects inflation measures C) It has no effect on economic statistics D) It challenges GDP and productivity measures |