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