Have you got a chance to pose a question to yourself, how companies are creating wealth? It is purely based on intellectual assets of the employees. Knowledge is the fundamental base for wealth creation, productivity and innovation."Knowledge" is emerging as a most important resource compared to land, capital, and labour. Knowledge Management is one of the ways companies create, disseminate and leverage their intellectual assets. Physical assets will have the limited period of life with tear and wear where as K assets may last forever

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