As some scholars have requested, this essay briefly reviews the precedent studies over “Intellectual Capital Money (IKM)” with a unified perspective in the form of a statement of purpose. The first component designs the IKM funding under the balance sheet approach. The second component shows...

The antecedent studies have designed new funding with the intellectual capital money (IKM) upon trading the intellectual capital (IK) to ensure unimpeded access to it and spur its generation and exploitation. This piece examines the static and dynamic behavior of IKM in an open economy. The...

The previous studies have designed a novel financial mechanism ensuring others access and exploit intellectual capital while protecting the right holder’s profit. By the mechanism, the national central bank would fund the production and implementation or adoption of intellectual capital, e.g.,...

There has been a longstanding concern about protecting intellectual capital, particularly patenting innovations to accelerate our scientific endeavors. Patents allow an inventor to recoup past investment, raising incentives for the following innovations and to facilitate technology transfer...