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A Note on Blest’s Measure of Kurtosis (With reference to Weibull Distribution)
A number of measures of peakedness, shoulder heaviness and tailedness have been proposed in literature. A Weibull family of distributions has peakedness as well as other characteristics with varying degrees depending on the shape parameter of the distribution. In this paper we apply Blest’s approach for measuring kurtosis of Weibull distributions and make some remarks on its comparison with Pearson’s measure of kurtosis. 
A Strategic Tool for Managing Intellectual Capital of Pakistan
In the post-industrial world, the Intellectual Capital (IC) of
nations has become critical for wealth and value creation. In this era
of knowledge-based economy, one real challenge that a nation faces is
maintenance of its economic growth and its competitiveness in the
international market. Policy-makers presently need to have a strategic
management tool to measure and develop IC assets of a country. The paper
extends the framework of Skandia Navigator [Edvinsson and Malone (1997)]
from the corporate to the national level and develops a tool on the
extended framework to visualise the intellectual capital of Pakistan.
The Intellectual Capital of a country is indirectly visualised through
various indices. These indices change from year to year, not necessarily
in a consistent manner, so that having a general view would be baffling.
To overcome this limitation, this paper proposes three methods of
measuring the change in IC based on Financial Index (FI), Human Index
(HI), Process Index (PI), Market Index (MI) and Research Index (RI).
These tools produce composite IC indices for Pakistan (2005-2010) that
can be useful for the development of national policies. Keywords:
Intellectual Capital Measurement, Knowledge Management, Strategic
Management, Pakistan Econom
A Note on Blest’s Measure of Kurtosis (With reference to Weibull Distribution)
A number of measures of peakedness, shoulder heaviness and tailedness have been proposed in literature. A Weibull family of distributions has peakedness as well as other characteristics with varying degrees depending on the shape parameter of the distribution. In this paper we apply Blest’s approach for measuring kurtosis of Weibull distributions and make some remarks on its comparison with Pearson’s measure of kurtosis.