Information and Knowledge Management using ArcGIS ModelBuilder

Ghassan Kbar
Entering state of the projects
New Ideas Proved Ideas Prototype Advance
prototype
6.7 m – 4 m = 5.36 m – 4 m + 4.69 m – 4 m 4.02 m – 4m +
Science Park
profit
2.7 m
0.3m = 1.66m
Partner profit 3.3m-2m= 1.3m 2.64m-
2m=0.64m
Investment Partnership Calculation:
+0.6m = 1.29 m
2.31m-
2m=0.31m
0.9m = 0.92m
1.98m-2m=-
0.02m
The partnership investment model includes the owner of IP, the investing partner, the funding partner,
and the operational partner. At any stage of the investment, these 4 parties would share the value of
the business which based on the invested capital or partners’ contributions, the current value of IP
and the current value of the business. The proposed method provide fair distribution of benefit which
preserve the right of involved parties and consequently attract partners to invest in developing new
innovation and creating useful products. The development partnership model would be excellent for
Incubation, and the investment partnership model would be excellent for Science Park.
As shown in Table 3, the formula used for calculating the benefit of all partners in the investment
partnership model is presented, Table 4 shows an example for sharing the profit generated from this
investment, and Table 5 shows another example for sharing the loss generated from this investment.
The following assumptions and formulas are used in the tables:
I = Total expense of Investment (for the period of the projects) = value of IP + equip cost+
operation cost
Pi = Partnership Investment contribution = I/w
Fi = Funder Investment contribution = I/F
Ki = Science Park Investment contribution = I – I/w – I/F
V i= current Value of Investment
Initial Value of IP = V
Current Value of IP =Vc =V+20% of (Vi-I)
ROI =Return of Investment or Profit/Loss of Investment = Vi-I-Vc
Partner share of Vi = [(1/w)*100]% of ROI = p of ROI
Funder share of Vi = [(1/F)*100]% of ROI = q of ROI
Science Park Share of Vi = [100-(1/w+1/F)*100]% of ROI = s of ROI
Table 3: Sharing of investment partnership formula
IP owner Science Park Partner Funder
Investment cost
percentage
0 [1-(1/W+1/F)]% of I 1/W% of I 1/F% of I
ROI percentage
of parties
V-Vc s of ROI p of ROI q of ROI
In order to calculate the profit or loss at a particular time in the partnership investment model, there is
a need to know the correct value of the project investment including the value of current IPs, the
overall cost of the project and its current assets, and the market value of the product outcome, in
addition to the indirect business value such as knowledge and employees experiences. The most
challenging issue is related to accurate estimation of the current IPs and knowledge creation,
whereas the estimation of current assets and product value would be easier. The estimation of
knowledge and employees experiences is subjective and depends on how relevant these parameters
to organizations or partner. Therefore, the current value of investment has to be calculated on a
project basis, where the indirect benefit related to knowledge and experiences might vary from
country to country, and from organizations to other. Example experiences and knowledge in
development countries would be valued more than developed countries because of the relatively low
standard education in these development countries.
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