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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180617074838/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_944_2017-toc1.pdf"><img src="/web/20180617074838im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/e_pdf.gif" alt="World Intellectual Property Report 2017 – Intangible Capital in Global Value Chains, (pdf)" border="0"></a></li> <li>Chapter 1: IP and other intangibles add twice as much value to products as tangible capital <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180617074838/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_944_2017-chapter1.pdf"><img src="/web/20180617074838im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/e_pdf.gif" alt="World Intellectual Property Report 2017 – Intangible Capital in Global Value Chains, (pdf)" border="0"></a></li> </ul></div><div class="col col--two"><ul class="dividers"><li>Chapter 2: Intangibles are key to seizing new opportunities in the coffee market <a 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