As businesses shift toward knowledge-based industries and digital innovation, intangible assets are becoming increasingly important in financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and overall ...

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Many of the assets that form the foundations of modern companies are overlooked, especially in the fast-paced world of software development. These assets are the keys to unlocking innovation and ...

Over the years, many companies have transitioned from asset-heavy to asset-light business models, where intangible assets drive most of their growth. Tangible assets are assets that appear on a ...

Intangible assets have become increasingly important in the modern economy, yet many funds still prioritize book value. Traditionally, businesses have been valued based on their book value, which is ...

Assets which cannot be seen or touched but which still add value to a company. Intangible assets include intellectual property such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and goodwill, which refers to ...

Global consulting firm J.S. Held announces a collaboration between the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC), the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), the National University ...

Arantxa Monroy of BC&B says trademarks do not merely assert a legal right; they underpin reputation, attract investment, and ...

This asset-light model creates switching costs, given 20-year contracts that have meaningful cancellation costs for owners. We expect Choice’s intangible brand asset and switching cost advantage to ...

WITH ALL THE SCRUTINY that public companies get these days, you would think there’s little that isn’t known about them. But that kind of knowledge may only scratch the surface of what composes ...

How valuable are a company’s IT systems, employee skills, culture? For many, they are worth far more than the physical and financial assets that can be tallied on a balance sheet. Measuring the value ...