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The ability to manage and capitalise on opportunities within sustainability can help organisations increase the value of their intangible assets.

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

Unlike physical assets such as machinery or real estate, intangible assets lack a physical presence. They include things like brand recognition, customer loyalty, patents, copyrights and business ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Although not always easy to quantify, intangible assets are one of the primary sources of strong competitive advantages for businesses and a key source of economic moats. Patents are a legal barrier ...

Consider this scenario: A hot new startup needs cash to invest in growth. Being a young company, its founders have few tangible assets they could use to secure a loan. The company has plenty of ...

When taking an asset-based approach to valuing a company, most financial professionals would agree that determining the market value for a company's tangible assets is pretty easy. Cash is cash.

As a result, intangible assets as a proportion of book value for the S&P 500 has risen to almost 70%, from 40% in the late 1990s [Aberdeen Asset Management]. Even more importantly, intangible assets ...