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 ...

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.

Financial innovation is a double-edged sword—investors today have more financial product options than ever, but this abundance of choice can be overwhelming. In the US alone, there are now about 4,500 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. When advising business owners, one of the trickiest topics ...

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

These days, intangible assets—like brand reputation, organizational culture, intellectual property and human capital—drive growth and differentiation more than physical assets. A 2020 report by Ocean ...

When products are commoditized, manufacturers must compete on services, business models and intangible dimensions of their value proposition. In many cases, intangibles are tie breakers when customers ...

“The growth of intangible assets as a component of company market value is up 35% since 1995, and almost five-fold since 1975.” The strength of many of today’s most valuable companies is based ...