The valuation of customer-related intangible assets is a key element of many business appraisals. These intangibles lack physical substance but are crucial assets for a company's success, often ...

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 ...

Top personnel that make a business unique or different constitute an intangible asset in the common sense of that phrase. In fact, if your business has a founder, designer or other employee who is ...

Next to "What is the meaning of life?" perhaps the toughest question we KM'ers get asked is "What's the ROI (return on investment) for all this KM stuff?" Making the transformation to an enterprise of ...

Amortization of intangible assets refers to the systematic allocation of the cost of intangible assets – non-physical assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, or licenses – over their useful ...

Accountants recognize three types of assets: tangible, intangible and financial. Intangible assets are ones that you can't touch, including copyrights, patents, mailing lists, trademarks, names, ...

Emerging technologies such as generative AI and a deep pool of assets make it a good time to buy intangible assets, which include intellectual property and trademarks. Here, Richelle Kalnit, chief ...