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 ...

Other ideas raised by Jarboe for encouraging investment in intangibles include exploring the creation of an Intangibles Mortgage Corporation (Ida Mae) to regularize the intangibles-backed securities ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. Enterprises are pouring billions into AI. Retail companies alone plan to spend $33.2 million ...

In a technology M&A deal, whether you are acquiring or selling a tech or software business, valuation rarely hinges on a single dimension. Financial performance, growth efficiency, and cash flow ...

When russia invaded Ukraine, tangible things at first seemed all too important. Bombs and bullets were what mattered; commodity markets were roiled; supply chains were upturned. As the war has gone on ...

This is an Insight article, written by a selected contributor as part of WTR's co-published content. Read more on Insight Although there is no doubt that brands, IP and intangible assets are valuable, ...

“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 ...