Download or read book Competitiveness and the Value of Intangible Assets written by Pierre-André Buigues and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 17 papers from the April 1999 conference, in which economists, statisticians, administrators, and consultants from around Europe analyze the impact of intangible assets (e.g., RandD, human capital, innovation in product and organization, trademarks, and patents, networking and software) on economic performance at the level of companies, sectors, and the economy as a whole. After much empirical evidence and comparisons with the economies of the US and Japan, the contributors conclude that government policies (national, European, and international) must recognize the fact that intangible investment is becoming the key element in bringing about durable growth. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Competitiveness and the value of intangible assets written by Jean-François Marchipont and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intangible Asset Gap in Global Competitiveness written by Eskil Ullberg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role of intangible assets (IA) in companies and countries for achieving sustainable economic growth. The authors particularly focus on Sweden and other Nordic countries to analyse the IA gap using a systematized “IA metrics” approach. They also discuss the incentives needed for strategic investments into useful IA to gain national competitiveness from an economic, social and environmental policy perspective. The authors contend that despite the increasing importance of IA and intellectual capital (IC) in the economy, the current discussion has only been centered on intellectual property, which is one of the more prominent forms of intangibles. As this book demonstrates, IC and IA encompass wider dimensions of human, process, market, and renewal capital, among others. Featuring real case examples from Spotify, Minecraft and Izettle, this book offers a strategy for the resurrection of competitive advantage in the globalized economy and the advancement of some key United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Download or read book Safeguarding Intangible Assets written by Michael D. Moberly and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides strategies for preserving and enhancing a company’s intangible assets to increase its profitability, competitiveness, and sustainability. Intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, methodologies, and brand typically account for 80 percent of an organization’s value and revenue. There are many forces making it more and more difficult to protect these assets, and securing them is a complex issue often overlooked by security and risk managers. Many security managers do not have adequate policies or procedures in place to protect these assets from compromise, infringement, and theft. Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides managers with the tools necessary for protecting these assets through effective and consistent oversight designed to preserve their control, use, and ownership. The book offers strategies for various types of business transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate-university R&D alliances, new product launches, early stage firms, and university-based spin-offs. Offers step-by-step guidelines and best practices for establishing and maintaining an intangible asset protection program Provides intangible asset risk management strategies that preserve the company’s value, revenue, and competitive advantages Shows how to collaboratively build a company culture that anticipates and recognizes intangible asset risks in everyday transactions and operations Strengthens the interface with other departments’ security practices, including IT, management, legal, accounting, finance, and risk management

Download or read book The Economic Importance of Intangible Assets written by Patrizio Bianchi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a two-year interdisciplinary research programme named PRISM (Policy making, Reporting and measuring, Intangibles, Skills development and Management), financed by the European Commission and aimed both at understanding better how these assets are created and developed and what the policy implications of their growing importance in economies are. The book focuses on the policy issues raised by the increasing importance of intangible assets in a country's growth and competitiveness. The main idea is that the value of intangible assets, which is imperfectly captured by current economic indicators and imperfectly formalized in economic theory, lies in their being the cumulative elements that keep the economy together - the glue of the system. This argument leads to the focus on networks and social capital as drivers of the development of intangible assets and is illustrated by the case of EU innovation and knowledge diffusion policy.

Download or read book Drivers for Corporate Competitiveness Intellectual Capital and Related Intangible Assets and Intellectual Property written by Kai Wright and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0, University of London, course: Intellectual Capital and Competitvness, language: English, abstract: Knowledge and competence of individuals and their recognized value for successful and sustainable economic activity is reflected in the term of intellectual capital. Companies that want to be successful and play an outstanding role in the fierce competition of global dynamic markets have to be able to continuously innovate. Competiveness more and more becomes a question of the ability to innovate; Creativeness, ideas, knowledge and competencies as well as the ability to collaborate are key factors to be competitive and therefore are important elements which have to be managed by today’s corporations. One can speak of a paradigm change going away from an industrial society where classical production factors (land, labour and capital) and tangible resources mattered, where labour was seen as a cost factor. The intangible paradigm on the contrary considers labour and therefore humans and their knowledge as the most important source of innovation and value creation. In that sense intellectual capital is actually substituting the other factors of production. This essay will elaborate what intellectual capital is, what elements it consist of and why it is important for corporate competiveness.

Download or read book Intangible Assets written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-01-09 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intangible assets-which include computer software, research and development (R&D), intellectual property, workforce training, and spending to raise the efficiency and brand identification of firms-comprise a subset of services, which, in turn, accounts for three-quarters of all economic activity. Increasingly, intangibles are a principal driver of the competitiveness of U.S.-based firms, economic growth, and opportunities for U.S. workers. Yet, despite these developments, many intangible assets are not reported by companies, and, in the national economic accounts, they are treated as expenses rather than investments. On June 23, 2008, a workshop was held to examine measurement of intangibles and their role in the U.S. and global economies. The workshop, summarized in the present volume, included discussions of a range of policy-relevant topics, including: what intangibles are and how they work; the variety and scale of emerging markets in intangibles; and what the government's role should be in supporting markets and promoting investment in intangibles.

Download or read book Intangible Assets written by Pankaj M. Madhani and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the current business environment of globalization and a demanding competitive paradigm, it is essential from a strategic management perspective to focus on the financial dimension of value associated with intangible assets to create sustainable long term advantages. Some of the organizational assets valued by the market but overlooked by current accounting practices are intangibles. The paper underlines significance of intangibles assents in knowledge economy and presents resourced based view perspective of intangible assets. Recognition and characteristics of various components of intangible assets are also highlighted. This paper presents the key issues pertaining to the management of intangible assets, focuses on identification and measurement practices for measurement of intangible assets and identifies value drivers for intangible assets.

Download or read book National Intellectual Capital written by Carol Yeh-Yun Lin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, knowledge assets and intellectual capital have been attracting an increasing amount of attention, not only from academics and CEOs, but also from national policy makers. To date, most studies of intellectual capital have focused at the organizational level, with an emphasis on explaining the role of “intangible assets” as a differentiator between accounting value and market value as a possible source of corporate competitive advantage. More recently, pioneers in the field, including the authors of this book, have begun to apply these methodologies to a broader scope, with the objective of comparing the intellectual capital indices at the national or regional level. As a result, an increasing number of world organizations and researchers are commissioned to investigate this future-oriented crucial national issue. Yet, the linkage between the value of intangible assets and how to quantify or benchmark it is still tenuous, not to mention easily misunderstood by a layman for guiding better decision making. With the belief that numbers talk and statistics hide valuable information, this book serves to present the authors’ research findings, covering 14 years (1995-2008) of intellectual capital information, comprised of human capital, market capital, process capital, renewal capital, and financial capital for 40 countries. The last three chapters go beyond analysis of current intellectual capital factors, and present practical tools for launching initiatives at the national level. The book will serve as an essential resource for researchers, policy makers, and business leaders concerned with issues of economic growth and competitiveness, innovation, and business creation.

Download or read book The Future of Knowledge Management written by Birgit Renzl and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book leading scholars debate current issues and shed light on future prospects in the field of Knowledge Management. It presents new perspectives on knowledge and learning, including modes of knowing in practice, transactive knowledge systems, organizational narrations, and challenges conventional wisdom. It deals with emerging issues in knowledge and innovation embracing models of distributed innovation and forms of co-operation. It also includes problems in managing knowledge, leadership issues and how to measure knowledge.

Download or read book Measuring and Evaluating Intellectual Capital written by Marius Karzell and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-09-25 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: The development from the industrial society to an information and knowledge based society is mainly characterized by the evolution of information and knowledge based technologies and the possibilities to share and gain information within a globalized world. In order to create products and to provide services which are competitive in the market it can be assumed that the importance of obtaining competitive advantages, such as process or product based knowledge and protecting and open up new resources for innovation is permanently rising. In the last century labor has been only considered as an economic production factor in context with land and capital following the classical economic approach of Adam Smith. Today we have realized that a main source for innovation is based on a company's labor workforce also known as human resources. There is a scientific consensus that on average 80% of a company's market value is based on intangible assets and that knowledge is getting a strategic resource and a critical success factor for competitiveness.1 A straight trend of emerging business and knowledge networks which have an important impact on corporate success2 are supporting this aspect. That implies a distinct constraint for modern management to capture and evaluate information regarding intangible company assets in order to be able to operationalize actions to support the strategy. The fact that management decisions are taken based on information which is corresponding on 20% of the company value is unsatisfying and may lead into the wrong direction. There are several problems which occur if management decides to disclose these "hidden assets"3. Based on the individual company and its core business, assets have to be identified and evaluated in a proper way. Starting with the choic

Download or read book Making Sense of Intellectual Capital written by Daniel Andriessen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-02-18 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Drucker has introduced us all to the knowledge era, where knowledge is the primary resource and intangibles (intellectual capital resources and assets) are now largely recognized as the most important sources of organizations' competitive advantage. With the recognition of the importance of Intangibles comes the problem of how to properly identify them and assign them a value within the corporation. This is an area of concern in 5 fields: 1) accounting and financial reporting, 2) performance measurement and management, 3) valuation in the finance field, 4) the Human Resources field in terms of management, strategy, and planning, and 5) Intellectual Capital. Over the past eight years, over 25 methods have been proposed for the valuation of intangibles coming out of these 5 fields. In this book, Andriessen evaluates 25 existing methods of intangible valuation according to highly developed criteria. In performing his evaluations, Andriessen synthesizes the state of the art research from these fields based on extensive research. He then presents his own method for valuing intangibles, which he began developing and testing as a Senior Manager at KPMG Knowledge Advisory Services in The Netherlands. He relates six case studies in which this method was tested in actual companies, carefully reviews the results of his tests, and then concludes by offering a new and improved method for valuing intangibles in his Weightless Wealth Toolkit, a complete step-by-step process for identifying, valuing, and managing Intangibles to help managers operate successfully in the Intangible Economy.

Download or read book Management of Intangible Assets written by Pankaj M. Madhani and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no misgiving that what differentiates superior organizations from average ones is the way they understand, manage and leverage their intangible assets. In the current era of knowledge based new economy, management of intangible assets is the major source of competitive differentiation and key determinants of competitive advantages. It's evident that many businesses in the current era operate without traditional discernible assets. Yet these companies are increasingly the main contributors of value to the economy as intangible assets drive their economic performance. This paper explains the term intangible assets and discusses various definitions of intangibles. It also explains how intangibles differ from tangible assets. Intangibles are the main performance drivers in the present transition from a traditional to a new economy. Wealth and growth in today's economy are driven primarily by intangible assets. Paper explains drivers for the growth of intangibles. Intangible assets are levers for sustainable performance and are critical for the future success of businesses. Intangibles are inadequately accounted for in the traditional financial reporting model as current accounting system was designed for an era when tangible assets were dominant in the economy. They don't show up on a balance sheet or an income statement - yet, they are the manageable and usually quantifiable drivers of enterprise value creation. The measurement, management and reporting of intangibles is the new crucial management skill. This paper emphasize the positive correlation between disclosure of intangibles and enterprise competitive differentiation. Paper also highlights cost associated with overall management of intangibles.

Download or read book Mission written by Nir Kossovsky and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mission: Intangible. Managing risk and reputation to create enterprise value, the author shares value-creating strategies for conquering headline risks and helping corporate executives, C-suite leaders, and business directors protect their most critical business processes. Dr. Nir Kossovsky, chief executive of Steel City Re has spent the last 30 years helping companies increase, protect, and restore their intangible asset value. Dr Kossovsky offers convincing proof that protecting a company's intangible assets is an investment in reputation resilience and value creation. By reading this book, business leaders will obtain the knowledge and insights they need to: Identify how intangible assets contribute to enterprise value Build a business case for allocating resources to protect and grow intangible asset value Manage intangible assets to create a competitive edge and reputation resilience Mitigate risks that may reduce intangible asset value Develop superior strategies for communicating value to stakeholders Dr. Kossovsky's insightful methods for managing ethical compliance, quality, safety, sustainability and security will help businesses compete successfully in a dynamic global economy. Click here to read what experts are saying about Mission: Intangible. Click here for ideas on how to use Mission: Intangible in a classroom setting.

Download or read book The Evaluation of Company s Intangible Assets Influence for Business Value written by Živilė Savickaitė and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mismeasurement of intangible assets in a company may result in high costs and loss of its competitiveness and position in the market. Conventional evaluation methods are not able to identify reliably intangible intensive business value because of such assets specificity. Therefore, the business assessment process adjustment, making it comprehensive and including the intangible asset valuation methods is a critical process that allows to evaluate companies better and increases business management efficiency and quality. The article states the importance of further scientific research in the areas of the intangible value resources, creation of business valuation, intangible assets valuation methods and models - the creation of intangible assets on the firm level and how they meet changing needs of the company's owners, capital markets investors, politicians and other interest-groups needs in the intangible intensive economy should be analysed as well as how economic systems based on intangible assets operates. Also special attention is be given to the strengthening of the cooperation of scientific research and business. It's important to avoid a repeat of guidelines, methods, models and systems of intangible assets' measurement and business valuation methods and to eliminate its disadvantages in order to create and establish universal system for effective intangible intensive business valuation.

Download or read book The Management of Intangibles written by Ahmed Bounfour and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of Intangibles and knowledge management is becoming increasingly significant, particularly in the realms of finance, marketing and strategy. Intangibles are the nebulous but vital aspects of companies, for example, R&D, knowledge creation, corporate identity and marketing and advertising expenditures, which are now unanimously considered to be the most important factors in the strategic positioning of organisations today. This comprehensive volume provides an integrated and original approach to intangible resource management and an evaluation of their contribution to the establishment of competitive advantage in the market place.

Download or read book Valuing Intangible Assets written by Robert F. Reilly and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1998-09-22 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When partnerships change hands, the valuation of intangible assets can be a financial maze. This in-depth book, working through each of the basic valuation approaches: cost, market, and income, provides professionals with complete guidelines and industry standards. It's a must-have for financial analysts and attorneys!