[PDF] Unlocking Investment In Intangible Assets eBook

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Page : pages
File Size : 46,13 MB
Release : 2017
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ISBN : 9789279648854

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Intangible assets are at the heart of what makes firms competitive. They are vital for productivity and economic growth. A key question is whether the factors that tend to hold back investments in Europe are the same for tangible and intangible assets, i.e. is there a need for specific policy measures addressing intangible assets? This paper provides contextual information concerning intangible assets by discussing conceptual aspects, illustrating recent trends in terms of investments in intangibles and their corresponding impact on productivity and gross value added (GVA) growth. With a view at specific characteristics of intangibles, potential drivers and barriers to investments in intangibles are identified and tested. Evidence from the presented empirical analyses suggests that including intangibles in a source-of growth framework changes the corresponding growth patterns (GVA tends to grow more rapidly and capital deepening becomes the dominant source of growth). Looking at intangibles also helps to improve the understanding of TFP differentials. As regards investments, structural factors tend to matter generally more for intangibles whereas cyclical factors matter more for tangible assets. Against this backdrop, a series of policy-relevant messages has been derived. Overall, however, there is need to enlarge the general understanding of knowledge creation and to further improve the measurement of intangible assets in order to allow sound and evidence-based policy support.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 15,59 MB
Release : 2010-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309144140

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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.

Author : Russell L. Parr
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 35,76 MB
Release : 1991-05
Category : Business & Economics
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Intangible assets, such as patents, trademarks, formulas and copyrights, are increasingly the primary source of earnings, growth, and investment success. Reveals the hidden value of intangible assets for investors. Identifies all types of intangibles and explains, in clear, non-technical language, how intangibles fuel growth and profitability, and thereby stock values.

Author : Paula Anne Barnes
Publisher :
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 47,27 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Economics
ISBN : 9781740373203

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Attempts to answer the following questions about intangible assets, such as knowledge and firm-specific skills: Does the importance of intangibles as part of total investment vary across sectors? [and] Does the exclusion of many intangibles from investment measurement affect the measures of sectoral economic growth and productivity?

Author : Liam S. Parker
Publisher : Isaac Cruz
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1386256943

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Author : Eskil Ullberg
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 27,70 MB
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3030556662

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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).

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Page : pages
File Size : 32,74 MB
Release : 2021
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ISBN : 9789276387534

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This paper investigates capital formation with a view at various tangible and intangible assets across Europe. We assess to what extent there are complementarities among different asset types, i.e. investment in one asset type affecting the productivity of an investment in another. Using novel datasets at both macro and firm level, we estimate translog production functions at different aggregation levels to assess complementarities both at the within-country and the within-sector level. At macro-level, evidence suggests complementarities between tangibles and intangibles and between National Accounts and non-National Accounts intangibles. At firm-level data, we explore more disaggregated asset classes and find that investing simultaneously in software, training of employees, and business process improvements is associated with better firm performance. Within a sector, firms tend to choose to invest either in own R&D or in embedded R&D and training. Our analysis demonstrates that policy support that aims at stimulating investment only in certain assets (while excluding others) may fall short in unlocking its own full potential. The emphasis should rather be on addressing investment bottlenecks arising from market imperfections, while remaining non-discriminatory with a view at what sort of capital deepening is envisaged, i.e. leaving it to the firm to find the most appropriate mix of assets. Accordingly, investment support programmes should generally be open to include intangible assets, notably also those not captured as such in the National Accounts, such as training and organisational capital, and help addressing challenges arising from collateralising such investments.

Author : Jonathan Haskel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,41 MB
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691183295

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Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source of long-term success. But this is not just a familiar story of the so-called new economy. Capitalism without Capital shows that the growing importance of intangible assets has also played a role in some of the larger economic changes of the past decade, including the growth in economic inequality and the stagnation of productivity. Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake explore the unusual economic characteristics of intangible investment and discuss how an economy rich in intangibles is fundamentally different from one based on tangibles. Capitalism without Capital concludes by outlining how managers, investors, and policymakers can exploit the characteristics of an intangible age to grow their businesses, portfolios, and economies.

Author : Robert F. Reilly
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 1998-09-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 007137924X

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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!