Two impact investing leaders explore how to reconcile the many benefits of nature with the existing metrics of today's ...

Mention business “assets,” and most people think of actual physical items, such as equipment and real estate-;things that are tangible. But intangible assets--such as copyrights, trademarks, a brand, ...

Intangible assets include operational assets that lack physical substance. For example, goodwill is a fixed asset, as are patents, copyrights, trademarks and franchises. A company's intangible assets ...

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 ...

Prableen Bajpai is the founder of FinFix and Analytics Private Limited. She has 10+ years of experience as a finance, cryptocurrency, and trading strategy expert. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer ...

EVEN WITH THE GUIDANCE IN FASB STATEMENT NO. 142, th e useful life of certain intangible assets is difficult to judge, particularly assets that involve contracted or other legally set terms. Companies ...

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

As a business owner, your tangible costs are the obvious ones. Buying a computer, paying an employee and reserving rooms for a training seminar are all tangible costs. Intangible costs such as wasted ...

As nonprofit leaders, changing the calendar year signals one of the most critical periods in our work: annual reporting on impact and new year goal setting. It's a time when we compile the results of ...

A Mexican migrant to the U.S. is five times more productive than one who stays home. Why is that? The answer is not the obvious one: This country has more machinery or tools or natural resources.

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 ...