Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Innovation has the potential to transform the investment industry. Another problem is that, just as the giants aren’t paying attention to startups, too few startups are thinking earnestly about the “boring” world of institutional investment, even though it is an industry ripe for massive disruption.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2014

(Tobin’s q is the ratio between a company’s market capitalization and the replacement cost of its tangible assets, with a higher ratio indicating that a company has more intangible assets such as patents, brands, leadership etc., and is likely to grow more in the future than one with a lower Tobin’s q.) . during recessions.

First-mover Advantage 10

First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets Sample Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Even accounting rules specifically dealing with reputation — goodwill and intangible assets — are subject to frequent rule changes and endless debate. Our system of financial accounting rewards quarterly profits, but struggles mightily to place a value on ethical behavior. That should keep the accountants happy.

Intangible Assets 11

Intangible Assets Ethics Short-term Reputation 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Baseline financial skills are still essential, but international experience, industry knowledge, investor relations acumen, technology expertise, and strategic prowess are now just as much part of the package. In the early 1980’s, sixty percent of corporate value creation emanated from the optimization of tangible assets.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

Our conclusion is supported by the fact that in each of the first three five-year intervals in the 21st century, 2001−2005, 2005−2010, and 2011−2015, the largest number of net delists, defined as the number of delisting firms minus the number of listing firms, occurred in software, electronics, and computer industry.

IPO 11

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Just lengthening that second stage of full-time work may secure the financial assets needed for a 100-year life, but such relentless work will inevitably deplete precious intangible assets such as productive skills, vitality, happiness, and friendship. The same is true for education.

Intangible Assets 11

Intangible Assets Career Education Self-aware 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Just last week, for example, industry research consortium Cable Labs released a new cable transmission standard , DOCSIS 3.1, In the strange new world of better and cheaper innovation, every industry will experience similar transformations. In doing so, they systematically undervalue their own intangible assets.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Such models play a part in the predictive future, but the industrial Internet and expanded communications capabilities change the nature of information products. The ultimate goal is to treat information as a tangible flow rather than an intangible asset stuck on the balance sheet.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Self-aware Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Such models play a part in the predictive future, but the industrial Internet and expanded communications capabilities change the nature of information products. The ultimate goal is to treat information as a tangible flow rather than an intangible asset stuck on the balance sheet.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Information Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

These choices are strategic, and a company must think about the broader picture too of the overall intangible assets your company possesses. The different forms of protection should be understood as an asset portfolio – you might want to diversify and spread your risk.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Merchandising Innovation Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

But the rise of big companies — and the resulting concentration of industries, profits, and wages — goes well beyond tech firms and is about far more than antitrust policy. What’s Driving Industry Concentration. Most industries in the U.S. ” Its appetizer seems to have been smaller companies.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In the UK setting, after the imposition of mandatory quarterly reporting we found no change in company investments, measured as capital expenditures on plants, property, equipment, R&D, and intangible assets. Hence, getting rid of quarterly reporting is unlikely to mitigate corporate short-termism.

Report 8

Report Intangible Assets Short-term EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

As the economy has evolved from one age to another (from industrial to services to information to network), our basic measurement systems have not kept pace. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), our core measure of prosperity, was developed during the industrial age.

GDP 8

GDP Wilde Intangible Assets GAAP 8