Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Decades ago, a company’s market value was nearly equivalent to its tangible assets—buildings, machinery, materials, financial capital, and so on. In 1975 intangible assets were just 17% of the market value of the S&P 500. Trust comes from transparency, and transparency is the norm today.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Reputation Bottom-up Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2014

Some studies (see here or here ) have shown that during periods of economic growth, family-managed companies in the US actually perform better than professionally managed businesses. In our sample, the average advertising intensity (advertising expenditure divided by total assets) of the family companies fell marginally, from 2.0%

First-mover Advantage 10

First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets Sample Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Earnings also seem to matter less for CEO pay: companies are reducing profits-based cash bonuses and shifting toward stock-based CEO compensation, partly to keep opportunistic managers from cutting back on valuable investments as a way to report higher profits. Facebook’s gross margin of 76% on its 2017 revenues of $46.5

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Depreciation IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

That includes identifying your current mix of assets and the business model that your asset portfolio creates. For example, do you make and sell things, hire skilled employees and provide services, develop and new IP like software or pharmaceuticals, or build and manage digital networks, be they transactional, informational, or social?

Intangible Assets 10

Intangible Assets Business Model How To Intellectual Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

But while such information exchanges have become technically feasible, they are not yet financially beneficial to the information provider and difficult for the customer to value and incorporate into their management systems. The practice of management itself must evolve for this capability to emerge.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Information Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

CFO 12

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

Example: Carol owns a small business and needs a customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Evaluate your leadership team’s openness to co-creation as well. The biggest hurdle to co-creation is usually shifting the leadership team’s mental model. She is a leadership consultant with OpenMatters.

CRM 8

CRM Brand Business Model Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

Digital firms are as valuable for their intangible capital as were the 20 th century firms for their land, building, and factories. Hence, successful digital firms, even if incurring losses, prove attractive acquisition targets for firms that create value by mixing and matching acquired intangible assets with their own.

IPO 11

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

But while such information exchanges have become technically feasible, they are not yet financially beneficial to the information provider and difficult for the customer to value and incorporate into their management systems. The practice of management itself must evolve for this capability to emerge.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Self-aware Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

corporations to accumulate assets in those affiliates (now estimated at $2.6 trillion), enabling them to manage their portfolios more efficiently. By eliminating the tax on repatriated dividends that U.S. companies receive from their foreign affiliates, the bills remove the incentive for U.S.

Company 9

Company Intangible Assets Incentives Insurance 9