Intellectual Capital from the Analyst Point of View | I-Capital Advisors - The Diigo Meta page

• 16 Dec 08
  

  Bertrand Duperrin

  In developed economies today the most important factors associated with corporate competitiveness and growth are invisible. These intangible assets – collectively called intellectual capital – range from staff and management skills, software, R&D, brands and patents all the way to strategies, processes, and relationships with suppliers and customers. Yet despite its paramount importance, intellectual capital is still neither reported by companies nor valued by capital markets systematically and broadly.
  
  The current state of accounting for a company’s assets, developed over centuries according to evolving economic needs, is not synchronised with today’s economic reality. If this less than full treatment of intellectual capital is continued, the associated adverse effects could be far-reaching: the cost of capital could remain inadequately high for many companies (particularly for those innovative, highly knowledge-intensive ones), investors and lenders might risk missing out on potential opportunities, and the economy on potential growth.

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