Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

They determine what material and intangible means of disease and trauma prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are needed for each mission. Medicines, instruments, consumables, and exercise devices belong to material assets; intangible assets involve medical expertise on board and on the ground, processes, procedures, and protocols.

Intangible Assets 15

Intangible Assets Operations Health Care Conference 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible. But right now that’s not happening.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

All three factors have become more common over time, which we argue stems from firms’ increasing reliance on intangible and knowledge inputs in their business models. Such acquisitions become more lucrative with rising first-mover advantages, pace of technological development, and network externality.

IPO 14

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

Manufacturers invest most of their capital into physical assets, while high-tech firms invest in R&D to create new intellectual capital. But all assets are not created equal, especially as the technological landscape changes. There’s no question why legacy organizations are tackling digital transformation now.

Intangible Assets 14

Intangible Assets Business Model How To Intellectual Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

This transformation took time to play out and involved both displacements of incumbents operating in outdated modes and the emergence of new “feeder” roles for those aspiring to the C-suite. In the early 1980’s, sixty percent of corporate value creation emanated from the optimization of tangible assets.

CFO 15

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The shutdown will be completed by early 2014, bringing to a close a dramatic story of rise and fall at the hands of disruptive technological innovation, or what we have called “ big bang disruption.” At its peak, the company operated 10,000 stores. In doing so, they systematically undervalue their own intangible assets.

Disruptive Innovation 10

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Consider the example of a manufacturer of production equipment that collects sensor-based telemetry about its machines’ operations, the status of their parts, their performance, their resource consumption, and other data. The ultimate goal is to treat information as a tangible flow rather than an intangible asset stuck on the balance sheet.

Company 10

Company Intangible Assets Information Self-aware 10