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 11

Intangible Assets Operations Health Care Conference 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

And equipment must be maintained in a world that is becoming virtual and augmented by technology (VR and AR). In some cases, these assets are preventing companies from adapting, and weighing them down. that companies own compared to other assets. For example, Health Technology had an average multiple of 5.1,

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Business Model Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Revenue moats are usually linked to intangible assets (including brands and patents), high switching costs, and network economies. Cost moats are linked to the ownership of cheaper or faster processes, favorable locations, unique assets, or firm size.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Kaplan Intangible Assets Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Hitler's human extermination empire was quite new in its scope, organization, and technology. The Balanced Scorecard's primary form of novelty is that it takes into account the intangible assets that are so crucial for information-age companies. Immense evil has been done with human ingenuity applied to despicable ends.

Creative Accounting 15

Creative Accounting Creativity GAAP Balanced Scorecard 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.” homes have broadband , and network operators continue to invest in ever-faster cable, satellite, and fiber-based technologies.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The ultimate goal is to treat information as a tangible flow rather than an intangible asset stuck on the balance sheet. Information & technology Leadership' Financial arrangements have to evolve to handle pricing and payments for value based on possible futures. The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.”

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Information Self-aware 8

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 12

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

Today, however, by exploiting new digital technologies, firms like Apple, Lending Club, and AirBnB have made customer co-creation of value central to their business models and in doing so now rank among the world’s most innovative and valuable firms.

CRM 8

CRM Brand Business Model Intangible Assets 8

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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Second, for small and rapid-growth technology companies, the problem is compounded by the fact that, while rich in intangible assets, they typically lack the kind of collateral (equipment, inventory, real estate, etc.) banks require to secure commercial loans.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist White Paper Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” ” Carr distinguished between proprietary technologies and “infrastructural” ones.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Most of them focus on digitalization specifically and on communications technology, though some attention continues to be paid to transportation infrastructure (e.g., For more than 150 years now, new technologies have been touted as making the world one. Parag Khanna’s Connectography ).

Globalization 8

Globalization Offshoring Tacit Knowledge Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

New workers embarking on their careers are finding that their education is incomplete in many areas essential to our technology-driven lives today. While all of these are contributing factors, the major factor, in our view, is the deflationary effect of technology, which our measurement systems fail to account for.

GDP 8

GDP Wilde Intangible Assets GAAP 8