Over the years, many companies have transitioned from asset-heavy to asset-light business models, where intangible assets drive most of their growth. Tangible assets are assets that appear on a ...

Imagine a person from another planet turning up at a funeral here on Earth. Without having to be told, he would know that a funeral is not an appropriate place to tell jokes. This, Professor Michael ...

Valuing a business can be a tricky task. For quite legitimate reasons, your company may list items like goodwill as assets on the balance sheet. Then, there's the fact that a firm's stock may be ...

The Brown Rudnick partner urges executives to look inward — to recognize the unseen assets within their organizations before ...

(By Rick Fink) The primary difference between tangible and intangible is that tangible is something that a person can see, feel, or touch, whereas intangible is something that a person cannot see, ...

We all know that from a marketing perspective, financial services fall within the category of intangibles. According to Webster, an intangible is something that is “incapable of being touched.” That's ...

The choice of a location is a critical decision for a small-business owner because that is where he is likely to spend most of his time for several years. In a March 2005 Bloomberg Businessweek ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner ...

By Matteo Negri and Giulia Segreti ROME, Dec 5 (Reuters) - For an Olympic athlete, the gleam of a medal is priceless, a ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. "Tangible personal property" is a tax term that refers to personal property that can be felt ...