Making Sense of Intellectual Capital: Designing a Method for the Valuation of Intangibles

Making Sense of Intellectual Capital: Designing a Method for the Valuation of Intangibles List Price: $65.95 Offer Price: USD $25.00 See Latest Price & Discount Author Daniel Andriessen Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2003-12-31 ISBN 0750677740 Publisher:Butterworth-Heinemann Editorial Reviews: Product Description Peter Drucker has introduced us all to the knowledge era, where knowledge is the primary resource and intangibles (intellectual capital resources and assets) are now largely recognized as the most important sources of organizations' competitive advantage. With the recognition of the importance of Intangibles comes the problem of how to properly identify them and assign them a value within the corporation. This is an area of concern in 5 fields: 1) accounting and financial reporting, 2) performance measurement and management, 3) valuation in the finance field, 4) the Human Resources field in terms of management, strategy, and planning, and 5) Intellectual Capital. Over the past eight years, over 25 methods have been proposed for the valuation of intangibles coming out of these 5 fields. In this book, Andriessen evaluates 25 existing methods of intangible valuation according to highly developed criteria. In performing his evaluations, Andriessen synthesizes the state of the art research from these fields based on extensive research. He then presents his own method for valuing intangibles, which he began developing and testing as a Senior Manager at KPMG Knowledge Advisory Services in The Netherlands. He relates six case studies in which this method was tested in actual companies, carefully reviews the results of his tests, and then concludes by offering a new and improved method for valuing intangibles in his Weightless Wealth Toolkit, a complete step-by-step process for identifying, valuing, and managing Intangibles to help managers operate successfully in the Intangible Economy. -Contains the only comprehensive and academically sound review and evaluation of existing methods for valuing intangible resources -Well-known author from KPMG in The Netherlands -Includes a do-it-yourself toolkit for valuing intangible resources