As businesses shift toward knowledge-based industries and digital innovation, intangible assets are becoming increasingly important in financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and overall ...

Assets are the economic resources that businesses use in their operations, and in the case of bankruptcy, can use to repay their outstanding debt. Some assets can be converted into cash to repay debts ...

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 ...

Financial ratios allow managers and other stakeholders to evaluate a company's financial performance over time and compare it to other companies in the industry. Asset management ratios, such as the ...

Intangible assets are becoming increasingly important to the growth, profitability, and value of companies. Beyond allowances for goodwill, some branding and IP, intangible assets are not accurately ...

As COVID-19 shakes up investment conventions, companies with intangible assets are being more appreciated for their volatility cushion. During COVID-19 fueled sell-off in Q1, equities from ...

Businesses today have challenges capturing innovation and even more of an uphill battle with intangible asset valuation and management. These non-tangible assets are over 80% of the average business’ ...

The evolution of the digital economy changed the way we value companies Caleb has been the Editor in Chief of Investopedia since 2016, and was announced as People Inc.'s Chief Business Editor in 2025.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are distinct tokenized assets based on blockchain technology. Most of the NFTs are built on Ethereum ETH/USD and are customizable by way of smart contracts, that is, ...