WIPO Director General Francis Gurry says intangible capital determines success in the marketplace. "Intellectual property, in turn, is the means by which companies secure the competitive advantage ...

Learn how the Tangible Common Equity (TCE) ratio assesses a firm's financial strength and capital adequacy, plus step-by-step calculation and its importance for banks.

WIPO reveals $5.9 trillion contribution of intangible capital to value of manufactured goods Average contribution of intangible capital – including brands and designs – is 30.4% For every iPhone 7 ...

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 ...

In the context of business spending, “investment” is a word with diverse meanings, which often leads to confusion. Economists usually use it to refer to expenditures on tangible things, such as ...

The past week was exceptionally quiet for the ETF space, with almost no activity. Simplify Asset Management rolled out the only new ETF to launch during the week. The Simplify NEXT Intangible Core ...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is exploding. The amount of capital locked in DeFi, an imperfect yet useful measure of traction, recently hit an all-time high of $35 billion. Today, Ethereum is the ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation We contrast how monetary policy affects intangible relative to tangible investment. We document that the stock prices of ...

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA) attempts to "level the playing field" between equipment and other tangible assets by repealing the investment tax credit that was available only for equipment. This ...

S&P 500 trading screens are displayed at the Nasdaq building in Times Square as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus in New York ...