Valuing Intangible Assets

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Summary: Great Reference Book
Review: A great book for anyone or performs valuations of intangible assets or wants to learn how. I believe that this book will become to intangible valuation what Pratt's book is to business valuation.

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Summary: Recommend Purchase!
Review: A larger portion of the value of a company nowadays comes from Intangibles (brands, patents, workforce & related contracts, durable customers etc.). This holds true in several industry sectors. Measurement of intangibles is a fascinating subject, but until this book was published, there was no single body of knowledge available to guide the general reader, or a Valuation professional. You had to work in one of the reputed valuation firms to be exposed to the techniques. This book is by far the best practitioner-oriented Intangibles Valuation book I have come across. It is very comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, and does a wonderful job of covering almost all intangibles of interest. Each chapter is written by a relevant expert, and this invariably leads to variations in quality and some lack of consistency. However, for the most part, it is very well written, and definitely worth the price it sells for.

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Summary: Recommend Purchase!
Review: A larger portion of the value of a company nowadays comes from Intangibles (brands, patents, workforce & related contracts, durable customers etc.). This holds true in several industry sectors. Measurement of intangibles is a fascinating subject, but until this book was published, there was no single body of knowledge available to guide the general reader, or a Valuation professional. You had to work in one of the reputed valuation firms to be exposed to the techniques. This book is by far the best practitioner-oriented Intangibles Valuation book I have come across. It is very comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, and does a wonderful job of covering almost all intangibles of interest. Each chapter is written by a relevant expert, and this invariably leads to variations in quality and some lack of consistency. However, for the most part, it is very well written, and definitely worth the price it sells for.

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Summary: Recommend Purchase!
Review: A larger portion of the value of a company nowadays comes from Intangibles (brands, patents, workforce & related contracts, durable customers etc.). This holds true in several industry sectors. Measurement of intangibles is a fascinating subject, but until this book was published, there was no single body of knowledge available to guide the general reader, or a Valuation professional. You had to work in one of the reputed valuation firms to be exposed to the techniques. This book is by far the best practitioner-oriented Intangibles Valuation book I have come across. It is very comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, and does a wonderful job of covering almost all intangibles of interest. Each chapter is written by a relevant expert, and this invariably leads to variations in quality and some lack of consistency. However, for the most part, it is very well written, and definitely worth the price it sells for.

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Summary: A Practical Primer
Review: For those who are interested in the management of organizational knowledge and intangible assets, 'Valuing intangible assets'should prove to be highly practical. There are many knowledge management frameworks out there that assist business executive to manage their intangible assets (such as Sveiby's intangible asset monitor), the practical usage of these frameworks would be greatly enhanced by incorporating the valuation aspect of intangible assets. The author provides a comprehensive illustration of both the 'scientific' & 'artistic' aspects of valuating intangible assets. The book is easy to read with useful examples, it is a rare one in the market.

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Summary: A complete manual of intangible valuation methods
Review: The authors rely on their extensive professional experiences in this field to provide a comprehensive description of the three valuation methods for intangible assets--cost, market, and income methods. Easy to read, this book explains the nuances of each method in more detail than similar books available in the market. It reads more like an accessible textbook than a vague primer on the subject. It also contains many insightful and valuable case examples of how the methods are applied to different real life cases. As an MBA student, I have benefitted greatly from this book and will probably use it as a reference in the future.

I hope future editions will include option pricing valuation methods.

Rating:
Summary: A complete manual of intangible valuation methods
Review: The authors rely on their extensive professional experiences in this field to provide a comprehensive description of the three valuation methods for intangible assets--cost, market, and income methods. Easy to read, this book explains the nuances of each method in more detail than similar books available in the market. It reads more like an accessible textbook than a vague primer on the subject. It also contains many insightful and valuable case examples of how the methods are applied to different real life cases. As an MBA student, I have benefitted greatly from this book and will probably use it as a reference in the future.

I hope future editions will include option pricing valuation methods.

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Summary: The complete intangible valuation resource.
Review: The valuation of a tangible asset such as a sheet-fed printingpress can be technically straightforward. But how should your companyvalue an intangible asset such as a patent for a new printing technique? Or an open-ended contract to supply sheet-fed printing services? An how might that value change for different purposes?

Find these answers and more in Valuing Intangible Assets, the latest no-stone-unturned valuation resource from the team of Robert Reilly and Robert Schweihs. From identifying the existence of a subject intangible to choosing the optimal procedures for transfer pricing analysis, this is the first comprehensive guide to exclusively cover the accurate valuation of intangible assets of all types.

With its far-reaching scope and expert analysis, Valuing Intangible Assets supplies complete information with extensive supporting data for verification. Its coherent descriptions of applicable methods are complete-and its categorization of methods is precise. It contains an uncommonly practical application of lifing analysis that is so critical to accurate intangible asset appraisals. Case studies stress application, not just theory, of the procedures covered. And from contract intangibles to technology intangibles, Valuing Intangible Assets' nine categories are designed to encompass common valuation methods, data sources, and examples for virtually and intangible you will encounter. From general approaches regarding intangible asset valuation through specific examples of intangible asset analysis and reporting, the Reilly/Schweihs team proves once again in Valuing Intangible Assets why their books have become the benchmarks against which all other valuation books are measured. END