The Financial Valuation of Intangibles: A Method Grounded on an IC-Based Taxonomy

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Author(s): A. Rodríguez-Castellanos (University of the Basque Country, Spain)
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 25
Source title: Strategies for Information Technology and Intellectual Capital: Challenges and Opportunities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Luiz Antonio Joia (Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration and Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-081-3.ch006

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Knowledge Management / Library & Information Science

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This chapter proposes a method for the financial valuation of intangibles based on a specific taxonomy that distinguishes between intangible assets and core competencies, while classifying the latter into (tangible or intangible) asset-driven core competencies and non-asset driven core competencies. These are in turn classified according to the intellectual capital categories they drive. The method proposed is based on the assumption that the value of a company’s intangibles is to be found essentially in its core competencies. Financial valuation models based largely on the cash flow generated by the company and on real options valuation are proposed as a means of identifying and quantifying a company’s intangibles in monetary terms, taking the earnings they are capable of generating into account. This method is suitable for valuing the intangibles of large companies and smaller businesses where large databases are not available.

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