Title: Appraising Intangible Assets from the Viewpoint of Value Drivers
Authors: Lin, Grace T. R.
Tang, Jerry Y. H.
科技管理研究所
Institute of Management of Technology
Keywords: intangible assets;value drivers;AHP method;evaluation model;hi-tech industry;business appraisal
Issue Date: 1-Sep-2009
Abstract: This article does not intend to actually valuate intangible assets but focuses to investigate the relative value distribution of corporate intangible assets, and this links closely to the concept and application of value drivers. This is because we believe that drivers or attributes of the value significantly determine how the virtual value of these intangibles can be created for companies. We apply the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to the appraising process of intangible assets. The AHP method can mainly sort the non-financial value drivers in order according to their weighted contributions. Therefore, the key purpose of this article is to develop a tentative model for the evaluation of intangible assets, which helps business to correctly appraise corporate value ratios and avoid bias due to mainly relying on financial statements when measuring an entity's value. In addition, in view of the significant proportion of intangible assets over total assets in high-technology industries, this research, then, uses six industries in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, as its research objects in order to test the applicability of its model, as well as exploring the value weights of intangible assets and its evaluation among different technology industries. Besides, the empirical result of this article is mainly to support business appraisal and thus improves the effectiveness of value-based management.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9974-y
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/14171
ISSN: 0167-4544
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9974-y
Journal: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
Volume: 88
Issue: 4
Begin Page: 679
End Page: 689
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