Intangible assets are increasingly critical to corporate value, yet current accounting standards make it difficult to capture them in financial statements. This information gap can affect valuations ...

Goodwill refers to non-physical assets that can increase a company's market valuation. It comes in a variety of forms, including reputation, brand, domain names, intellectual property, commercial ...

The value of a business goes far beyond a collection of assets, inventories or a list of services. A whole series of intangible assets are usually a big part of it, including its brand name, its ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mark T. Osler Gary Miller, SDR Ventures. Many sellers of privately owned businesses overvalue their companies. This mistake is a major reason why businesses ...

All businesses are comprised of a variety of assets, both tangible and intangible. One intangible asset is goodwill. Goodwill is a term used in a general sense to represent intangible assets of a ...

When you feel good about something, you’re usually willing to pay more for it. It’s the same concept when a company considers acquiring another. As a result, acquiring companies are often willing to ...

When preparing dental practice valuations for divorce proceedings in equitable distribution states, many evaluators rely on shortcuts to determine goodwill value. Some use only gross revenue produced ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lien De Pau, founder of The Big Exit. Sell your biz for max value. For small business owners, profit matters a lot. It's more than ...