Purpose: This paper aims to detect how intangibles can create scalable, synergistic and externally perceived value, softening debt constraints that traditionally affect IC.Design/Methodology/Approach: A comprehensive IC valuation approach is theoretically linked to measurable accounting sources,...

Financial technology (FinTech) is an industry composed of diversified companies that use technology to make financial services more efficient. Fintech is recognized as one of the most critical innovations in the financial industry and is evolving at a rapid speed, driven in part by the sharing...

The economic valuation of goodwill is based on an interdisciplinary approach that synergistically considers the legal, accounting, fiscal, and strategic aspects. The controversial concept of goodwill (goodwill if positive, badwill if negative) has always divided lawyers, businesspeople, and...

An intangible is a non-monetary asset that manifests itself by its economic properties. It does not have physical substance but grants rights and economic benefits to its owner. The examination of the general approaches of valuation of companies is preliminary to the estimation of assets such as...

This article analyses how the corporate valuation of Latin American firms is affected by the presence of an institutional blockholder investor. The study uses a data set of 562 firms from six Latin American countries for the period 1997 to 2011. As in similar studies, we found that the presence...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- PART 1: VALUATION PRINCIPLES -- Chapter 2: General principles of valuation -- Chapter 3: The valuation of intangible assets: an introduction -- Chapter 4: Goodwill valuation -- Chapter 5: Augmented Business Modeling and Planning as a Prerequisite for Valuation --...

This paper studies the separation of ownership and control of 108 listed companies in Colombia from 1996 to 2002, finding that voting rights are greater than cash flow rights because of indirect ownership across firms. The paper also examines the association of various ownership and control...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part 1: A General Valuation Approach -- Chapter 2: The valuation of intangible assets: an introduction -- Chapter 3: Digital scalability and Growth Options -- Part II - Technology -- Chapter 4: The valuation of know-how -- Chapter 5: Patent valuation -- Chapter 6: The...