Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. Enterprises are pouring billions into AI. Retail companies alone plan to spend $33.2 million ...

Intangible assets, unlike physical ones, may evolve to a point where the business objective no longer has the capacity to utilize them effectively. This evolution triggers the need for transformation, ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Eric's career includes extensive work in ...

As the US economy has shifted away from manufacturing toward technology and services, intangible assets have grown in importance. In 1975, just 17 percent of the value of S&P 500 companies came from ...

Part I. The rise of the intangible economy -- Capital's vanishing act -- How to measure intangible investment -- What's different about intangible investment? The four S's of intangibles -- Part II.

An asset constitutes anything that holds monetary value, whether current or future, to a person or organization. Businesses, governments and non-profits all own assets. So do many people. An asset is ...

“The growth of intangible assets as a component of company market value is up 35% since 1995, and almost five-fold since 1975.” The strength of many of today’s most valuable companies is based ...