Reading Time: 4 minutes We need to embrace intangible assets. And the lending world and investors need to free up funds to support intangible creators
Tag: Business finance
Was the 2008 financial crisis exacerbated by official misjudgment?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Countries as disparate as Ireland, Iceland and Greece showed that misplaced financial exuberance has many pedigrees
Human capital is now a vital cog in the modern economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Human capital is now a vital cog in the modern economy
Canada needs a bold response to U.S. business tax cuts
Reading Time: 4 minutes Reducing corporate taxes doesn’t distort economic decisions or add complexity to the tax system. It does spur the economy
Banking on intangible assets to build your business
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recognizing and capitalizing intangibles is the key to opening new financing opportunities for SMEs
How Facebook failed its users and its shareholders
Reading Time: 4 minutes Corporate reputations are valuable assets that, in the socially-connected world, need serious risk management strategies
We need to start putting a value on intangible assets
Reading Time: 4 minutes The new economy relies on outputs like software, social media networks and apps. But very few of these new intangible value drivers fit into the existing accounting framework
Soup’s on: major upheaval awaits the food industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kraft Heinz may not get its hands on Campbell Soup, but the industry still faces major consolidation and widespread change
The decline … and fall … of Tim Hortons
Reading Time: 4 minutes How an iconic brand lost its Canadian identity and why its corporate masters probably don’t care
Why won’t Canadians invest in our future prosperity?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trillions of dollars in Canadian-controlled funds should be driving our economy. Yet our prime minister is forced to look for foreign investment help