Business Valuations and the Intangible Information Gap

I was recently sent a copy of a new Statement on Management Accounting about Business Valuation (free but registration required) from the Institute of Management Accountants.

It’s a great overview of the process used to value businesses. None of the information in the paper was a surprise to me. I learned the basics of this process years ago when I was a high-risk lender.

But when I read the paper with my intangible capital hat on, I was struck by how much the accounting challenges of intangibles are limiting and, perhaps, distorting the work of valuation professionals. Read more