{"id":989344,"date":"2026-08-31T09:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/?p=989344"},"modified":"2026-09-01T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:25:40","slug":"intangible-assets-hidden-significant-value-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/intangible-assets-hidden-significant-value-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Intangible assets: the hidden and significant value (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the financial statements, there are assets that can determine the success of a transaction, a dispute or a business strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What are intangible assets?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are assets without physical form that are capable of generating current or future economic benefits. They include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Brands and trade names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Patents and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Software and databases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Know-how and intellectual and industrial property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Contracts, licences and concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Customer and supplier relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Reputation and market positioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In many cases, they represent a substantial part or all of a company\u2019s real value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why is it so complex to recognise and value them fairly?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because they do not always appear in the financial statements. However, they can determine decisive aspects such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/document\/media\/v2\/D4E1FAQFqkvCBmfREXw\/feedshare-document-pdf-analyzed\/B4EZ9.s5LyIwAc-\/0\/1784537128081?e=1788998400&amp;v=beta&amp;t=hBIbUBAKkmbUDngVNAgsebtToZ-rKatSNSNaXZ8ntgU\"><strong><em>Download the complete document on intangible assets (Part I)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/patxias_activos-intangibles-1-activity-7484905362874208256-aent?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAA4crbUBdDKdYCTVuyjcJKv469npweTq2sk\"><strong>View the original post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond the financial statements, there are assets that can determine the success of a transaction, a dispute or a business strategy. What are intangible assets? They are assets without physical form that are capable of generating current or future economic benefits. They include: \u2022 Brands and trade names. \u2022 Patents and technology. \u2022 Software and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":989333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linkedin","category-sin-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989365,"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989344\/revisions\/989365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/989333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asvaluation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}