Safeguarding Intangible Assets

Informationen zum Autor Michael Moberly is president and founder of Knowledge Protection Strategies, a security firm specializing in intangible assets and intellectual property. He has more than 25 years of experience teaching, researching, and consulting on protecting proprietary information and other intangible assets. Michael is the chair of the Global Development and Outreach Committee for the Intangible Asset Finance Society, and also chairs the Information Asset Protection Council for ASIS International. He has done expert commentary for CNN, CNBC, and NPR. Klappentext Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides viable strategies for preserving and enhancing a company's intangible assets to increase its profitability, competitiveness, and sustainability. . Intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, methodologies, and brand account for 80 percentof an organization's value and revenue. There are many forces making it more and more difficult to protect these assets, and securingthem is a complex issue often overlooked by security and risk managers. . Many security managers do not have adequate policies or procedures in place to protect these assets from compromise, infringement, and theft. Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides managers with the tools necessary for protecting these assets through effective and consistent oversight designed to preserve their control, use, and ownership. This book offers strategies for various types of business transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate-university R&D alliances, new product launches, early stage firms, and university-based spin-offs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Intangible Assets Chapter 2: Managing Intangible Assets Chapter 3: Business Transaction Due Diligence Chapter 4: New Dimensions for Company Management Chapter 5: Company Culture Chapter 6: Company Reputation Risk and Its Management Chapter 7: Distinguishing Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets Chapter 8: Intangible Asset Training Chapter 9: Measuring Performance of Intangible Assets Chapter 10: Insider Risks and Threats to Intangible Assets Chapter 11: Intangible Asset Strategist and Risk Specialist Chapter 12: Intangible Assets in 2014 and Beyond: Where Businesses Must Be! ...

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Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides viable strategies for preserving and enhancing a company's intangible assets to increase its profitability, competitiveness, and sustainability. . Intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, methodologies, and brand account for 80 percentof an organization's value and revenue. There are many forces making it more and more difficult to protect these assets, and securingthem is a complex issue often overlooked by security and risk managers. . Many security managers do not have adequate policies or procedures in place to protect these assets from compromise, infringement, and theft. Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides managers with the tools necessary for protecting these assets through effective and consistent oversight designed to preserve their control, use, and ownership. This book offers strategies for various types of business transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate-university R&D alliances, new product launches, early stage firms, and university-based spin-offs.

Résumé

"... recommended for practitioners seeking an understanding of intangible assets and may be useful in college-level business or assets protection courses." --ASIS Dynamics

"...plenty of thinking is going on about intangibles; Moberly has brought it together and offers much for the corporate security or indeed any business professional....makes a good case for intangible asset protection being part of everyday business..." --Professional Security Magazine Online, 2014

Contenu

Chapter 1: Intangible Assets

Chapter 2: Managing Intangible Assets

Chapter 3: Business Transaction Due Diligence

Chapter 4: New Dimensions for Company Management

Chapter 5: Company Culture

Chapter 6: Company Reputation Risk and Its Management

Chapter 7: Distinguishing Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets

Chapter 8: Intangible Asset Training

Chapter 9: Measuring Performance of Intangible Assets

Chapter 10: Insider Risks and Threats to Intangible Assets

Chapter 11: Intangible Asset Strategist and Risk Specialist

Chapter 12: Intangible Assets in 2014 and Beyond: Where Businesses Must Be!