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Hurdles for the Voluntary Disclosure Of Information on Intangibles

Empirical Results for “New Economy” Industries

Intangible resources are gaining increasing importance in western economies. Our paper is focusing

on possibilities and limits of reporting on intangible resources seen from the company’s

point of view. We examine 343 German listed corporations of the German C-DAX

indices for industries where intangible resources play a significant role for the business models

of the companies. The study analyses the relevance of intangible resources in relation to

tangible and financial resources for the company’s strategy based on Porter’s concepts of the

value chain and the competitive forces (relevance). The relevance of intangibles is compared

with the intensity of the focus within the company’s internal control system. In the third step,

the importance within the (external) reporting system is considered (disclosure). Finally the

company’s perception of the sensitivity regarding information about intangible resources on

the capital market is analysed.
Autor
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. habil. Thomas Günther
Dirk Beyer, Jutta Menninger
Working Paper
2005
Fachbereich
Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Fachrichtung
Controlling
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Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Kostenrechnung/Controlling

Unternehmenswertorientiertes Controlling
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Strategisches Controlling