Imagine a person from another planet turning up at a funeral here on Earth. Without having to be told, he would know that a funeral is not an appropriate place to tell jokes. This, Professor Michael ...

Mention business “assets,” and most people think of actual physical items, such as equipment and real estate-;things that are tangible. But intangible assets--such as copyrights, trademarks, a brand, ...

Selling products and selling services both require effective communication and the persuasive ability to sell something that matches a customer's needs. But selling a hard good is different than ...

Over the years, many companies have transitioned from asset-heavy to asset-light business models, where intangible assets drive most of their growth. Tangible assets are assets that appear on a ...

(By Rick Fink) The primary difference between tangible and intangible is that tangible is something that a person can see, feel, or touch, whereas intangible is something that a person cannot see, ...

Your net worth is the dollar amount of all of your assets minus your debts. If your assets exceed your liabilities, you have a positive net worth. Conversely, if your liabilities are greater than your ...

The choice of a location is a critical decision for a small-business owner because that is where he is likely to spend most of his time for several years. In a March 2005 Bloomberg Businessweek ...

We all know that from a marketing perspective, financial services fall within the category of intangibles. According to Webster, an intangible is something that is “incapable of being touched.” That's ...

Not too long ago, I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine that I’ll call Bob, mostly because that’s his name. Bob works in Vegas as a casino host, and Bob knows just about everything ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Hans Daniel Jasperson has over a decade of experience in public policy ...