Value Beyond Tangibility

The traditional accounting balance sheet mentality focuses on tangible assets, but the value of a company is now driven by the type of assets it possesses. While companies like GM were once driven by physical assets, companies like Apple are driven by equally valuable intangible assets. Intangible assets, such as patents, are valuable even though they cannot be seen, as long as they generate expected cash flows.

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