The principal goal of this research study was to critically evaluate the current accounting treatment of purchased goodwill in terms of a theoretical framework established, including an evaluation of the true nature of goodwill. The main conclusion of this study is that goodwill is an intangible asset representing various intangible factors contributing to the enterprise's earning capacity and providing returns in excess of a normal return on assets employed for which an acquiring enterprise is willing to pay an amount in excess of the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. The cost of purchased goodwill is measured as the difference between the total purchase price and the fair value of the net assets acquired after ensuring that all assets, tangible and intangible, had been properly identified. Purchased goodwill should be amortised over the estimated period that the enterprise is expected to benefit from the acquisition of the goodwill. / Financial Accounting / M. Com. (Accounting Science (Applied Accountancy))

The thesis focuses on those factors which affect firm growth in the setting of the Chinese transition economy, such as size, age, entrepreneurship, resources, and environment. As regards the complexity of the business expansion mechanism, an interdisciplinary approach combining the fields of economics and management is adopted. Using fieldwork methods, new data were gathered in face-to-face interviews with 83 owner-managers of the Chinese privately owned firms in P. R. China in 2004, as well as in follow-up telephone interviews in 2006. The unique body of qualitative and quantitative data in terms of firm operation, human resources management, finance, technology and innovation, enterprise culture and competitive environment, were collected by a specially designed survey instrument, and enabled a number of new hypotheses to be tested in both economic and managerial aspects. With respect to the modern developments of Gibrat’s Law (1931) and Jovanovic’s Learning Theory (1982) in economics, the effects of two “stylized factors”, namely size and age, along with a vector of firm-specific, environmental and selection bias variables, on firm growth, were examined in Heckman’s (1979) two-step selection model with the correction for sample selection bias and heteroscedasticity. The results indicated that the “stylized facts” that smaller and younger firms grew faster were also valid in the setting of China. This thesis also explored managerial factors contributing to firm growth – viz. entrepreneurship theory, resource-based view in strategic management, and contingency theory in organizational behaviour. A variety of statistical methods were utilized to operationalize entrepreneurial orientation (EO), intangible assets (IA), and contingency factors (e.g. structure, environment, strategy, etc), and econometric models were estimated to examine their relationship with firm dynamics. The evidence suggested that IA might be more capable of facilitating firm growth than EO. However, when both were disaggregated into a lower level of attributes, the influences on growth may vary. Further, contingency theory, originally proposed for the case of larger firms in the west, was also validated in this study on the Chinese sampled firm. The combination of organizational forms and contingency configurations presented a higher power to explain business expansion. It implied that “the good fit” of contingency factors influenced firm dynamics only in a moderate way, whereas “the badness of fit” in configuration could engender either the highest or lowest firm growth, subject to their organizational structures.

Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka svenska och amerikanska företagsmäklares inställning till kundkapitalet och dess värderingsmodeller. Studien syftar även till att finna konsekvenser som en explicit redovisning av kundkapitalet skulle ha på företagsvärderingar.   Tidigare forskning: Centrala modeller i studien är Customer Lifetime Value, Customer Equity, Customer Profitability och Multi-Period Excess Earnings Model. Tidigare forskning hittas i Edvinsson och Malone (1997), Gupta et al (2004), Villanueva och Hanssens (2007), Wiesel et al., (2006) samt Hofstedes forskning om nationella dimensioner.    Metod: Studien använder metodtriangulering. Huvudsaklig primärdata genereras ur webbaserade enkäter som skickas till svenska och amerikanska företagsmäklare. Vidare utförs tre semi-strukturerade intervjuer med representanter från KPMG, Deloitte och UC. Ett chi-tvåtest utformas för att se om det finns ett samband mellan nationalitet och företagsmäklares inställning till att beakta kundkapitalet.   Slutsats: 72 procent av de deltagande företagsmäklarna och samtliga intervjupersoner anser att det är viktigt att värdera kundkapitalet. Trots detta är det endast 38 procent av enkätrespondenterna som svarar att de beaktar kundkapitalet vid värdering av kundbaserade företag. En jämförelse mellan nationaliteterna visar att svenska företagsmäklare är mer positiva till de ”nya” kundvärderingsmodellerna, främst Customer Equity och Customer Profitability. De är också mer benägna att använda dessa. Amerikanska företagsmäklare tenderar istället att använda den traditionella Multi-Period Excess Earnings Method. / Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate Swedish and American business appraisers’ attitude towards customer capital and its valuation models. This thesis also aims to find consequences that an explicit accounting of customer capital would have on business valuations.  Previous Research: Central models in this study are Customer Lifetime Value, Customer Equity, Customer Profitability and Multi-Period Excess Earnings Method. Previous research is found in Edvinsson and Malone (1997), Gupta et al., (2004), Villanueva and Hanssens (2007), Wiesel et al., (2006) and Hofstedes research regarding cultural dimensions. Method: This study uses a triangulation of methods. The main primary data is generated through internet-based questionnaires which was sent to Swedish and American business appraisers. Furthermore, three semi-structured interviews are conducted with representatives from KPMG, Deloitte and UC. A chi-Squared test is made to see if there is any relationship between nationality and business appraisers’ attitude towards taking heed of the customer capital. Conclusion:  72 per cent of the participated business appraisers and all interviewees think that it is important to value customer capital. Despite this, there are only 38 per cent of the survey respondents who say that they account for customer capital when valuing customer-based companies. A comparison between the nationalities show that Swedish business appraisers are more positive towards the “new” customer valuation models such as Customer Equity and Customer Profitability. They are also more inclined to use these. American business appraisers tend to use the more traditional Multi-Period Excess Earnings Method.

The performance effects of multinationality have been subject to extensive study over the last four decades. To date, the findings of empirical studies have not been able to demonstrate a consistent picture as far as the relationship between multinationality (M) and performance (P) is concerned; nor have they established a general link. This dissertation suggests that the M-P relation might be contingent upon certain contextual considerations. In particular, this doctoral thesis examines the performance effects of multinationality depending on a) scope of international expansion (regional vs. global); b) the role of firm-specific assets (FSAs) and c) home region effects.

[pt] Esta tese apresenta uma nova metodologia para valoração dinâmica do Capital Intelectual, aplicada ao Capital Humano. Trata-se de oferecer, ao tomador de decisão, uma ferramenta capaz de calcular e comparar o retorno do investimento em ativos intangíveis, como ocorre com outros ativos tangíveis. Através da metodologia proposta, denominada KVA-ACHE, é possível estimar a quantidade potencial de conhecimento humano, utilizado na geração do resultado financeiro da empresa. Essa metodologia também permite medir variações de desempenho nos processos-chave que compõem a cadeia de valor da empresa e o impacto do investimento em educação em um determinado processo. O método KVA-ACHE é composto de cinco módulos, que são executados em três fases. Na primeira fase se avalia a empresa de forma agregada, segundo seu modelo estratégico e, na segunda fase, avalia-se a quantidade de conhecimento potencial e disponível, associado a cada processo-chave. A terceira fase é aplicado o método KVA e obtido o indicador de desempenho ROI. Ao final da sua aplicação, essa metodologia permite: identificar os processos que estão drenando resultado da empresa, através da observação de indicador financeiro adaptado, como o ROIK (Return on Investment on Knowledg), identificar a necessidade individualizada de treinamento para se atingir o máximo de desempenho em um determinado processochave; analisar o impacto percebido em termos percentuais do investimento em educação, realizado em determinado processo-chave; e, finalmente, dar uma visão sobre os recursos de conhecimentos e habilidades disponíveis na equipe de colaboradores, os quais poderão ser aproveitados na avaliação de novos negócios e desafios para empresa. A principal inovação dessa metodologia está no fato de se utilizar a Teoria dos Conjuntos Fuzzy e de Sistemas de Inferência Fuzzy - SIF para transformar conceitos relacionados à disponibilidade e ao uso de conhecimento humano em valores que, dessa forma, permitem a comparação de ativos intangíveis com ativos tangíveis. / [en] This thesis presents a new methodology for dynamic valuation of Intellectual Capital, applied to the Human Capital. It offers, to the decision-maker, a computational tool able to quote and compare the return on investment in intangible assets, as with tangible assets. Through the proposed methodology, called KVAACHE, it is possible to estimate the potential amount of human knowledge, used in generating the company’s financial results. This approach also allows the measurement of variations in performance in the key processes that make up the value chain of the company and the impact of investment in education in a given process. The method KVA-ACHE is composed of five modules, which are executed in three phases. The first phase evaluates the company on an aggregate basis, according to its strategic model, and, in the second phase, the amount of potential and available knowledge, associated with each key process, is evaluated. The third phase applies KVA method. This methodology allows: the identification of the processes that are draining the company’s income by looking at the adapted financial indicators, such as ROIK (Return on Investment on Knowledge); the individualized need for training to achieve maximum performance in a particular key process; the analysis of the impact noticed in terms of percentage of the investment in education, held in a certain key process; and finally, an insight into the resources of knowledge and skills available in the team of collaborators, which may be used in the assessment of new challenges and business to the enterprise. The main innovation of this methodology lies in the use of Fuzzy Set Theory and Fuzzy Inference Systems - FIS to transform concepts related to the availability and use of human knowledge into values, and thus allow the comparison of intangible assets with tangible assets.

Depuis une dizaine d’années, les personnes publiques prennent conscience du potentiel économique que représente leur "patrimoine immatériel". A l’analyse, celui-ci présente une grande diversité dans sa composition et comprend ainsi tout à la fois des éléments non appropriés et des éléments appropriés, qualifiables de "propriétés publiques immatérielles". Les personnes publiques doivent impérativement trouver un équilibre entre différents impératifs dans la valorisation qu’elles opèrent de leur "patrimoine immatériel". Elles doivent en effet pouvoir en tirer de nouvelles ressources financières en les exploitant tout en en assurant une protection adéquate. Les éléments non appropriés du "patrimoine immatériel" font souvent l’objet de régimes juridiques autonomes qui, dans l’ensemble, permettent aux personnes publiques d’en envisager une valorisation équilibrée. Quant aux propriétés publiques immatérielles, la démonstration se concentrera sur les difficultés rencontrées pour les faire bénéficier du régime de la domanialité – qu’elle soit publique ou privée –, puis sur les options envisageables pour mettre un place un régime juridique susceptible d’en assurer une valorisation optimale. / Over the past decade, public entities have become aware of the economic potential of their "intangible assets". Upon analysis, such assets are highly diversified and include both irrelevant and relevant items, which can be described as "intangible public properties". It is critical for public entities to achieve a balance between different constraints when promoting their "intangible assets". They must be able to generate new financial resources from such assets by exploiting them while ensuring its adequate protection. Irrelevant elements usually included in the "intangible assets" are often subject to autonomous legal regimes which, taken altogether, allow public entities to contemplate a balanced valuation. As for intangible public properties, the analysis will focus on the challenges faced while incorporating them into the domain regime - whether public or private - and then on the available options to implement a legal regime capable of ensuring an optimal valuation.

[pt] Dentre os objetivos do Plano Estratégico do Sistema Eletrobras, destacam-se a intensificação da atuação integrada em pesquisa, desenvolvimento e inovação (PD e I) e a mensuração dos ativos tangíveis e intangíveis para geração de valor para o Sistema Eletrobras. Nesse contexto, esta pesquisa buscou contribuir para o aprimoramento da gestão de ativos intangíveis no âmbito da Rede de Laboratórios das Empresas Eletrobras (Relase), ao tornar disponível um modelo de mensuração e avaliação de ativos intangíveis desenvolvido para laboratórios de diagnóstico e ensaios de equipamentos elétricos. A pesquisa pode ser considerada descritiva, metodológica e aplicada. A partir dos resultados da revisão bibliográfica e documental sobre os temas centrais da pesquisa, adaptou-se, para fins de aplicação em laboratórios de diagnóstico e ensaios de equipamentos elétricos, um modelo conceitual que já vem sendo adotado por instituições de Ciência e Tecnologia europeias para elaboração de seus relatórios de capital intelectual. Para a proposição e seleção dos indicadores e métricas que integram o modelo, empregaram-se métodos multicritério de apoio à decisão combinados com lógica fuzzy. A aplicabilidade do modelo pôde ser demonstrada mediante um estudo empírico no Laboratório de Diagnóstico em Equipamentos e Instalações Elétricas (Labdig) do Centro de Pesquisas de Energia Elétrica (Cepel). Considera-se que o ferramental desenvolvido por esta pesquisa possa ser replicado no âmbito da Relase, que abrange hoje um total de 98 laboratórios, sendo 16 destes acreditados para serviços de calibração. / [en] Among the objectives of the Eletrobras System Strategic Plan, two of them are highlighted – the intensification of the integrated practice in research, development and innovation (RD and I); and the measurement of tangible and intangible assets to generate value for the Eletrobras System. In this context, this dissertation aims at contributing to the improvement of the management of intangible assets within the Eletrobras Companies Laboratories Network (Relase – Rede de Laboratórios das Empresas Eletrobras), by providing an intangible asset measurement and assessment model developed for electrical equipment diagnosis and testing laboratories. The research can be considered descriptive, methodological and applied. Based on the results of the bibliographic review and documentary analysis on the central themes of the research, a conceptual model was adapted for the context of diagnosis and testing laboratories, which has already been adopted by European Science and Technology institutions concerning elaboration of their intellectual capital reports. In this research, for the proposal and selection of indicators and metrics, multicriteria decision support methods were incorporated into the model, combined with fuzzy logic. The applicability of the model has been demonstrated through an empirical study in the Laboratório de Diagnóstico em Equipamentos e Instalações Elétricas (Labdig) do Centro de Pesquisas de Energia Elétrica (Cepel). The results of this research can be replicated within Relase, which covers today a total of 98 laboratories, of which 16 are accredited for calibration services.

Face aux limites d’un modèle social fondé sur la propriété absolue, l’usufruit, défini comme un droit de jouissance temporaire sur la chose d’autrui, apparaît aujourd’hui comme un outil fondamentalement utile. C’est aussi un droit en pleine expansion, comme en témoigne la diversification croissante de ses applications. Le quasi-usufruit, l’usufruit successif, l’usufruit temporaire, conditionnel, éventuel mais aussi l’usufruit des créances, des droits sociaux, des droits de propriété intellectuelle ou des universalités de fait sont autant d’exemples d’un usufruit que l’on peut dire « atypique » en raison de ses particularismes de régime. Ce sont ces mécanismes que la présente étude se propose d’étudier. Plus précisément, il s’agit de déterminer si les usufruits spéciaux peuvent ou non se concilier avec le modèle classique de l’usufruit, autrement dit, si une définition et un régime communs demeurent possibles. La démarche suppose alors de trancher la controverse toujours vive de la définition de l’usufruit en un démembrement de la propriété, et, ce faisant, d’apporter des solutions aux insuffisances bien connues des règles classiques de l’usufruit, telles que l’absence de relations personnelles entre les parties, et de manière générale, leur séparation trop stricte dans l’exercice de l’usufruit. De ce point de vue, la réflexion sur les usufruits atypiques crée l’occasion de repenser l’institution entière, et apparaît comme la source d’un potentiel renouvellement. / In the face of the limits of a social model organization based on absolute property rights, the right of usufruct (usufruit), which can be defined as a temporary right of use on another individual’s property, appears nowadays as fundamental tool. Usufruct is also a thriving tool, as evidenced by the growing diversification of its implementations. In this regard, the rise of atypical forms of usufruct – usufruct rights that differ substantially from the traditional form and regime of usufruct – is particularly striking. Quasi-usufruct (also known as irregular usufruct), successive usufruct, temporary, conditional or potential usufruct, as well as usufruct on debts, shares, and intellectual property rights are just examples of this booming phenomenon. They are the subject of this research. More precisely, this research seeks to determine whether such atypical rights of usufruct may be accommodated to the more traditional form of usufruct. In other word, the question is whether a characterization and legal regime common to both traditional and atypical forms of usufruct can be achieved. Therefore, this study aims at resolving past debates over the characterization of usufruct as a breaking-up of property rights and at providing remedies to the well-known insufficiencies in the traditional legal framework of usufruct rights, such as the absence of interpersonal relations between the parties, and more generally, their strict dissociation in the actual exercise of the usufruct right. In this perspective, this research on the atypical forms of usufruct is the occasion to fully rethink this legal institution, and opens the way for its prospective renewal.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:44:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Giuliano Piccioni Silvestre de Meroe.pdf: 1113833 bytes, checksum: fda9676050288b38540f317a7c4ae708 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Changes in economic scenarios, occasioned by the advent of information technology, and driven by the increasing pace of technological innovation, the socalled knowledge economy, puts knowledge as a decisive factor for the success of organizations in the principles of the XXI century. The new economy increasingly values the so-called intangibles - information, ideas, knowledge and intellectual production - which gives rise to organizations rethink their business models, adapting them to the demands of the new economic dynamics. The transition that we experience, challenges the assumptions of the industrial era, in which the measurement of success of organizations was based on the value of their property. Tangible goods are no longer the only reference value for organizations in the new context in focus. Organizations currently negotiating their intangible assets and leverage competitiveness through various components of intangible assets - intellectual property licensing, ownership of ideas and knowledge from outside organizations, externalization of their own ideas and internal knowledge. This picture of changes in contemporary society provides an environment for greater participation of stakeholders in the innovation process of organizations, and reflects an evolution in their business models to an open system, with more porous borders of organizations to the environment. The growing appreciation of the intangible capital - intangible assets, knowledge, ideas, intellectual property, etc. - and the use of IT tools are in two important vectors of the knowledge economy. The purpose of this study is to see whether companies that adopt a model within a collaborative logic, you get competitive advantage by becoming permeable to knowledge outside of their domain. Given this purpose, we will examine the concepts of innovation, will also be evaluated as the practice of a collaborative management model, proposed by Professor Henry Chesbrough, the scientist who coined the term open innovation. The implementation of this model, however, is linked to the organization's ability to strengthen its connections with other agents. For this reason, the study of social capital will be appropriate for this work because we see their relationship with this new management model. From this approach will be possible to understand that building a network of relationships between agents increases the fluidity in the exchange of knowledge, information and ideas among the participating actors. The interdependent relationship of support elements examined - the emergence of a new economy, intangible assets as the main component of value, capital, innovation, intellectual property - leads us to the conclusion that innovation is open on a model, potentially able to leverage competitive advantage for companies that fit into their busines models / As mudanças nos cenários econômicos, ensejadas com o advento das tecnologias de informação, e impulsionadas pela aceleração do ritmo da inovação tecnológica, na chamada economia do conhecimento, colocam o conhecimento como um elemento determinante para o sucesso das organizações, também nos princípios do século XXI. A nova economia valoriza cada vez mais os chamados bens intangíveis (informação, ideas, conhecimento e produção intelectual) o que dá vazão às organizações repensarem seus modelos de negócio, adaptando-os conforme as exigências da nova dinâmica econômica. A transição que experimentamos desafia os pressupostos da era industrial, na qual a mensuração de sucesso das organizações era fundamentada no valor de seus bens materiais. Os bens tangíveis não são mais a única referência de valor para as organizações no novo contexto. As organizações, atualmente, negociam os seus bens intangíveis e alavancam competitividade por de diversos componentes desses bens imateriais (licenciamento da propriedade intelectual, apropriação de ideas e conhecimentos externos às organizações; externalização das próprias ideas e conhecimentos internos). Esse quadro de transformações da sociedade contemporânea propicia um ambiente adequado para maior participação dos atores no processo inovativo das organizações, bem como reflete uma evolução em seus modelos de gestão, para um sistema aberto, com as fronteiras das organizações mais porosas ao meio ambiente e ao contexto. A valorização crescente do capital imaterial e o uso das ferramentas da Tecnologia de Informação constituem-se em dois vetores importantes da economia do conhecimento. A finalidade deste trabalho é verificar se as empresas que adotam um modelo inserido em uma lógica colaborativa obtêm vantagem competitiva ao tornarem-se permeáveis aos conhecimentos além de seus próprios e domínios. Para atender a esse fim, examinamos o conceito de Inovação, como a prática de um modelo de gestão colaborativo, proposto pelo Professor Henry Chesbrough: de inovação aberta. A implantação desse modelo, no entanto, está vinculada à capacidade da organização de consolidar suas conexões com os demais agentes. Por essa razão, o estudo do capital social será apropriado a este trabalho, pois verificamos sua relação com esse novo modelo de gestão. A partir dessa abordagem será possível compreender que a construção de uma rede de relacionamentos entre os agentes eleva a fluidez na troca de conhecimento, informação e ideas. O relacionamento interdependente dos elementos de apoio examinados (emergência de uma nova economia; os bens intangíveis como principal componente de valor; capital social; inovação, propriedade intelectual) leva-nos à concluir que a inovação aberta constitui-se em um modelo potencialmente capaz de alavancar vantagem competitiva para as empresas que o adaptarem a seus modelos de negócios

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Flavio_L_Richieri.pdf: 1114743 bytes, checksum: bcff37d37fa82d4ada322b5f2f7c4ce8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-06-26 / There are evidences suggesting a growing importance of the intellectual capital (IC) and the intangible assets in the economy. Therefore, it is critical to find ways to measure the companies IC, and to understand the relationship between it and their value generation. The pressure for it, affects not only managers, who have a broad and differentiated access to all the operational aspects of their companies, but specially, investors and other stakeholders that are external to these companies. For the former, the formulation of indexes, capable to measure the stock and the flows of companies IC, based on the financial information available, and the analysis of the association, between these indexes and companies value generation, can bring a completely new perspective, fundamental for supporting their investment decisions in intellectual capital intensive companies. This dissertation makes usage of CIV (Calculated Intangible Value) and ICE (Intellectual Capital Efficiency) to measure IC stock and flows respectively. Through the usage of multivariate regressions and application of static panel data models, the influence of IC indexes on companies value generation is analyzed. The value generation perspective is captured by using: ROE (Returnon-Equity), ROA (Return-on-Assets) and ROS (Return-on-Sales) ratios. The research utilizes a non-probabilistic sample, built with secondary data coming from the Exame magazine Maiores e Melhores annual survey database, which contains 628 observations from 237 companies in the period between years 2000 and 2005. The following question is addressed: What is the relationship between the stock and flow of IC and company s value generation? Results found, suggest the existence of a positive relation between both CIV and ICE and the dependent variables ROE, ROA and ROS. It also shows that IC seems to be a more relevant indicator of value generation than the stock of financial and physical assets. / As evidências apontam para uma participação crescente do capital intelectual e dos ativos intangíveis na economia. Esse fato torna crítico encontrar formas para medir o capital intelectual das empresas e entender a relação deste com a criação de valor das mesmas. Afetando assim, não apenas os gestores, que possuem um acesso diferenciado e abrangente aos diversos aspectos operacionais das empresas, mas principalmente, os investidores e demais partes interessadas externas às empresas. Para os últimos, a construção de índices capazes de medir capital intelectual da empresa, desenvolvidos com base em informações financeiras e contábeis disponíveis, e o estudo da associação desses índices, com a geração de valor das empresas, podem fornecer uma perspectiva nova e fundamental para a análise de investimentos em empresas intensivas em capital intelectual. Esta dissertação faz uso do CIV (Calculated Intangible Value) e do ICE (Intelectual Capital Efficiency), como medidas de estoque e fluxo de capital intelectual respectivamente. Através de tratamento estatístico por regressões multivariadas, e do uso de modelos estáticos de dados em painel (panel data), efetua-se a análise da influência desses índices de capital intelectual, na geração de valor das empresas, aqui medida através dos índices de: ROE (retorno sobre patrimônio líquido); ROA (retorno sobre ativos) e ROS (retorno sobre vendas). O estudo é feito com base numa amostra não probabilística, utilizando dados secundários provenientes da base de dados do anuário Maiores e Melhores da revista Exame e contendo 628 observações relativas a 237 empresas no período entre 2000 e 2005. Responde-se assim à questão: Qual é a relação entre o estoque e o fluxo do capital intelectual e a geração de valor da empresa ? Os resultados da pesquisa mostram a existência de relação positiva em relação ao CIV e ao ICE e as variáveis dependentes ROE, ROA e ROS. Mostram ainda que o capital intelectual parece ser um direcionador mais relevante do que o estoque de ativos físicos e financeiros para a geração de valor das empresas.