Background: SMEs directly influence the economic growth of the countries, however these companies are facing several challenging problems, among others, an increasingly competitive environment and financial limitations. Therefore, improving knowledge on the relation between the SMEs growth and different investments is of importance for SMEs decision makers and strategy developers.    Objectives: In this work the goal is to examine the relation between the SMEs growth and investments in tangible and intangible assets. The focus of the study is on Swedish SMEs from the industrial sector with the aim of examining the six hypotheses on the relation between different investment and growth parameters.  Methodology: 57 Swedish publicly listed SMEs are selected, and their financial data related to firm’s growth, i.e. KPIs such as Revenue and EBITDA growth, and investments, i.e. investments in tangible and intangible assets. Lastly, moderating variables, i.e. firm’s size and employee growth index, are collected from three well-known and precise databases. The secondary data is analyzed employing both fundamental and regression analyses.  Results: Analyses indicate that growth KPIs are in a positive relationship with the total investments in tangible and intangible assets. In particular, a clear relationship between the investments in tangible assets and Revenue growth is obtained while a strong relationship between the investments in intangible assets and EBITDA growth is achieved. The firm's age is found to be an important moderating parameter impacting the relationship between the growth and investment parameters, but the influence of the employee growth index is mainly reflected upon increased robustness, reliability and validity of the model, seen by improvement of the regression fitting.  Conclusions: Results suggest that statistically there is a positive relationship between the firm's growth and targeted investments, however the amount of investments and the division of investments between tangible and intangible assets cannot be easily based on the statistical analysis. Although much in line with the statistical analysis, some deviating trends of both independent and dependent variables could be identified through the fundamental analysis, making it a good complement to the regression analysis. With our results and answers to the research questions being in hand, it is our belief that investment decisions should be more carefully evaluated focusing on the firm's strategies, life cycle and growth stage, capacity, type, age and the organizational structure of the specific firm that stakeholders are managing.  Recommendations for future research: A suggestion for the future research is to expand the present analysis on data from more firms, including several other growth KPIs in the statistical analysis and include other categories of investments compared to that of the present study such as M&As and partnership investments. This will strengthen the arguments and conclusions presented in this study and contribute to future research within the field.

Capital improvement from the income tax viewpoint This work focuses on the analysis of the current legislation of capital improvement and it's interpretation by the professional public is presented, from both the view of the tax advisers and financial management. The legislation and its interpretation are evaluated and, if necessary, revisions are proposed. To attain this goal I had chosen the linguistic, historically teleological and comparative interpretation methods. At first, I focused on the definition of capital improvement and individual terms connected with it and their historical evolution. Also mentioned is the legislation tied to the accounting and here can be found the pitfalls, which the legal differences with the tax legislation can bring. Furthermore I examined depreciation of capital improvement using both linear and accelerated methods and I compared the processes with the situation without the capital improvement. Another field closely connected with depreciation and which I focused on next, was the capital improvement of foreign property. Here I outlined the latest progress by novelization of the legislation and by use of Coordination committees with the Chamber of tax Advisers. Using the comparative interpretation method I compared the Czech and Slovak legislation of the...

Os negócios evoluem cada vez mais aceleradamente. Essa expansão está representada pela predisposta valoração de ativos intangíveis em função dos ativos físicos. Mas a principal razão para a avaliação dos intangíveis talvez seja a gestão estratégica desses ativos. Tal desafio levou estudiosos a calcular e a mensurar o valor dos diferentes tipos de ativos intangíveis de uma entidade. Com isso, este trabalho passa a questionar-se sobre quais são os principais métodos de avaliação econômica de ativos intangíveis. Para tanto, o objetivo geral é estudar a mensuração dos ativos intangíveis e seu papel no meio empresarial. O estudo do ativo intangível torna-se fundamental dentro do atual cenário econômico mundial, vista a notória diferença entre o patrimônio contábil e o valor de mercado das empresas. A contabilidade vem se aprofundando, nas últimas décadas, no estudo do ativo intangível. Estudiosos, contadores e investidores têm buscado métodos de incorporar e divulgar, nas demonstrações financeiras, os ativos intangíveis das empresas. A pesquisa divide-se em definição de ativos; referencial teórico relativo aos ativos intangíveis e identificação e análise dos principais métodos de mensuração de ativos intangíveis. / Business is developing faster and faster these days. This expansion is represented by the predisposed valuation of intangible assets in terms of physical assets. But the main reason for the evaluation of intangible assets may be the strategic management of these assets. This challenge made scholars calculate and measure the value of different types of intangible assets of a company. Consequently, the objective of this work is to pose the question: what are the principal methods of economic valuation of intangible assets? The overall goal of this work is to study the measurement of intangible assets and their role in business. The study of intangible assets becomes crucial in the current global economic scenario, given the striking difference between the equity accounting and the market value of companies. In recent decades, accounting has been gathering strength in the study of intangible assets. Scholars, accountants and investors have sought methods to incorporate and report in the financial statements, the intangible assets of companies. The research has two aims: to define the assets, the theoretical framework related to the intangible assets and to identify and analyze the main methods of measurement of intangible assets.

Os negócios evoluem cada vez mais aceleradamente. Essa expansão está representada pela predisposta valoração de ativos intangíveis em função dos ativos físicos. Mas a principal razão para a avaliação dos intangíveis talvez seja a gestão estratégica desses ativos. Tal desafio levou estudiosos a calcular e a mensurar o valor dos diferentes tipos de ativos intangíveis de uma entidade. Com isso, este trabalho passa a questionar-se sobre quais são os principais métodos de avaliação econômica de ativos intangíveis. Para tanto, o objetivo geral é estudar a mensuração dos ativos intangíveis e seu papel no meio empresarial. O estudo do ativo intangível torna-se fundamental dentro do atual cenário econômico mundial, vista a notória diferença entre o patrimônio contábil e o valor de mercado das empresas. A contabilidade vem se aprofundando, nas últimas décadas, no estudo do ativo intangível. Estudiosos, contadores e investidores têm buscado métodos de incorporar e divulgar, nas demonstrações financeiras, os ativos intangíveis das empresas. A pesquisa divide-se em definição de ativos; referencial teórico relativo aos ativos intangíveis e identificação e análise dos principais métodos de mensuração de ativos intangíveis. / Business is developing faster and faster these days. This expansion is represented by the predisposed valuation of intangible assets in terms of physical assets. But the main reason for the evaluation of intangible assets may be the strategic management of these assets. This challenge made scholars calculate and measure the value of different types of intangible assets of a company. Consequently, the objective of this work is to pose the question: what are the principal methods of economic valuation of intangible assets? The overall goal of this work is to study the measurement of intangible assets and their role in business. The study of intangible assets becomes crucial in the current global economic scenario, given the striking difference between the equity accounting and the market value of companies. In recent decades, accounting has been gathering strength in the study of intangible assets. Scholars, accountants and investors have sought methods to incorporate and report in the financial statements, the intangible assets of companies. The research has two aims: to define the assets, the theoretical framework related to the intangible assets and to identify and analyze the main methods of measurement of intangible assets.

Os negócios evoluem cada vez mais aceleradamente. Essa expansão está representada pela predisposta valoração de ativos intangíveis em função dos ativos físicos. Mas a principal razão para a avaliação dos intangíveis talvez seja a gestão estratégica desses ativos. Tal desafio levou estudiosos a calcular e a mensurar o valor dos diferentes tipos de ativos intangíveis de uma entidade. Com isso, este trabalho passa a questionar-se sobre quais são os principais métodos de avaliação econômica de ativos intangíveis. Para tanto, o objetivo geral é estudar a mensuração dos ativos intangíveis e seu papel no meio empresarial. O estudo do ativo intangível torna-se fundamental dentro do atual cenário econômico mundial, vista a notória diferença entre o patrimônio contábil e o valor de mercado das empresas. A contabilidade vem se aprofundando, nas últimas décadas, no estudo do ativo intangível. Estudiosos, contadores e investidores têm buscado métodos de incorporar e divulgar, nas demonstrações financeiras, os ativos intangíveis das empresas. A pesquisa divide-se em definição de ativos; referencial teórico relativo aos ativos intangíveis e identificação e análise dos principais métodos de mensuração de ativos intangíveis. / Business is developing faster and faster these days. This expansion is represented by the predisposed valuation of intangible assets in terms of physical assets. But the main reason for the evaluation of intangible assets may be the strategic management of these assets. This challenge made scholars calculate and measure the value of different types of intangible assets of a company. Consequently, the objective of this work is to pose the question: what are the principal methods of economic valuation of intangible assets? The overall goal of this work is to study the measurement of intangible assets and their role in business. The study of intangible assets becomes crucial in the current global economic scenario, given the striking difference between the equity accounting and the market value of companies. In recent decades, accounting has been gathering strength in the study of intangible assets. Scholars, accountants and investors have sought methods to incorporate and report in the financial statements, the intangible assets of companies. The research has two aims: to define the assets, the theoretical framework related to the intangible assets and to identify and analyze the main methods of measurement of intangible assets.

The goal of this study is to analyze the current methods of expression the Value of Long-term Assets. The captures are in such order that after the explanation of basic terms there is application of the Measurment methods to different types of Assets, like tangible or intangible assets.

The main goal of the thesis is to provide its readers information about external audit and describe individual phases and audit procedures of auditing the financial statements. The practical part of the thesis is then focused on application of theoretical knowledge on practical example. Audit is performed for area of long-term tangible and intangible assets in the selected company. The conclusion of the thesis includes deficiencies identified during the audit and proposed solutions of these deficiencies.