As 2013 has opened, the merger business has, as theNY Times reported, “roared back to life” with more activity than has been seen since 2007, the year before the Great Recession began.

Corporations have $1 trillion in cash on their balance…

I’m really happy to announce that the International Conference on Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Managementis going to be in the U.S. this fall. It’s been five years since the last time the conference was in the U.S. so I am very excited—I think the U.S. is more ready than ever for the intangible capital message!

The dates are October 24-25 at George…

Jay Deragon had a great post last week on analysis versus synthesis. His points are really well taken and directly applicable to the challenges of intangible capital management.

Intangible capital includes a…

There’s a new report out summarized under the headline Goodwill Impairment Holds Steady this week on the Business Finance site.

The article is full of data on things like total impairments, goodwill as a percentage of total assets, total…

For those who still don’t think social technologies will turn corporations upside down, here’s a dispatch from the front lines that you shouldn’t ignore: Even if It Outrages the Boss, Social Net Speech Is Protected.

In it, the NY Times reports that

Federal regulators are ordering employers to scale…