Richard McLaughlin Consulting

Intellectual Capital appraisal provides you with a common-sense tool which:-

Measures changes in Intellectual Capital over time

Is auditable

Can be run by your own people

Is practical

Will help manage the firm’s knowledge and expertise

Provides valuable information in the run-up to merger, sale or flotation.

The outcome is unique to each business, being driven by the firm’s strategy, technology and market position.

"In my own company, we have assets of around £9bn but we have a market capitalisation of around £120bn. This gap represents the market's view of our future earning capability, the value of our employees and, essentially, a view of the future value of the work we are putting into R&D. By applying consistent valuation methodologies to these intangibles ... management can develop a better understanding of how they drive the external valuation of the company." 

John Coombe, Chief Financial Officer, GlaxoSmithKline.