Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Cost approach
- Carbonell (2002)
- The value of a patent is equal to
the cost of acquiring it
- human capital
- higher cost component for
intangible assets
- measure the future
benefits of
intellectual
property
- Use
- in limited
circumstances
- when the replacement cost
is estimated with a
reasonable degree of
reliability
- In a recent
patent
- the cost
- is a bechmark tool
- Types
- historical costs
- creation of a patent
- Replacement cost
- patent innovation
- Failures
- does not
take into
account
future
benefits
- does not capture patent
demand trends
- does not relate the risk
associated with the benefits
- some patents are not replaced
- Does not distinguish
- Investment expenses
- normal operating expenses
- advantage
- objective and
consistent
- reliability of
historical cost data
- the acquisition
cost is a reliable
indicator of value