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Invisible, yet Invaluable: Valuing Intangibles in the Birkenstock IPO!

Musings on Markets

A more tangible way to see why intangibles have become a hot topic of discussion is to look at the evolution of the top ten companies in the world, in market capitalization, over time: In 1980, IBM was the largest market cap company in the world, but eight of the top ten companies were oil or manufacturing companies.