Expert thinking on productivity, intangible asset valuation, growth strategy, and building more valuable businesses.
Professional services firms — consultancies, law firms, accountancies, engineering practices — are among the most intangible-intensive businesses in any economy. Their assets walk out of the door every evening. But those assets are more identifiable, more structured, and more suitable as collateral than conventional lenders recognise.
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Research shows which intangible asset categories drive the greatest productivity gains in growth-stage companies and why balanced investment wins.
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How the Weighted Average Return on Assets (WARA) reconciliation ensures internal consistency in purchase price allocations. Includes a step-by-step worked example and common pitfalls to avoid.
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How to determine appropriate discount rates for intangible assets in purchase price allocations and standalone valuations. Covers WACC adjustments, asset-specific risk premiums, and the relationship between discount rates and the WARA reconciliation.
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The mobile-first transformation at IG Group holds a crucial lesson for AI strategy: go AI-first, not AI-bolted-on. Here is why incumbents that adapted won.
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A practical decision framework for choosing between the Relief from Royalty (RFR) and Multi-Period Excess Earnings Method (MPEEM) when valuing intangible assets in purchase price allocations and standalone valuations.
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The gap between what productivity statistics measure and what actually drives economic performance will not close on its own. It requires a coordinated effort across firms, statistical agencies, standard-setters, and policymakers. Here is a practical framework for how to get there — starting with what firms can do today.
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A step-by-step guide to the Opagio Productivity Calculator — how to model your Gross Value Added, EBITDA, and Total Factor Productivity in real time. Learn what the numbers mean, how to interpret them, and why they matter for intangible asset investment decisions.
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A week-by-week 90-day AI roadmap for SME CEOs — from initial assessment and quick wins through pilot projects to a scalable AI framework.
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Most businesses know their intangible assets matter. Few can name them, and fewer still can value them. The Opagio Growth Platform uses a six-category framework to discover, classify, and value the intangible assets that traditional accounting misses entirely.
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AI makes data more valuable, and data makes AI more capable — creating a symbiotic value relationship that compounds over time. This article examines how to measure, value, and invest in the AI-data flywheel that drives the most defensible technology businesses.
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Most generative AI business cases focus on cost reduction, but the larger opportunity is revenue growth through new products, enhanced customer experiences, and market expansion. This article provides a framework for measuring generative AI's revenue-side impact.
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