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When is an asset not an asset?

Tony Tollington (Middlesex University Business School, The Burroughs, London, UK)
Jonathan Liu (Middlesex University Business School, The Burroughs, London, UK)

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 1 June 1998

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Abstract

Examines the weaknesses of the current UK and US definitions of an asset. Presents an argument for them to be updated to include valuable internally created intangible assets, such as brands and software, which currently fall outside the scope of them.

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Tollington, T. and Liu, J. (1998), "When is an asset not an asset?", Management Decision, Vol. 36 No. 5, pp. 346-349. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251749810220559

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MCB UP Ltd

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