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How will accounting adjust to keep itself relevant?

Published: May 12 2008 03:00 | Last updated: May 12 2008 03:00

From Dr Nir Kossovsky.

Sir, We fully agree with Jennifer Hughes ("Little value in making goodwill even more intangible", May 8): investors are hungry for information; the value of most firms resides in their intangibles; acquirers do not look at businesses as a bucket of assets and liabilities; and reputation is another really hard-to-quantify intangible asset.

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