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Disclosure of Intangible Assets in Indian Drugs and Pharmaceutical Industry

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  • Subhash Chander
  • Vishakha Mehra

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In ‘K-economy’, intangible assets are playing an important role in the creation and maximization of wealth of shareholders. The investors also attach greater significance to such assets in evaluating their investments in different companies. This study examines the voluntary disclosure practices of intangible assets of 50 companies in Indian drugs and pharmaceutical industry. Annual reports of the selected companies for the year 2007-08 have been used for the purpose of this study. Content analysis technique has been adopted for the purpose of studying the disclosure of intangible asset information, which has been categorized into human capital, external capital and internal capital. The study concludes that number of employees, training and development, market share, brands, research activities and patents are among the highly disclosed intangible asset attributes. From among the three categories, human capital is the most disclosed intangible asset category. Panacea Biotec Ltd., is the company with highest disclosure score of 73%. Overall disclosure of intangible assets is inadequate and unsystematic in India and there is a vast scope for improvement.

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  • Subhash Chander & Vishakha Mehra, 2010. "Disclosure of Intangible Assets in Indian Drugs and Pharmaceutical Industry," The IUP Journal of Accounting Research and Audit Practices, IUP Publications, vol. 0(4), pages 7-23, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:icf:icfjar:v:09:y:2010:i:4:p:7-23
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    1. Herrera R. Edila E., 2013. "Factores que explican la extensión de revelación de activos intangibles de los bancos que cotizan en la Bolsa de Valores de Panamá," Contaduría y Administración, Accounting and Management, vol. 58(3), pages 173-202, julio-sep.
    2. Osama Omar Jaara & Khalid Abdul Rahman Elkotayni, 2016. "The Impact of Intangible Assets Internally Developed on the Market Value of Companies "A Field Study in the Pharmaceutical Companies in Jordan."," Accounting and Finance Research, Sciedu Press, vol. 5(2), pages 154-154, May.

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