Intellectual Asset-Based Management Manual

1. Introduction & Table of Content
2. Intellectual Asset-Based Management Manual
3. SME Supporters' Guide for Compiling an Intellectual Asset-Based
    Management Report
4. Members of the SME Intellectual Asset-Based Management Forum

Why intellectual asset management is crucial
There are many benefits on offer for companies that disclose information about their intellectual assets, say Eiichi Yamamoto and Toshimichi Matano of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Perspective of Intellectual Assets Based Management Reports and Empirical Analysis and Research of Disclosure
– Disclosure of “Strength” and Dialogue with Stakeholders –

・Pioneering corporate assessors (such as analysts and investors) analyzing “perspective” for assessing intellectual assets based management reports
・Quantitatively figuring out the need for disclosure of information based on the results of questionnaire responses from corporate assessors
・Introducing “example of excellent disclosure” recommended by corporate assessors
・Proposing future engagements of corporate assessors and corporations

Guidelines for Disclosure of Intellectual Assets Based Management
Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry
October 2005

Interim Report by Subcommittee on Management
&Intellectual Assets
August 12,2005
Subcommittee on Management &Intellectual Assets, New Growth Policy Committee, Industrial Structure Council