Financial reporting limitations have led to efforts to measure intellectual capital indirectly outside the financial statements. Such measures sometimes accompany the financial statements in reports to stockholders. These nonfinancial measures include information on such items as revenue percentage per employee, employees who have contact with customers, satisfied customers, research and development costs, continuing education and training per employee, employee turnover, and employee satisfaction. One of the best known of the performance measurement strategies that imply the existence of intellectual capital is called the balanced scorecard. It creates measures in the financial, customer, internal business process, and learning and growth areas.
Those who wish to have a more comprehensive, realistic reporting of what provides value to businesses will continue to pay attention to intangible assets.