Abstract: The invention concerns a system for displaying a portfolio comprising a computer-legible data memory with a database system. In the database system are stored basic objects, each of which is clearly linked to one or more basic data. The basic objects are allocated to one or more structural units in a multi-dimensional hierarchical model of a company or an institution. The structural units are stored in a relational database. The basic objects allocated to the individual structural units can be displayed with one or more basic data selectively or as a whole. The basic data can be patent applications/patents, contracts or products.