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To use a cliché, we live in a volatile uncertain complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world. Organizations simply cannot afford to try out new strategies in reality and correct mistakes, once they’ve occurred. The stakes are too high. Thus emerges the utility of this technique across functions like financial planning and risk management. Financial models help a business manager simulate the future and see the impact of their change, without risking costly setbacks of real world trials and errors. Maste...

THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING COMPANY GROWTH AND DECLINE —FROM THE UNDISPUTED EXPERT ON VALUATION Throughout his storied career, Aswath Damodaran has searched for the universal key to demystify corporate finance and valuation. Now, at last, he offers the groundbreaking answer to readers everywhere. It turns out there is a corporate lifecycle very much like our own — with unique stages of growth and decline. And just as we must learn to act our age, so too must companies.  By better understanding h...

Ghe complete resource to guide professionals through a full business valuation and to better manage their practice. Now valuation professionals can master every function for every valuation situation. The Financial Valuation Workbook, Second Edition guides readers through a complete business valuation with essential tools for quick reference. Completely revised and updated, this practical guide applies valuation theory to real-world business environments and provides a detailed case study, model...

The highly experienced authors of the Guide to Intangible Asset Valuation define and explain the disciplined process of identifying assets that have clear economic benefit, and provide an invaluable framework within which to value these assets. With clarity and precision the authors lay out the critical process that leads you through the description, identification and valuation of intangible assets. This book helps you: Describe the basic types of intangible assetsFind and identify intangible...

Beyond Earnings is targeted at investors, financial professionals, and students who want to improve their ability to analyze financial statements, forecast cash flows, and ultimately value a company. The authors demonstrate that reported earnings are easily gamed by accounting shenanigans and reveal how commonly used profitability measures such as return on equity can be misleading. Because earnings and P/E ratios are too unreliable for valuation, this book takes you beyond earnings and shows yo...

Thorough guidance and detailed analysis of the valuation business engagement Discussing the practical aspects of business valuation that arise in the context of a tax valuation, this book provides you with detailed analysis of the valuation business engagement process. Detailed discussion is included of various cases outlining errors that appraisers have made in appraisal reports, as well as in-depth discussion of the current appraisal industry issues that are impacting tax valuations. Examines...

Sample exam questions and updated information on the latest developments in the field for valuation candidates and professionals Includes questions and exercises that typically appear on accreditation exams Covers the most frequently encountered errors on reports and in examinations Reflects the latest business valuation developments, viewpoints, court case references, and data resources Contains hundreds of multiple-choice and true/false questions, short problems, and fill-in-the-blank question...

The most recent cost of capital data for approximately 180 U.S. industries, identified by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code. The 2016 Valuation Handbook – Industry Cost of Capital provides valuation professionals with the same type of rigorous industry–level analysis previously published in the green–cover Morningstar/Ibbotson Cost of Capital Yearbook (now discontinued). Using the most recent, up–to–date data is critical. The 2016 Valuation Handbook – Industry Cost of Capital provi...

Most business models are transactional. They are focused on a specific exchange. They match riders with drivers, sellers with buyers, hosts with travelers. They thrive on enormous scale, huge distribution networks, and brand recognition. But then along comes a rival that is small, nimble, and doesn't care much about its brand, and it either rushes past you or mows you down.In The Interaction Field, branding expert and author Erich Joachimsthaler explains that the only way to survive and thrive i...

A detailed look at risk identification and value creation in private equity investment Equity Value Enhancement ("EVE"): Governance, Risk, Relationships & Knowledge ("GRRK") provides the information and tools practitioners and business owners need to work with the multitude of intangibles ("GRRK") in equity investment decisions. The author engages readers with an insightful and brief claim: "Values are more than numbers." He then provides support for just how important human capital is to the va...

Navigate equity investments and asset valuation with confidence Equity Asset Valuation, Third Edition blends theory and practice to paint an accurate, informative picture of the equity asset world. The most comprehensive resource on the market, this text supplements your studies for the third step in the three-level CFA certification program by integrating both accounting and finance concepts to explore a collection of valuation models and challenge you to determine which models are most appropr...

The most frequent money issue in business valuation disputes relates to Discounts and Premiums. It's essential to know when they apply and how to quantify them. Here is a thorough round up of all the studies completed relating to quantification on discounts and premiums. Its guidance applies to every major evaluation case including income valuation, market valuation, and asset approach, and covers the different discounts or premiums that may be applicable, depending on the basic valuation approa...

The market approach aims to establish the value of a company based on how similar firms are priced on the stock exchange or through company transactions. Using the market approach, price-related indicators such as price to earnings, sales and book values are utilised. An ever-present problem however, is that different valuation multiples and valuation methodologies tend to provide the analyst with contradictory outputs. The solution to this problem so far has been to claim that the market approa...

This report explains the approach of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to integrate the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their associated targets into its strategies, programs, and financing under Strategy 2030. The report draws on project examples to highlight how ADB operations contribute to clusters of interconnected SDGs related to people, planet, prosperity, and sustainable infrastructure. It also details ADB's efforts to help developing member countries mobilize the finance and...

A comprehensive guide to the theory and application of valuation, along with useful models, tools, and tips for analysts Financial Valuation: Applications and Models provides authoritative reference and practical guidance on the appropriate, defensible way to prepare and present business valuations. With contributions by 30 top experts in the field, this updated edition provides an essential resource for those seeking the most up-to-date methods, with a strong emphasis on applications and models...