Corporate Valuation

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Summary: Corporate Valuation from Newbies to Professionals
Review: This book is a gives a great overview of the Corporate Valuation area while at the same time being deep enough to give you all the tools for conducting your own valuation. I am an owner of a number of businesses and valuation questions tend to come up from time to time and after having read this book I will be able to handle those situation with a lot more professionalism. The best thing about the book though is that the authors seem to have real life experience of building and running companies themselves. While reading the book, I constantly came up with ideas on how to improve the businesses I own. The book focuses a lot on analyzing the business and the value drivers of the industry as well as on how to build value. As such, it also becomes an invaluable resource as a guide and inspiration on business building/improvement. The only weakness of the book is its lack of mathematical proofs, as the authors focus on how to do a valuation rather than why the formulas look the way they do. However, that said, I think this book is a must read for business students, business owners, board members and general management.

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Summary: Highly recommended for all types of readers
Review: This book truly deserves a raving review. I have read a lot of litterature on the subject but this book is the one I have been longing for. It is comprehensive, practical and very easy to grasp. At the same time, as the authors have professional experience from valuation, it is very insightful, both regarding valuations and the process surrounding it. A must have for anyone interested in corporate valuation!