Valuation for M&A (eBook)

Building Value in Private Companies

Chris M. Mellen, Frank C. Evans (Autoren)

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2010 | 2. Auflage
372 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-64879-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Discover the tools necessary to determine what your company'svalue is, what drives its value, and how to enhance that valueduring an M&A transaction.

The only book to focus on valuation specifically for mergers andacquisitions, Valuation For M&A: Building Value in PrivateCompanies, Second Edition lays out the steps for measuring andmanaging value creation in privately held businesses. Thisgroundbreaking work led directly to authors Chris M. Mellen andFranck C. Evans being named the joint 2010 AM&AA Middle MarketThought Leader of the Year by the Alliance of Merger &Acquisition Advisors, and its thorough overview of the subject:
* Recognizes a company as an investment and explains how tomanage that value to maximize shareholder returns, focusing onreturns, risks, and capital invested
* Explains investment or strategic value versus fair marketvalue and provides a document request checklist; sample interviewquestions; and formats for adjusting financial statements,developing discount rates, the computation of net cash flow; and avaluation reconciliation form
* Includes a comprehensive case study to illustrate concepts andcalculations
* Now covers fair value accounting and the impact of SFAS Nos.141, 142, and 157 and their IFRS counterparts, intangible assetvaluation techniques, exit planning, international M&As, andventure backed/early stage companies

Showing corporate executives as well as M&A professionalsand business appraisers how to value privately-held businesses formerger and acquisition purposes, this book helps investors,executives, and their advisors determine the optimum strategy toenhance both market value and strategic value to maximize return oninvestment.

Autor

CHRIS M. MELLEN, ASA, MCBA, CM&AA, is president andfounder of Delphi Valuation Advisors, Inc.(www.delphivaluation.com), located in Boston, Massachusetts and aprincipal in American Business Appraisers®. He is anAccredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), Master Certified BusinessAppraiser (MCBA), and Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor(CM&AA). Chris also holds an MBA with a concentration infinance from Babson College and a bachelor of arts with a major inindustrial relations and economics from McGill University. Hisexperience includes completion of over 1,800 valuation assignmentssince 1989 in a wide range of industries for such purposes asstrategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, tax and estateplanning and compliance, financial reporting, financing, buy-sellagreements, litigation, and appraisal review. He can be contactedat [e-mail]. FRANK C. EVANS, ASA, CBA, is the founder of Evans andAssociates Valuation Advisory Services(www.evansandassociates.net), in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and aprincipal in American Business Appraisers®. He holds theAccredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) and Certified Business Appraiser(CBA) designations and held the Certified Public AccountantAccredited in Business Valuation (CPA/ABV) designation. With an MBAand a bachelor of arts degree in economics from the University ofPittsburgh, he performs valuations and related consultation forstrategic planning, merger and acquisition, tax planning,shareholder agreements and disputes, and litigation support. He isthe coauthor with David Bishop of the first edition of Valuationfor M&A and can be reached [e-mail].

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.5.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Finance Editions
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Accounting • Bewertung • Corporate Finance • Rechnungswesen • Valuation
• ISBN-10: 0-470-64879-1 / 0470648791
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-64879-7 / 9780470648797