Business-valuation

Effective and very thorough in its detail

Of all the technology valuation reference books I have read, this one is by far the best. Richard has compiled and condensed the most useful valuation techniques/methods into his book, and it's easy reading. However, if you're just looking for one tried and true, quick and dirty recipe to value all technologies in all markets and in all business conditions you'll be disappointed. Richard has provided an excellent collection of methods, however unlike many authors, he writes for the business professional and thus he requires the reader to use professional judgment, coupled with good business intelligence (information) to select and then apply the methodologies. Basically, there are rarely easy and simple answers when valuating technologies, however Richard's book makes it a heck of a lot easier and the results provide a more credible foundation for commencing valuation negotiations.

I enjoyed reading Dr. Razgaitis book on the Early -Stage Technologies. It covered the different basic approaches to valuation. I specifically liked his analysis of the 25% rule and the Monte Carlo method for valuations. These two methods are on opposite ends of the difficulty spectrum of valuations. The details mentioned in those two methods has allowed me to strengthen the valuation reports that we do at Inavisis, Inc.

I also liked Chapter five which covers the Rating/ranking method to determine valuation. Although the chapter was general in nature, it outlined the basic principles that appraisal professional use in their valuation report and in litigation environment to support their analysis.

I use the stories outlined in the book in many of my valuation training courses. Dr. Razgaitis book is a must for the libraries of appraisal professional.

Sam Khoury

Every so often, the language of consultants seeps into general use throughout the business world and beyond. This is certainly the case with the phrase "value driver," which in the late 1990s became ubiquitous in corporate conference rooms. But how many of us have actually given detailed thought to what value drivers actually are, how they should be identified and managed, and how they should fit within the confines of your overall corporate strategy? Luckily, Roger Morin and Sherry Jarrell have given this subject more than enough thought to rescue a concept in dire danger of slipping into cliché. Warning: This is not a breezy, skim-it-in-an-afternoon, how-to book. If you don't crunch numbers, this is not the book for you. However, we from getAbstract do recommend this book to anyone willing to grapple with its equations and graphs. They're not too painful, and even if the strategic concepts are not entirely innovative, they do add weight to some overused and poorly understood business jargon.

A comprehensive study and approach for financial analysis of corporations, divisions, and discreet business units. A terrific reference for how to evaluate value creation within a firm. A must have for anyone interested in financial concepts and the study of true economic value creation.