CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Business Valuation Concepts
Evaluating Opportunity
Key Topics Covered in This Chapter
•Asset-based valuation methods
•Earnings-based valuation methods
•Discounted cash flow approach to valuation
HAVE YOU FOUNDED an HR-services start-up that you’re now considering selling? Have you grown your business and started mulling over the possibility of acquiring another firm to spur further expansion? Is the corporation you work for considering buying or selling an operating division or acquiring another firm? If any of these circumstances describe your situation, the question, “What is a business’s value?” outweighs most other issues, and for good reason. Why? The rate of return from a purchased division company is likely to be disappointing ...
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