Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance

Index

Abbott Laboratories

Accounting:

GAAP

illusion and

software

stock options and

value and

Acharya, V.

Acquisitions

accelerated market access

best owner principle and

business development and

buying below intrinsic value

consolidation and improved competitive behavior

consolidation and removal of excess capacity

empirical results

evaluation framework

measuring value creation

return on capital with

revenue growth and

rollup strategy

shareholder value and

of skills and technologies

target company performance improvement

transformational merger

value and

value-creating acquisition archetypes

value creation focus

Active portfolio approach

ADP

Aerospace/defense industry

Ainslie, Lee

Amazon

Anchored model

Anders, William A.

Anheuser-Busch

Aristotle

Asian companies, and trade comparisons

Asset health measures

AstraZeneca

AT&T

Automakers

Availability bias

Aventis

Baghai, Mehrdad

Balanced scorecard concept

Balance sheet

Bank of America

Behavioral finance (behavioral economics)

Berkshire Hathaway

Best Buy

Best owner

access to talent/capital/ government/suppliers and customers

acquisitions and

better governance

better insight/foresight

distinctive skills

divestitures and

identifying

life cycle

managerial implications

unique links

Biotechnology bubble

Bloomberg financial terminals

BMW

Board of directors

Brand

Brinker International

Bubbles. See Internet bubble; Stock market bubbles; Technology bubble

Budgeting

Buffett, Warren

Business cycles

Business portfolio

additions

best owner

diversification ...