There has been considerable growth in and maturing of ideas surrounding shareholder
value, value-based management and financial reporting.
Here, in a single source, experts from a variety of professional backgrounds come
together to provide a set of practices for valuation and corporate analysis.
Questions of Value will enable you to gain a rapid overview of the
different aspects of valuation and put this into practice in your own business.
It explains why there are such differences of opinion in matters relating to corporate
valuations, where the limits of traditional accountancy are and where a more value-based
valuation methodology can begin.
The book brings up-to-date the developments in thinking by institutional investors,
experts in pensions, and professionals in corporate reporting. It incorporates insights
gained from recent accounting mishaps such as Enron, and discusses the implications of Sarbanes
Oxley and other planned changes in legislation.
There are also in-depth analyses from the patient as well as from the consultant's
chair helping you understand the practicalities of Value Based Management.
The experts will guide you through a number of difficult valuation issues and describe
best practice for you to use in your business.
Andrew Black is a director of the Value-Based Management/Mergers and
Acquisitions Team in PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consultancy Services. He has worked
extensively on shareholder value models and their application to corporate clients.
Previously he was an analyst and strategist for various banks and fund managers, and is
one of the authors of the successful book In Search of Shareholder Value.
320 pages, paperback