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General Business Valuation


General Business Valuation is a free guide to books and publications which cover a broad range of business valuation and valuation-related topics.


Each resource listed below includes the source or publisher, a description of the resource and its primary features, and any information that is accessible free online.


For more information on books and publications which focus on business appraisal and related topics, see Business Valuation Books and Publications.




Valuing a Business: The Analysis and Appraisal
of Closely Held Companies, 5th Edition

Pratt, McGraw-Hill, 2008
Comprehensive guide provides in-depth discussion of major topics such as business valuation approaches and methods; discounts and premiums; and writing and reviewing reports. Table of contents, index, and searchable text available free online.

Valuing Small Businesses and Professional Practices, 3rd Edition
Pratt, Reilly, Schweihs, McGraw-Hill, 1998
Major sections include understanding the valuation process; analyzing the company; reaching a conclusion of value; valuing professional practices; and litigation and dispute resolution. Table of contents, index, and searchable text available free online.

Standards of Value: Theory and Application
Fishman, Pratt, Morrison, Wiley, 2006
Publication examines how standards of value are interpreted and applied for estate and gift tax, divorce, financial reporting, and shareholder dissent and oppression purposes. Text preview free online.

Business Valuation Body of Knowledge: Exam
Review and Professional Reference, 2nd Edition

Pratt, Wiley, 2003
Serving both as a study guide and a reference guide, the publication provides a  thorough review of business valuation fundamentals including valuation approaches and methods, data sources and analysis, and issues affecting valuations for specific purposes. Content preview free online.

Cost of Capital: Applications and Examples, 3rd Edition
Pratt, Grabowski, Wiley, 2008
Text provides an in-depth analysis of cost of capital components, including the equity risk premium and size premium; analysis and critical discussion of major cost of capital models; and procedures for a number of alternative models. Free search inside at Amazon.com.

The Market Approach to Valuing Businesses, 2nd Edition
Pratt, Wiley, 2005
Provides a step-by-step guide to using both public and private market transaction data in valuing a business interest and includes sample guideline company data, guidance on applying discounts and premiums, sample cases, examples of applications in court cases, and a directory of data sources. Free searchable text at Amazon.com.

The Lawyers Business Valuation Handbook
Pratt, American Bar Association, 2000
Comprehensive reference with case citations to court positions on all types of valuation issues in specific legal contexts such as estate and gift tax, shareholder dissent and oppression, marital dissolution, bankruptcy, employee stock ownership plans, and more.

Business Valuation and Taxes: Procedure, Law & Perspective
Laro, Pratt, Wiley, 2005.
Comprehensive resource addresses the laws, approaches, and procedures relevant to business valuations from a federal tax standpoint and covers a wide range of topics including valuation standards and methods, subsequent events, tax-effecting, and more. Free content preview at Amazon.com.

PPC Guide to Business Valuations
Practitioners Publishing Company, annual updates
Comprehensive three-volume guide takes readers through each step of an engagement and includes a case study to illustrate each method and the related issues. Detailed table of contents available free online.

The Handbook of Business Valuation and Intellectual Property Analysis
Reilly, Schweihs, McGraw-Hill, 2004
Text addresses specific valuation issues related to business interests and intellectual property, including special valuation applications such as sports teams and health care entities. Text preview free online.

The Handbook of Advanced Business Valuation
Reilly, Schweihs, McGraw-Hill, 1999
Text addresses valuation issues related to special applications and specific-purpose valuations, including issues related to specific industries such as sports teams, auto dealerships, and radio broadcasting companies. Searchable content free online.

The Handbook of Business Valuation
West, Jones, Wiley, 1999
Includes rules of thumb and several chapters on specific industries. Topic sections include purpose, market, and resources for valuing businesses, approaches and methods, issues by industry, and special valuation issues. Free search inside at Amazon.com.

Financial Valuation: Applications and Models, 2nd Edition
Hitchner, Wiley, 2006
Twenty-five contributing authors cover a wide range of valuation topics, including shareholder disputes, mergers and acquisitions, ESOPs, discounts and premiums, family limited partnerships, and more. Free text preview at Amazon.com.

The Business Valuation Book
Gabeheart, Brinkley, AMACOM, 2002
Major sections include an introduction to classical business appraisal, overview and application of the ARM approach, impact of terms, conditions, and taxes on valuing a business, fractional interests and discounts, and a ARM approach case study. Searchable preview available free online.

Understanding Business Valuation: A Practical Guide to Valuing Small to Medium-Sized Businesses, 3rd Edition
Trugman, AICPA, 2008
Provides an introduction to business valuation standards and methods applicable in valuing small and medium-sized companies, with topics covered including the market approach, discount and capitalization rates, pass-through entity issues, and more. Includes CD-ROM with sample reports. Table of contents is free online.

CCH Business Valuation Guide
Hawkins, Paschall, CCH, annual
Comprehensive loose-leaf practice aid includes sections on general considerations, gathering and analyzing information, income, market, and cost approaches, discounts and premiums, appraisal reports, and special types of valuations. Table of contents is free online.

Business Valuation: An Integrated Theory, 2nd Edition
Mercer, Harms, Wiley, 2007
Book provides an integrated theory of valuation which brings together the discounted cash flow and Gordon models, the shareholder levels of value model, and the Quantitative Marketability Discount Model (QMDM), and specifically addresses the application of this integrated approach in valuing pass-through entities. Searchable text free online.

Damodaran on Valuation: Security Analysis
for Investment and Corporate Finance

Damodaran, Wiley, 2006
Comprehensive examination of valuation approaches and methods includes techniques for identifying and measuring the impact of control, liquidity, synergy, complexity, and transparency—or the relative lack thereof—on the value of a business interest. Text preview free online.

Investment Valuation: Tools and Techniques
for Determining the Value of Any Asset

Damodaran, Wiley, 2002
Comprehensive guide shows how to select the right valuation method for any type of business interest or asset, including financial service firms, start-ups, dot-coms, distressed companies, firms with no earnings, bonds, futures, forward contracts, and more. Searchable preview free online.

Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 4th Ed.
Koller, Goedhart, Wessels, Wiley, 2005
Topics covered include analyzing historical performance and forecasting future performance, determining the cost of capital, assessing the impact of a company's competitive situation on its value, and correlating valuation multiples with key performance drivers. Free text preview at Amazon.com.

Fannon's Guide to the Valuation of Subchapter S Corporations
Fannon, Business Valuation Resources, LLC, 2008
Publication's focus is on the author's simplified model for valuing S corporations, with discussion of its application in comparison to traditional methods, other economic models, and prior court cases.

Principles of Private Firm Valuation
Feldman, Wiley, 2005
Topics covered include how value is created and how to measure it, valuing control and the corresponding effect on the value of minority interests, determining liquidity discounts, valuing pass-through entities, and the implications of purchase price accounting and goodwill impairment. Free content preview at Amazon.com.

Valuation of Companies in Emerging Markets
Pereiro, Wiley, 2002
Comprehensive guide to valuing companies in emerging markets covers the application of the discounted cash flow method, and related topics including estimating the cost of equity capital, dealing with unsystematic risk, and using comparable companies and transactions for relative valuation purposes. Free search inside at Amazon.com.

Comprehensive Guide to Use and Application of Transaction Databases
Fannon, Walker, Business Valuation Resources, LLC, 2008
Guide provides a comparative analysis of the differences between the most commonly used private company transaction databases and discusses proper application of the invested capital and equity multiples derived from these sources.

Transaction Patterns
Tatum, 2000
Statistical analysis of BIZCOMPS small business transaction data includes extensive discussion on use of regression analysis and other statistical measures. Overview of chapter topics is free online.





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