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The dark side of valuation

Name: The dark side of valuation
ISBN: 9780137126897

Aswath Damodaran · 2001 · 415 pages

Valuation Business Finance Nonfiction ProfessionalBusiness enterprises, valuation

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Guide to valuing companies in all stages and industries, fully revised to reflect today's financial markets and crisis. • •Indispensable, up-to-the-minute guidance from the world's #1 expert in corporate valuation, Aswath Damodaran. •Expanded to include detailed coverage of companies in financial services, real estate, infrastructure, human capital, commodity, and cyclical markets. •Answers crucial valuation questions that have suddenly emerged in the wake of the global financial crisis. Financial professionals have long faced the challenge of accurately valuing companies that are difficult to value using conventional methodologies. Years ago, this challenge was most keenly felt in the 'dot-com' industries, and many professionals fell victim to the 'dark side,' creating values that were simply unsustainable. Now, amidst today's global financial crisis, the same challenge applies to a far wider spectrum of enterprises and assets, ranging from Asian equities to mortgage-backed securities, financial services firms like Lehman to real estate firms like Sears. In The Dark Side of Valuation, the world's top expert on valuation brings together today's best practices for accurately valuing young, distressed, and complex businesses. Aswath Damodaran has thoroughly revised this book, broadening its perspective to consider all companies that resist easy valuation. He covers the entire corporate lifecycle, from 'idea' and 'nascent growth' companies to those in decline and distress; and o