Author: Shannon P. Pratt
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: investment, finance, library, mcgraw, business, valuing
Number of Pages: 1000
Published: 2007-12-21
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0071441808
ISBN-13: 9780071441803

Capitalize on All the Latest Legal, Financial, and Compliance Information Needed to Analyze and Appraise Any Business For over 25 years, Valuing a Business has provided professionals and students with expert business valuation information, offering clear, concise coverage of valuation principles and methods. Over the decades, the book’s unsurpassed explanations of all valuation issues have made it the definitive text in the field, against which every other business valuation book is measured. Now updated with new legal, financial, and compliance material, the Fifth Edition

Author: Shannon P. Pratt
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: applications, estimation, capital, cost
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2002-10-21
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 0471224014
ISBN-13: 9780471224013

An authoritative text on cost of capital for both the nonprofessional and the valuation expert -- now revised and expanded In endeavoring to practice sound corporate finance, there is perhaps nothing so critical, nor slippery, as cost of capital estimation. The second edition of Cost of Capital: Estimation and Applications combines a state-of-the-art treatise on cost of capital estimation with an accessible introduction for the nonprofessional. This comprehensive yet usable guide begins with an exposition of basic concepts understandable to the lay person and proceeds gradually f

Author: Shannon P. Pratt
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: premiums, discounts, valuation, business
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2001-10-15
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 0471394483
ISBN-13: 9780471394488

Business Valuation Discounts and Premiums There is often more money in dispute in determining the discounts and premiums in a business valuation than in arriving at the pre-discount valuation itself. Discounts and premiums affect not only the value of the company but also play a crucial role in determining the risk involved, control issues, marketability, contingent liability, and a host of other factors that can make or break a deal. It is essential that every appraiser know when discounts and premiums apply and how to quantify them. Shannon Pratt’s Business Valuation Discounts and Prem

Author: Shannon P. Pratt
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: businesses, valuing, approach, market
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2005-11-25
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 0471696544
ISBN-13: 9780471696544

Your Best Approach to Determining Value If you’re buying, selling, or valuing a business, how can you determine its true value? By basing it on present market conditions and sales of similar businesses. The market approach is the premier way to determine the value of a business or partnership. With convincing evidence of value for both buyers and sellers, it can end stalemates and get deals closed. Acclaimed for its empirical basis and objectivity, this approach is the model most favored by the IRS and the United States Tax Court-as long as it’s properly implemented. Shannon Prat

Author: Shannon P. Pratt
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: professional, reference, review, exam, valuation, knowledge, business
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2003-01-31
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0471403075
ISBN-13: 9780471403074

Praise for the First Edition "The beauty of this work is that it points the reader to each professional organization’s writings on issues relating to business valuation methodologies and applications. I can’t think of an attorney who works with business valuation professionals who should not have this book." -Robert E. Kleeman Jr. CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA, CFE, Clifton Gunderson, LLC "Business Valuation Body of Knowledge will quickly become one of the foremost authoritative sources on the `body of knowledge’ for business valuations. It is well organized and written in a style which

Author: Shannon P. Pratt
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: workbook, knowledge, valuation, business
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-01-30
List price: $84.50
ISBN-10: 0471270660
ISBN-13: 9780471270669

Sample exam questions and updated information on the latest developments in the field for valuation candidates and professionalsIncludes questions and exercises that typically appear on accreditation examsCovers the most frequently encountered errors on reports and in examinationsReflects the latest business valuation developments, viewpoints, court case references, and data resourcesContains hundreds of multiple-choice and true/false questions, short problems, and fill-in-the-blank questionsIncludes eight hours of CPE credit through a self-study examinationA companion to Shannon Pratt’s Bus

Author: Shannon P. Pratt
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: premiums, discounts, valuation, business
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2009-04-27
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 047037148X
ISBN-13: 9780470371480

Leading authority Shannon Pratt demystifies discounts and premiums in business valuation "A must-read! Shannon Pratt continues to add to the business valuation body of knowledge." -Jay Fishman, FASA There is often more money in dispute in determining the discounts and premiums in a business valuation than in arriving at the pre-discount value itself. Discounts and premiums affect not only the value of the company, but also play a crucial role in determining the risk involved, control issues, marketability, and contingent liability, to name a few. Approaching a business val