Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies

The No. 1 guide to corporate valuation is now better than ever! In today's economy, it's essential for business professionals to excel at measuring, managing, and maximizing shareholder value. Valuation, hailed by financial professionals worldwide as the single best guide of its kind, shows managers at every level how to create value for their companies. The new Fourth Edition has been updated and expanded to provide critical insights into the business conditions that characterize today's volatile global economy. Along with all-new case studies, it takes a fresh look at topical issues in finance including the Internet bubble in capital markets, new accounting rules, the cost of capital, valuing assets in emerging markets, and managing performance. Founded in 1926, McKinsey & Co. Inc., advises leading companies around the world on issues of strategy, organization, and operations, and in specialized areas such as finance, information technology and the Internet, research and development, sales, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution. Tim Koller, MBA (New York, NY), is a partner at McKinsey & Co., Inc., and has been a coleader of the firm's corporate finance practice in both the United States and Europe. Marc Goedhart (Amsterdam, Netherlands) is an associate principal at McKinsey in their Amsterdam offices. David Wessels, PhD (Philadelphia, PA), is a professor and serves on the finance faculty at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Goizueta Business School of Emory University.