Equity Value Enhancement

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781118871003 Author(s): Carl L. Sheeler Format: Hardcover Language: English Year: 2016 Edition: 1st Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Pages: 368 Series: Wiley Finance

Description: A detailed look at risk identification and value creation in private equity investment Equity Value Enhancement ('EVE'): Governance, Risk, Relationships & Knowledge ('GRRK') provides the information and tools practitioners and business owners need to work with the multitude of intangibles ('GRRK') in equity investment decisions. The author engages readers with an insightful and brief claim: 'Values are more than numbers.' He then provides support for just how important human capital is to the value creation paradox. He doesn't stop there because ideas without definitive actions don't promote transformation. He further challenges the reader with: 'If you don't think outside of the box, you're doomed to live in the box.' A user-friendly manual chock full of vignettes, suggestions and pithy commentary EVE is a must read for owners, officers, boards and advisors to derive understanding of business value drivers. This book teaches the reader how to conduct more intangible asset due diligence as well as what decisions and behaviors impact value. With more effective methods of risk identification, measurement, management, and mitigation ('IMMM'), trusted advisors and owners can establish a 'working on the business' strategy to prioritize issues impacting a company's intangible assets â assets which almost inevitably create the largest component of value in flourishing companies. This focus also serves to reduce risk while leveraging human capital and operational effectiveness. This book challenges users of value enhancement and valuation services to demand greater intellectual rigor to best serve owners/investors of the United States' economic engineâthe midmarket company. Therefore, readers are challenged to look beyond the common metrics and numbers. They are admonis