A MODERN APPROACH

The book offers an innovative view of the area of company valuation for newcomers in finance. The book aims to be a guide through the most common and interesting methods for corporate valuation, supported by a rich mathematical foundation. The focus is on the tools and methods for valuing a business, from the most basic approaches to the implementation of complex algorithms. Each topic is deeply analyzed to give students the tools to really understand the effects of valuation on the life of the corporation. The vision of the book is to offer a guide to valuation, capable of helping students and practitioners gain an introduction to the area, as well as giving intermediate users useful insights into and a deeper understanding of the analytics behind each part. The literature of books in corporate valuation spans over a wide range of methods and theories. The market is already full of (even good) textbooks facing the issue of the corporation from many points of view. However, the overall offer of Inside Company Valuation turns the attention on the financial aspects of the daily life of the corporation, with a robust mathematical setting, and the explanation and derivation of the mostly popular models of the firm. The potential of filling such a niche is evident if one thinks that a course in Corporate Finance nowadays makes only sense if it includes a robust section about company valuation tools and techniques. There is a demand of high-quality education at Master level, including a more advanced level of Corporate Finance courses, which is not fulfilled nowadays, and definitely requires a good textbook as a guide for such advanced education in the field. Corporate finance is the first area of knowledge in an ideal sequence of studies in finance. Company valuation is a major component of the theory behind the broadest area and it is therefore crucial for all students to gain command of the topic.