Acquisition risk assessment and valuation
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The Shareholder Value technique of acquisition risk assessment is based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis to produce the kind of data that executive decision makers require. The Shareholder Value technique is very sensitive to risk due to the impact of capital cost, according to DCF analysis. A case study is made of how the stockholder value of a potential acquisition target - Riskco Inc. - can affected by the following: financial risk, business risk, fixed capital intensity, price reductions, competition, and the volatility of profits.
Publication Name: Planning Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0094-064X
Year: 1985
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Forecasting creditworthiness: logistic vs. artificial neural net
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Issues concerning credit risk assessment in South Korea are discussed, with particular focus on forecasts based on logistic regression and artificial neural net. The two forecasting methods are described and it is concluded that the logistic model performs better when applied to urban accounts, whereas the neural net technique is better at forecasting rural accounts delinquency levels.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Forecasting
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0278-6087
Year: 1999
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Paying attention to real options
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The article identifies management attention as a necessary component for successfully implementing the real options approach when assessing future potential and possibilities. A conceptual framework is described for the realization process.
Publication Name: R & D Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0033-6807
Year: 2005
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