Valuation For M&a Av Chris M. Mellen, Frank C. Evans

<p><b>Determine a company''s value, what drives it, and how to enhance value during a M&A</b></p><p><i>Valuation for M&A</i> lays out the steps for measuring and managing value creation in non-publicly traded entities, and helps investors, executives, and their advisors determine the optimum strategy to enhance both market value and strategic value and maximize return on investment.</p><p>As a starting point in planning for a transaction, it is helpful to compute fair market value, which represents a ¿floor¿ value for the seller since it by definition represents a value agreed upon by any hypothetical willing and able buyer and seller. But for M&A, it is more important to compute investment value, which is the value of the target company to a strategic buyer (and which can vary with each prospective buyer). </p><ul><li>Prepare for the sale and acquisition of a firm</li><li>Identify, quantify, and qualify the synergies that increase value to strategic buyers</li><li>Get access to new ch