Valuable insights—from top experts—into today's most complex business valuation concepts. This book goes deeper than any book in answering the simple question, "What is this business worth?" The world's most trusted business valuation experts—edited by the world-renowned valuation team ofRobert Reilly and Robert Schweihs—cover the entire spectrum of valuation to answer critical questions including: what is the optimal procedure to estimate required return on an investment? How is the value of securities not traded on organized markets affected by their lack of liquidity? What are the most common abuses in litigation over economic damages or the fair value of a minority shareholder's interest? Business valuation is growing faster today than any other major appraisal discipline. And while tried-and-true practices and procedures have proven remarkably robust and versatile, the number of new situations that benefit from advanced business valuation principles has grown exponentially. Let The Handbook of Business Valuation be your trusted reference for today's most sate-of-the-art valuation scenarios. (text from the publisher)