Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS

Part I. Framework 1. A framework for business analysis and valuation using financial statements Part II. Business analysis and valuation tools 2. Strategy analysis 3. Accounting analysis: The basics 4. Accounting analysis: Accounting adjustments 5. Financial analysis 6. Prospective analysis: Forecasting 7. Prospective analysis: Valuation theory and concepts 8. Prospective analysis: Valuation implementation Part III. Business analysis and valuation applications 9. Equity security analysis 10. Credit analysis and distress prediction 11. Mergers and acquisitions Part IV. Additional cases

Erik Peek is Professor of Business Analysis and Valuation at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the Netherlands. Professor Peek conducts research in the areas of financial analysis, accounting and valuation, earnings forecasting and international financial accounting. He has published articles in major academic journals including, among others, Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, the Journal of International Accounting Research and the European Accounting Review. Prior to joining RSM, Professor Peek was an Associate Professor at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He has been a Visiting Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate from VU University Amsterdam in 2001 and has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder since 2002. Krishna G. Palepu joined the faculty of the Harvard Business School in 1983. He is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University. Professor Palepu was a Senior Associate Dean at the Harvard Business School for several years, overseeing the school's research and its global initiative. Professor Palepu's current research and teaching activities focus on strategy and governance. Professor Palepu has published numerous academic and practitioner-oriented articles and case studies on these issues. He has served on a number of public company and non-profit boards. He has also been on the Editorial Boards of leading academic journals, and has served as a consultant to a wide variety of businesses. Krishna Palepu is a researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a fellow of the International Academy of Management. Professor Palepu has a master's degree in physics from Andhra University, a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, a doctorate in management from the