Business Analysis and Valuation

Part 1 Framework1 A Framework for Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial StatementsPart 2 Business Analysis and Valuation Tools2 Strategy Analysis3 Overview of Accounting Analysis4 Implementing Accounting Analysis5 Financial Analysis6 Prospective Analysis: Forecasting7 Prospective Analysis: Valuation Theory and Concepts8 Prospective Analysis: Valuation ImplementationPart 3 Business Analysis and Valuation Applications9 Equity Security Analysis10 Credit Analysis and Distress Prediction11 Mergers and Acquisitions12 Communication and Governance

Krishna Palepu joined the Harvard Business School in 1983 after receiving Bachelors and Masters degrees in physics from Andhra University, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, and a Ph.D. from MIT. 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. Paul Healy joined the MIT Sloan School of Management faculty in 1983, where he teaches financial accounting and financial statement analysis..retail