Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Traditional Valuation Methods and Ways of Applying Them -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The cost of financial structure -- 1.2.1. Financial asset valuation -- 1.2.2. Financial asset valuation -- 1.2.3. Theories of organizations -- 1.3. Valuation measures and follow-up measures -- 1.3.1. Evaluation by comparative approach -- 1.3.2. Flow assessment -- 1.3.3. Valuation through propriety and mixed approaches -- 1.4. The perspectives of assessment: control operations -- 1.4.1. The shareholder -- 1.4.2. Control negotiations -- 1.4.3. Leveraged buyout operations -- 1.5. Conclusion -- 2. The Performance of the Assessment and the Creation of Value from Control Operations -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Theoretical adjustments -- 2.2.1. Reconciliation of the traditional view with the Modigliani-Miller theorem -- 2.2.2. Optimizing the valuation methods -- 2.3. Contextual impacts and adjustments -- 2.3.1. Leverage transactions -- 2.3.2. Stock market multiples: from the impact of structures to anticipating profitability -- 2.3.3. Two delicate contexts for valuation: the bankruptcy situation and the start-up company -- 2.4. The creation of value resulting from control operations -- 2.4.1. The creation of value from the buyout of companies in bankruptcy -- 2.4.2. Abnormal returns resulting from control operations -- 2.4.3. The motivation of buyers to initiate control operations -- 2.5. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Demonstrating the Terminal Value (TV) of DCFs -- References -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management -- EULA.