Narrative and Numbers : : The Value of Stories in Business / / Aswath Damodaran.

How can a company that has never turned a profit have a multibillion dollar valuation? Why do some start-ups attract large investments while others do not? Aswath Damodaran, finance professor and experienced investor, argues that the power of story drives corporate value, adding substance to numbers...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Columbia Business School Publishing
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 88 figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. A Tale of Two Tribes
  • 2. Tell Me a Story
  • 3. The Elements of Storytelling
  • 4. The Power of Numbers
  • 5. Number-Crunching Tools
  • 6. Building a Narrative
  • 7. Test-Driving a Narrative
  • 8. From Narratives to Numbers
  • 9. Numbers to Value
  • 10. Improving and Modifying Your Narrative- The Feedback Loop
  • 11. Narrative Alterations-The Real World Intrudes
  • 12. News and Narratives
  • 13. Go Big-The Macro Story
  • 14. The Corporate Life Cycle
  • 15. The Managerial Challenge
  • 16. The Endgame
  • Notes
  • Index