Guides, Books & Special Reports

BVR publications bring you the most up-to-date thought-leadership in the valuation profession with guides, books, and special reports on the most timely topics.

2018 Business Reference Guide

2018 Business Reference Guide

January 2018 Softcover

Tom West

Business Brokerage Press

Now in its 28th year, the 2018 Business Reference Guide is the essential guide to pricing businesses. With up-to-date rules of thumb and pricing details on 600+ types of businesses, this guide is a must-have for transaction brokers, accountants, attorneys, business appraisers, banks, business-lending institutions, professional advisors—anyone involved with privately owned business. Learn more >>
$167.00
BVR/AHLA Guide to Valuing Physician Compensation and Healthcare Service Arrangements, Second Edition

BVR/AHLA Guide to Valuing Physician Compensation and Healthcare Service Arrangements, Second Edition

October 2017 Hardcover, PDF (1,400 pages)

Mark Dietrich, Timothy Smith

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

This new guide challenges and deconstructs the industry’s current standard for the fair market value (FMV) of physician clinical compensation based on the exclusive use of survey data and certain percentile-based valuation methods. Itdebunks the current “survey says” paradigm and provides the foundation for a completely new standard for the FMV of physician clinical compensation. Learn more >>
$249.00
ktMINE Royalty Rates 2017-2018 Edition

BVR/ktMINE Royalty Rate Benchmarking Guide, 2017/2018 Global Edition

October 2017 PDF, Softcover

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

The BVR/ktMINE Royalty Rate Benchmarking Guide, 2017/2018 Global Edition was developed to help provide analysts clarity with an aggregated, big-picture indication of royalty rate trends within industries. The 21 industries examined within this guide help provide better transparency from licensing transactions in a global marketplace that is often murky. Learn more >>
$299.00
Understanding Business Valuation, Fifth Edition

Understanding Business Valuation: A Practical Guide to Valuing Small- to Medium-Sized Businesses, 5th edition

October 2017 Hardcover

Gary Trugman

AICPA

The new edition of Understanding Business Valuation simplifies a technical and complex area of practice with real-world experience and examples. Expert author Gary Trugman's informal, easy-to-read style, covers all the bases in the various valuation approaches, methods, and techniques. Learn more >>
$169.00
Valuation Handbook - International Industry Cost of Capital 2017

2017 Valuation Handbook: International Industry Cost of Capital

October 2017 978-1-119-36673-7 Hardcover, PDF Update(s) (1,056 pages)

Carla Nunes, Duff & Phelps, James Harrington, Roger Grabowski

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

The 2017 International Valuation Handbook - Industry Cost of Capital offers the same type of rigorous industry-level analysis published in the U.S.-centric Valuation Handbook - Industry Cost of Capital. It provides industry-level cost of capital estimates (cost of equity, cost of debt, and weighted average cost of capital, or WACC), plus detailed industry-level statistics for sales, market capitalization, capital structure, various levered and unlevered beta estimates (e.g., ordinary-least squares (OLS) beta, sum beta, peer group beta, downside beta, etc.), valuation (trading) multiples, financial and profitability ratios, equity returns, aggregate forward-looking earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rates, and more. Learn more >>
$485.00
Cost of Capital Reader 2017

Cost of Capital Reader, 2017-2018 edition

September 2017 PDF

BVR (editor)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

Navigate the most recent discussions and advances in estimating cost of capital with BVR's new Cost of Capital Reader, 2017-2018 edition. This robust, searchable resource compiles a wealth of the most recent information from top publications such as the Business Valuation Update, Duff & Phelps Update, and more on important cost of capital topics.  Learn more >>
$129.00
Valuing HVAC Companies

What It's Worth: Valuing HVAC Companies

August 2017 PDF (93 pages)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

BVR's new special report, "What It's Worth: Valuing HVAC Companies," covers the unique factors that drive HVAC company value, the fundamental ways to measure what a business is worth, insight into the current market for HVAC companies, and how to boost the value of your HVAC business before cashing out. This comprehensive resource is a must-have to benchmark the value of an HVAC company. Learn more >>
$199.00
What It's Worth: Electrical Contracting Companies Special Report

What It's Worth: Valuing Electrical Contracting Companies

July 2017 PDF (105 pages)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

BVR's special report, What It’s Worth: Valuing Electrical Contracting Companies, is your resource for understanding the accounting, operational, and workforce components that affect value within this dynamic industry. With guidance from valuation experts Erin Hollis, Matthew Crane, and others, this report explores the components that go into valuing electrical contractors, as well as the risk factors associated with their operations. Learn more >>
$199.00
A Practical Guide to Bankruptcy Valuation, Second Edition

A Practical Guide to Bankruptcy Valuation, Second Edition

June 2017 Hardcover (680 pages)

Dr. Israel Shaked, Robert F. Reilly

American Bankruptcy Institute

Revised and expanded, A Practical Guide to Bankruptcy Valuation, Second Edition helps both practitioners and students navigate the complex task of valuing a bankrupt or other financially distressed business, and provides practical guidance on the selection and application of valuation approaches, methods and procedures.  Learn more >>
$115.00
Admitting Expert Valuation Evidence Before the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

Admitting Expert Valuation Evidence Before the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

June 2017 Hardcover

Jack F. Williams, Stan Bernstein, Susan H. Seabury

American Bankruptcy Institute

Admitting Expert Valuation Evidence Before the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts guides counsel on the fine art of admitting (and properly contextualizing) expert valuation evidence before the bankruptcy courts. The book provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to go "on the offensive" in the highly subjective area of distressed valuation, and gives practitioners the tools they need to evaluate, retain and communicate with valuation professionals. Learn more >>
$100.00
The BVR Business Valuation Firm Economics & Best Practices Guide

Business Valuation Firm Economics & Best Practices Guide

June 2017 PDF (92 pages)

BVR (editor)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

BVR's new Firm Economics & Best Practices Guide is the largest and most thorough analysis of business valuation firm best practices in financial management, marketing, human resources, compensation, and professional and ownership standards. Benchmark your business valuation practice's performance to see how it stacks up against others across the U.S. and several other countries Learn more >>
$99.00
The BVR Private Company Value Benchmark Guide

The BVR Private Company Value Benchmark Guide, 2017-2018 Edition

June 2017 PDF (425 pages)

BVR (editor)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

The BVR Private Company Value Benchmark Guide is a one-of-a kind tool designed specifically for the private equity library. In the guide we aggregate our most meaningful data and analysis and present private company valuations by industry and key financial metrics. Add the guide to your valuation research team today. Learn more >>
$1,995.00
Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert Sixth Edition

Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert, 6th Edition

May 2017 978-1-119-16632-0 Hardcover (1,440 pages)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

The Litigation Services Handbook is the definitive guide for financial experts engaged in litigation services. Attorneys require financial experts now more than ever, and this book provides the guidance you need to provide a high level of service as witness and consultant. Enhance your litigation skills as you delve into the fine points of trial preparation, deposition, and testimony; project authority under examination, and hold up to tough questions under cross-examination.  Learn more >>
$225.00
Discount for Lack of Marketability Guide

Discount for Lack of Marketability Guide and Toolkit

May 2017 Hardcover, PDF

James Hitchner, Jim Alerding, Josh Angell, Kate Morris

Valuation Products & Services

The estimation of a discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) is under increased scrutiny by users of valuation reports, the IRS and others. The VPS DLOM Guide and Toolkit by Jim Hitchner, Jim Alerding, Josh Angell, and Kate Morris is designed to provide the information and tools necessary to properly calculate and support a DLOM using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Learn more >>
$199.00
The Business Valuation Bench Book

The Business Valuation Bench Book

April 2017 Hardcover, PDF (134 pages)

Jay Fishman, William Morrison

If you are an attorney or judge navigating business valuation concepts and calculations in financial experts' reports, you'll want this practical reference guide on your bookshelf. The  Business Valuation Bench Book , gives you the guidance and tools to better assess the facts and analysis made by business valuation experts. Written by top financial experts William J. Morrison and Jay E. Fishman this must-have resource addresses fundamental business valuation concepts in an easy-to-use format. Learn more >>
$129.00

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