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Poor Recruitment Processes Can Damage Brands
Research into recruitment experiences has underlined the potential damage caused to brands by negative processes. These might include failure to provi more ...
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The Best CEO-CFO Team for M&As
Buyouts engineered by optimistic CEOs and pessimistic CFOs have the best odds of success. As the U.S.-China trade war drags on, sirens are going off o more ...
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Report Finds Shift in Accounting Firm Hiring
CPA firms are turning to nonaccounting graduates in increasing numbers, a new AICPA survey reveals. Nonaccounting graduates constituted 31% of all new more ...
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Improve Your Meetings: The Attendee List
Getting rid of meetings is the false solution, since they are forums for organizational democracy, knowledge sharing, decision-making, and communicati more ...
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Foreign-Derived Intangible Income Guidance Addresses Many Open Questions
The law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) made many significant changes to the international tax regime. One important change is Sec. more ...
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Equity Size Premium
Observations and Delaware Fair Value (Part II of II) This is the second of a two-part article, read Part I here, that focuses on empirical evidence su more ...
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Equity Size Premium
Observations and Delaware Fair Value (Part I of II) This is a two-part article that focuses on empirical evidence supporting the size premium adjustme more ...
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Confronting Behavior Bias
In Financial Projections (Part II of II) This is a two-part article that considers the review and assessment of prospective financial information. Spe more ...
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Common Sense, Simplicity, and
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 H.R.1 There was a flurry of activity within the valuation community following passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act o more ...
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Confronting Behavior Bias
In Financial Projections (Part I of II) This is a two-part article that considers the review and assessment of prospective financial information. Spec more ...
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Is Self-Employment
A Risk Reduction Strategy? Being self-employed is no longer code for “recently laid-off” or “fired”. The self-employed professional diversifies risk. more ...
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Five Tips
For Finding Guest Blogging Opportunities Have you considered an article you have written on another website, posting a guest blog? What are the benefi more ...
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Do You Carry a Portfolio
Of Your Work? What can a BVFLS professional do to stand out amongst his or her peers? In this article, Rod Burkert shares his thoughts. How do BVFLS p more ...
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Four Steps to Selecting
Engage the audience! Conducting webinars is a great way to accomplish that goal; however, it is important to understand how the topic selected can hav more ...
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The Value Gap
Technology Expectations This article discusses the importance of adopting the latest technology and software and how to minimize the value gap. Most a more ...
Equity Size Premium
Observations and Delaware Fair Value (Part II of II) This is the second of a two-part article, read Part I here, that focuses on empirical evidence supporting the size premium adjustment, observations regarding the CRSP size premium 10th decile category, liquidity issues that may account for the size premium, more ...
Litigious Attitude Couple With Major Blunders Leads to Big Loss
Lessons on Ill-Conceived Strategies that Companies Should Avoid Doing in Business and in Litigation Being aggressive in business and in litigation is considered an advantage. But, as illustrated in a recent 7th Circuit case, it is possible to be overly aggressive. When this is coupled with some serious mistak more ...
Some Trends
Expert Witness Industry Revenues IBISWorld, an economic and industry source used by valuation and damages professionals, issues an economic report on the expert witness industry. In this article, Michael Pakter, an expert, discusses industry revenue trends—which are mixed—and also how that may affect current more ...
The Intersection of Advocacy and Financial Forensics
The Role of the Expert in 21st Century Dispute Resolution—A Recovering Judge’s Perspective As technology evolves, the role of the expert and the interplay between experts and the judiciary will evolve. This change is already underway. In this article, QuickRead presents the presentation made by Retired Judge more ...
Small Business Valuations
Using Forensic Accounting Valuing the small business is how most valuators earn their living. These small businesses pose as much issues to valuation professionals as they do for tax, accounting, and legal professionals by providing these entities with advice. The issues are wide-ranging, and the purpose of t more ...
Fair Market Value Considerations for Rural Health Clinics
Technology (Part V of V) Over the past decade, there has been a rapid adoption of technological innovations in the U.S., which has fundamentally changed the healthcare delivery system, improving the quality of patient care, as well as the efficiency of healthcare processes and practices. Research indicates th more ...
Contractor’s Lost Profits Due to Impaired Surety Bonding Capacity
Denny Construction, Inc. v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners This article presents a case analysis wherein a general contractor sued for breach of contract and litigated the owner for breach of co bid due to its impaired bonding capacity, which result more ...
Leading with Your Heart
How to Avoid Romance of the Deal through Cold-Hearted Diligence This paper attempts to address these issues while presenting summary critical considerations that can and do mitigate the likelihood of unintended consequences and deals that fail to deliver. Specifically, it will speak to how advisors and buyers more ...
Is Self-Employment
A Risk Reduction Strategy? Being self-employed is no longer code for “recently laid-off” or “fired”. The self-employed professional diversifies risk. It is a privilege for the talented, but it also requires motivation and continual sharpening of the saw. How ready are you to assess your talents? Level of risk more ...
Tax/Personal Financial Planning
Avoid Traps with a Timely Appraisal New basis-consistency requirements make defensible valuations of inherited property even more important. Informed taxpayers are aware that only the wealthiest individuals should have concerns about the federal estate and gift tax, for gifts given and decedents dying in 2018 more ...
