Killer Analytics, and Determining Value

• Published in: The Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 69 - 71
• Main Authors: Cannon, David M., Godwin, Joseph H., Goldberg, Stephen R.
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2014; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Appraisers; Business metrics; Credibility; United States > US
• ISSN: 1044-8136; 1097-0053
• DOI: 10.1002/jcaf.21941

Killer Analytics: Top 20 Metrics Missing from Your Balance Sheet, by Mark Graham Brown, is reviewed. The book explains how organizations can develop good, smart metrics to diagnose, predict, gain insights into, and improve organizational performance. This book is highly recommended for all managers and executives, as well as anyone interested in big data, balanced scorecards, dashboards, and other means of monitoring organizational performance. Determination of Value: Guidance on Developing and Supporting Credible Opinions, by Francisco Rosillo, is reviewed. The book presents a well-defined framework containing key credibility concepts and procedures for each step of the appraisal process. The book is recommended to valuation professionals and decision makers involved with matters that require valuations such as mergers and acquisitions or dispositions of business units.