28320 - Evaluation Methods for Enterprises

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics, Consultancy and Accounting (cod. 5981)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows the theoretical and empirical differences of the methods commonly used to value a firm.

Course contents

Italian principles of valuation: Conceptual framework

Cost approach methods

Income and residual income methods

Discounted cash flow methods

Market approach methods

Valuation for financial reporting objectives:

  • Purchase price allocation (PPA)
  • Impairment test

The professional appraisal

Readings/Bibliography

PIV - Principi Italiani di Valutazione, EGEA, 2015

Teaching methods

Lectures and case studies.

Assessment methods

Group activities and individual written test.

Office hours

See the website of Marco Maria Mattei