Driving Your Company's Value: Strategic Benchmarking for Value is a
step-by-step book presenting a valuation-oriented methodology that helps companies
maximize shareholder value. It offers clear, concise, and concrete methods for
management to create and preserve value, complete with case study applications. In an
easy-to-read format, it brings together the aspects of the Financial Accounting Standards
Boards' new performance measurements, the balanced scorecard, and the new guidelines on
fraud detection and Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
Identifies the critical decisions that most effectuate growth and value.
Covers the easy and reliable ways to monitor value of an entity.
Demonstrates how management can apportion and allocate resources to achieve the highest
value.
Robert R. Dunne, Master of Science in Management and Strategic Studies, is
President of KnowledgeLeaders, Inc., a not-for-profit organization serving to advance the
development and management of intellectual capital. He served 26 years in the U.S. Navy
and completed his military career as a captain (O-6). As a graduate school professor he
taught senior, civilian, and military executives, from around the world, how to formulate,
align, resource, and execute strategy. Mr. Dunne has facilitated the development and
implementation of hundreds of strategy-aligned campaigns that have documented millions in
revenue increases and cost savings. He is an internationally recognized speaker on
strategy execution.
Michael J. Mard, CPA/ABV, ASA, is a Managing Director of The Financial Valuation
Group (FVG) in Tampa, Florida. He was founding president of The Financial Consulting
Group, a national association of professional service firms dedicated to excellence in
valuation, litigation, and financial consulting. Mr. Mard has been a full-time business
appraiser and expert witness for over 19 years. He is author of Valuation for Financial
Reporting: Intangible Assets, Goodwill, and Impairment Analysis, SFAS 141 and 142,
contributing author of Financial Valuation: Applications and Models and coauthor
of Financial Valuation Workbook, all published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Mr. Mard
has coauthored over 20 courses and published over 60 articles. He has been a presenter,
speaker, and instructor more than 70 times.
Edi Osborne, CSPM, CPBA, is CEO of Mentor Plus in Pleasanton, California. Ms.
Osborne is coauthor and primary facilitator/trainer of The Profit Equation(SM) seminar and
Performance Measurement PLUS Skills and Systems Workshop offered in cooperation with the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Ms. Osborne is also coauthor
of the Strategic Performance Management credential program. As a nationally
recognized public speaker, she has spoken at many conferences sponsored by the AICPA,
state societies, and international associations. She has been published in Accounting
Today and the Journal of Accountancy. She has conducted client and team
advisory boards and team/client training programs as well as strategic planning processes
for over 100 accounting firms. In addition to facilitating business development
roundtables for business owners throughout the state of California, Ms. Osborne developed
the Group Mentoring program at San Jose State University's Center to Develop Women
Entrepreneurs.
James S. Rigby, Jr., CPA/ABV, ASA, is a Managing Director of The Financial
Valuation Group (FVG) and current President of the Financial Consulting Group. Mr. Rigby
has over 25 years of professional experience. He has provided consulting services related
to strategic planning, international expansions, mergers and acquisitions, and
intellectual property; and expert testimony related to valuations. Mr. Rigby has served on
various business valuation/litigation committees of the AICPA, American Society of
Appraisers (ASA), and other professional associations. He is the coauthor of multiple
continuing education courses and articles published in a variety of professional journals.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Overview.
Understanding Value.
Free Cash Flow.
The Five Dimensions of Value.
A Holistic Approach.
SBfV or EVA.
Return on Equity.
Economic Value Added.
The SBfV Process.
Step 1: Current State.
Qualitative Analysis of the Company's Current State.
Analyzing the Industry.
Analyzing the Company.
Quantitative Analysis of the Company's Current State.
Step 2: Desired Future State.
Future State.
Core Strategy.
Critical Success Factors.
Key Performance Indicators.
Benchmarking.
Step 3: Strategic Benchmarking Keys.
How Strategy Alignment Builds Value.
Grand Strategy, Strategy, or Tactics?
Translating Grand Strategy into Strategy Execution.
Grand Strategy Alignment Maps.
Alignment Thesis and Value Propositions.
Achieving Strategic Alignment.
A Strategy Alignment Model That Works - SBfV.
Step 4: Alignment Execution.
Alignment Execution.
Putting it Together.
Step 5: Benchmark and Monitor Return on Strategic Effectiveness.
Benchmark and Monitor Return on Strategy Execution.
Closing.
Appendix: Websites of Interest.
Index.
Hardcover, 193 pages