Discounted cash flow techniques are the generally accepted methods for valuing firms. Such methods do not provide explicit acknowledgment of the value determinants and overlook their interrelations. This paper proposes a different method of firm valuation based on fuzzy logic and expert systems. It does represent a conceptual transposition of discounted cash flow techniques but, unlike the latter, it takes explicit account of quantitative and qualitative variables and their mutual integration. Financial, strategic and business aspects are considered by focusing on 29 value drivers that axe combined together via if-then rules. The output of the system is a real number in the interval [0, 1], which represents the value-creation power of the firm. To corroborate the model a sensitivity analysis is conducted. The system may be used for rating and ranking firms as well as for assessing the impact of managers' decisions on value creation and as a tool of corporate governance.

An alternative approach to firms' evaluation: Expert systems and fuzzy logic / Magni, Carlo Alberto; Malagoli, Stefano; Mastroleo, Giovanni. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & DECISION MAKING. - ISSN 0219-6220. - STAMPA. - 5:1(2006), pp. 195-225. [10.1142/S0219622006001812]

An alternative approach to firms' evaluation: Expert systems and fuzzy logic

MAGNI, Carlo Alberto;MASTROLEO, Giovanni
2006

Abstract

Discounted cash flow techniques are the generally accepted methods for valuing firms. Such methods do not provide explicit acknowledgment of the value determinants and overlook their interrelations. This paper proposes a different method of firm valuation based on fuzzy logic and expert systems. It does represent a conceptual transposition of discounted cash flow techniques but, unlike the latter, it takes explicit account of quantitative and qualitative variables and their mutual integration. Financial, strategic and business aspects are considered by focusing on 29 value drivers that axe combined together via if-then rules. The output of the system is a real number in the interval [0, 1], which represents the value-creation power of the firm. To corroborate the model a sensitivity analysis is conducted. The system may be used for rating and ranking firms as well as for assessing the impact of managers' decisions on value creation and as a tool of corporate governance.
2006
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195
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An alternative approach to firms' evaluation: Expert systems and fuzzy logic / Magni, Carlo Alberto; Malagoli, Stefano; Mastroleo, Giovanni. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & DECISION MAKING. - ISSN 0219-6220. - STAMPA. - 5:1(2006), pp. 195-225. [10.1142/S0219622006001812]
Magni, Carlo Alberto; Malagoli, Stefano; Mastroleo, Giovanni
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