This thesis deals with the specifics of valuation of small businesses and is trying to find practical solutions to particular problems on the example of a travel agency SALLY TOURS. The selected company was evaluated for the purpose of sale and settlement of marital property. Financial and strategy analysis was performed followed by determination of value drivers and future free cash flow. Discounted cash flow and capitalized earnings method were used. The conclusion summarizes the main differences in the valuation of small businesses and companies, and recommends their solutions.

The topic of the thesis is an evaluation of an investment project with application to a real investment project. The aim is to decide whether to realize the project or not with regard to the current and projected macroeconomic situation, tourism and particularly the results of financial indicators. The theoretical part focuses on the specifics of the investment decisions and the parameters entering into the investment evaluation. This part is also focused on different stages of the investment project and the methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of the investment. The theoretical part ends with a risk analysis. The practical part is dedicated to the fullfilment of the defined objectives. After the initial introduction to the investment project comes the analysis of the current and forecasted macroeconomic situation, the analysis of tourism and the project evaluation in terms of defined dynamic methods. The conclusion in the practical part includes a sensitivity analysis of the project on two major risk factors.

The thesis is divided into two main parts. The first part is focused on the impairment of assets according to czech law, the second part focuses on the impairment of assets under IFRS. In both parts there is short chapter about valuation, followed by chapters: depreciation, impairment of longlived tangible assets, longlived intangible assets, inventories, receivables and financial assets. In the IFRS part there is also described impairment of assets held for sale.

The aim of this thesis is to establish the value of the company for their owners. The thesis is divided into two parts: theorical and practical. In the first part the value, its creation and the methods used for valuation are defined. In the second part, the company is valuated based on the methodology of discounted cash flows.

[pt] O gerenciamento de riscos de mercado é um assunto que já assume papel relevante e definitivo no ambiente das instituições financeiras. Mais recentemente o assunto vem ganhando espaço também no âmbito de instituições não financeiras. Dentre os benefícios advindos da implantação de sistemas de medição e gerenciamento de riscos de mercado no âmbito das instituições não financeiras, destacam-se como os mais diretos: o controle dos fluxos de caixa necessários ao cumprimento dos investimentos programados pela empresa, a redução da volatilidade desses fluxos e, conseqüentemente, da probabilidade de a empresa deixar de honrar compromissos futuros. Benefícios adicionais incluem o aumento da transparência aos investidores e a rápida assimilação de novas fontes de riscos de mercado pelos gestores. Considerando a existência deste espaço e a importância do tema para as empresas, este trabalho propõe a construção de um modelo teórico para mensuração do fluxo de caixa em risco e o aplica a uma única empresa pertencente ao setor de distribuição de energia elétrica no Brasil. Tal modelo deve ser capaz de informar a probabilidade dessa empresa não dispor de recursos para honrar seus compromissos em determinada data de pagamento futura, ou vértices do fluxo. / [en] In the last years, risk management assumed a relevant and definitive role in the environment of financial institutions. More recently however, the subject has also been gaining ground in the environment of non- financial institutions. Among the benefits arising from the introduction of risk management within the environment of non-financial institutions, those that stand out as being the most direct are the control of the cash flow necessary for the investments that have been programmed, reduction in the volatility of this cash flow, and consequently in the probability of the company failing to honor its future commitments. Additional benefits include an increase in transparency as far as investors are concerned, a rapid assimilation of new risk sources by the managers. Considering this gap and the theme`s importance to non-financial institutions, this work proposes a theoretical model, which aims to measure firm cash flow-at-risk. Afterwards, the proposed model is applied and tested in only one Brazilian distribution electric sector company. Such a model may be able to return the probability that a company faces a financial distress, for not being able to make due payments in the set dates.

[pt] O gerenciamento de Risco para empresas não financeiras é de grande importância, e vem recebendo cada vez mais relevância no mercado financeiro no país. O risco de mercado, ou seja, a volatilidade das variáveis as quais as companhias estão submetidas deve ser analisada com extrema atenção, dado que estas variáveis impactam de maneira significativa os fluxos de caixa e o valor destas. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo estudar a utilização do Fluxo de Caixa em Risco (Cash Flow at Risk – CfaR), um instrumento para controle de risco de mercado que simula o valor em risco do fluxo de caixa futuro de uma companhia dentro de um intervalo de confiança predefinido. Faremos uma apresentação do modelo CfaR em uma empresa não financeira, em particular uma companhia do setor Sucroenergético para se estimar a probabilidade desta empresa não possuir a liquidez necessária para arcar com seus compromissos financeiros de curto prazo. / [en] Risk Management for non financial companies is of great importance and has been gaining even more significance in the country’s financial market. The Market Risk, that is, the volatility of the variables in which companies are exposed has to be analyzed with extreme attention, given that such variations may impact strongly the companies’ cash flows and its values. This paper has the aim to study the use of the Cash Flow at Risk – CfaR, a tool to control market risk and that simulates the Value at Risk of the future cash flow of a company at a predetermined confidence interval. The goal is to make a presentation of the CfaR model to a non financial company, particularly a company in the Sucroenergetic sector to estimate the probability of this specific enterprise not having the liquid assets necessary to honor its short term commitments.

Managing cash flow and cash conversion cycle is a crucial component of the overall financial management within businesses, particularly small businesses. A business is required to maintain a balance between its liquidity and profitability while conducting its day-to-day operations. Monitoring of cash as an indicator of financial health is important in the view of its crucial role within businesses. This requires a business to run an effective working capital management efficiently and profitably. Hence, efficient working capital management includes decisions on how much to invest in customers, inventory and accounts receivable, and the extent of credit to accept from suppliers. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of working capital management on the profitability of small retail business with the Emfuleni Local Municipality. Three variables were used as a measure of working capital management, namely the number of days inventory on hand, number of days accounts payable, number of days account receivable. The return on assets was used to measure profitability. The study adopted the quantitative research approach using a structured questionnaire. A non-probability purposive sampling method was followed, where a total of 222 questionnaires were analysed. Spearman’s correlation analysis was conducted to examine the linear relationship between working capital management and the rate of return on assets. The results indicated that the period it takes the business to collect money from its customers impacts on the period it takes to pay the suppliers. A weak correlation was also reported between the number of days accounts are payable and the cash conversion cycle. Strong correlations also exist between day’s accounts receivable and the cash conversion cycle and days inventory on hand with the cash conversion cycle. Regression analysis results show that days account receivables have made the largest impact on return on assets. Small businesses may have to decrease the cash conversion cycle in order to help maintain value within the business. The number of days for accounts receivable should be reduced to a reasonable period (shorter than the creditor’s payment period). Small businesses may consider shortening the number of days inventory is held within the business, as this also will decrease the cost of obsolete stock.

Thesis advisor: Kevin J. Mahoney / Thesis advisor: Ce Shen / For young adults with disabilities, who face barriers in achieving markers of adulthood, a service gap has been identified during the transition to adulthood. Preliminary qualitative evidence suggests that participant-directed home and community-based services (PD-HCBS), which can be easily modified to meet an individual’s needs, might aid these young adults as they transition into adulthood and provide an option to fill the service gap. However, research was needed to determine if young adults are significantly affected by having the option to develop an individualized spending plan and manage their own budget. In this study, secondary data analysis was employed in evaluating the effectiveness of the Cash and Counseling budget authority model of PD-HCBS for young adults aged 18 to 35 with long-term care disabilities and eligible for Medicaid who were enrolled in the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation randomized control trial (n = 831). Using a theoretical framework based on the developmental life stage of young adulthood, theories of self-determination and consumer direction, and past research on PD-HCBS, I examined young adults’ outcomes on community involvement, satisfaction ratings, unmet needs for assistance, and health status compared to peers through self-reports or through proxy respondents. Multivariate logistic regression results showed that Cash and Counseling significantly increased the likelihood of young adults attending school or college at a preferred level, being very satisfied with when care was received, care arrangement, transportation, help around the house and community, personal care, and getting along with paid attendants, and having fewer unmet needs with health care at home and with transportation than controls receiving agency-based care. Bivariate logistic regression models also showed Cash and Counseling members were significantly more likely to attend activities at a preferred level, be very satisfied with life, and have lower likelihoods of unmet personal care needs. These findings support the effectiveness of the Cash and Counseling model with young adults with disabilities and as an option to help fill the service gap for this population. Future research and intervention could address how other influential factors identified affect outcomes and test PD-HCBS during different aspects of the transition to adulthood. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2016. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Social Work. / Discipline: Social Work.

Van Rensburg and Robertson (2003a) stated that the CAPM beta has little or no relationship with returns generated by size and price to earnings sorted portfolios. This study intends to demonstrate that a reformulated CAPM beta, estimated using return on equity as opposed to share returns, unravels the size and value premium. The study proves that the “cash-flow” generated beta partially explains the cross-sectional variation in share returns when measured over the long run, specifically when portfolios are sorted on book to market, however the cash flow beta is less successful when attempting to explain the small size premium. The premise of the study is that the cash flow dynamics of share returns eventually dominate the first and second moments and thus result in cash flow based measures of risk and return that should succeed in explaining the cross-sectional variation in share returns. The study makes use of vector autoregressive models in order to examine the short term effect of structural shocks to the cash flow fundamentals of a stock or portfolio through impulse response functions as well as quantifying a long-term relationship between cash flow fundamentals and share returns using a VECM specification. The study further uses fixed effects, random effects and GMM/dynamic panel data cross-sectional regressions in order to examine the ability of the cash flow beta explaining the value and size premium. The results of the study are mixed. The cash flow beta does well in explaining the returns of portfolios sorted on book to market, but fails to do the same with size sorted portfolios. In the cash flow betas favour, it performs far better than the conventionally measured CAPM beta throughout the study.

Thesis ((M.Sc.) Engin))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment, School of Mining Engineering, 2003. / The ore reserves of the Kloof Sub Vertical Shaft operations are coming to an end and as such, the Eastern Boundary Area mining operations, which will extract the Ventersdorp Contact Reef ("VCR"), must be commissioned to replace the diminishing reserves. Although feasibility studies have been carried out on the eastern portion of the Kloof Gold Mine lease area, none have been undertaken to investigate the potential benefits of including the new mineral rights recently acquired from JCI. This project report is a prefeasibility study into the potential value to Kloof of accessing and extracting the resources of the Eastern Boundary Area. This project report shows, using DCF analysis, that the Eastern Boundary Area has potential to economically generate the additional reserves that will be required to supplement Kloof s diminishing Three Shaft reserves. An NPV and IRR are calculated for the project, the results of which support the commissioning of further investigative work in order to obtain a better understanding of the orebody and to generate results that are more accurate. Despite its popularity, traditional DCF analysis has fundamental shortcomings, as do the commonly associated measures of NPV and IRR. This project report identifies and reviews these shortfalls and comments on methods to overcome these as far as practically possible.