The combination of experts' probability distributions involved in a due diligence is valuable for encapsulating the accumulated information for decision makers and providing the current state of expert opinion regarding important uncertainties. Therefore, this paper shows how to create and...

Non-financial risk factors play a fundamental role in supporting the competitive position of companies in many of today's industries. Though, assessing these ambiguous factors in a valuation based on a Monte-Carlo simulation is particularly difficult. This paper presents how the fuzzy-set theory...

Valuation always has to deal with uncertainty. The paper provides an overview and illustration of how Monte Carlo simulation can enrich the due diligence process. Therefore, the four major software offerings on the market today are reviewed. The investigation addresses different characteristics...

The combination of experts' probability distributions involved in a due diligence is valuable for encapsulating the accumulated information for decision makers and providing the current state of expert opinion regarding important uncertainties. Therefore, this paper shows how to create and...

Die technologische Entwicklung ist eine bedeutende Determinante des Wettbewerbs. Nicht nur die makroökonomische Entwicklung oder die Profitabilität von ganzen Branchen werden hiervon berührt. Auch die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Unternehmens wird von der Fähigkeit, die technologische Dimension...