In January 2009, the law on the reform of the inheritance tax and valuation law (German) came into force. As a result, the valuation of shares in non-listed corporations was fundamentally changed. The paper compares and analyzes different enterprise values through the application of different...

Dieser Beitrag basiert auf den folgenden beiden Veröffentlichungen : - Hölscher, R. / Helms, N.: Konvergenz von APV- und WACC-Verfahren unter Auflösung des Zirkularitätsproblems (Teil 1), in: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (WiSt) , 42. Jg., Heft 5/2013, S. 231-237. - Hölscher, R. /...

Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and objective for firm acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand, patents can be attractive because of their...