Investment and Company Valuation

The most relevant concepts of the valuation literature are reviewed in this first chapter of the theoretical framework. First, the background of the relevant conventional valuation approaches is depicted, before the more innovative Real Options Valuation approach and the underlying Option Pricing Theory are summarized. The insights in this chapter provide the financial background for the subsequent design of a framework for valuations in software markets. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.