Valorisation (finance)

La valorisation est le processus de détermination de la valeur actuelle (VA) d'un actif. Les valorisations peuvent être réalisées sur des actifs (par exemple, les investissements dans des titres négociables, tels que les actions et les droits connexes, les entreprises, ou des actifs immatériels tels que les brevets et marques) ou un passif (par exemple, des obligations émises par une société). Les valorisations sont nécessaires pour de nombreuses raisons telles que l'analyse des investissements, la budgétisation de capital, la fusion et l'acquisition, les comptes annuels, l'imposition, les litiges. Puisque la valeur des choses fluctue au fil du temps, les valorisations sont toujours faites à une date spécifique. La valorisation des actifs financiers se fait généralement à l'aide de modèles;

Modèles en valeur absolue, ("Valorisation intrinsèque") qui permettent de déterminer la valeur actuelle des flux de trésorerie futurs attendus d'un actif. Ces types de modèles prennent deux

Assessment and valuation of high growth companies

Patrik Frei

Valuation is a key topic in the financing and development of high growth companies. The goal of this study is to bridge the existing gap between the assessment of a company and the financial valuation. Many models exist to capture soft factors, and many more studies have been conducted to understand financial valuation models. In this study, the first step is to develop an assessment framework to capture the value drivers for high growth companies. Based on literature research, an empirical study with 52 valuations, and an iterative process this assessment framework has been built. It contains the following three main factors: Management Market environment Product, Sciences & Technology Each of these main criteria contain a number of sub-criteria shown in Figure 1. For each criterion, a rating between 1 and 6 is given with a specific scale that can be implemented in practice for high growth companies. Even though every company is different, the provided framework allows a systematic and transparent assessment of a high growth company. The proposed valuation methods are specifically targeted for high growth companies and include operational based methods such as discounted cash flow and option pricing, as well as relative methods such as the market comparable and comparable deal methods. Some others, such as the venture capital method, are also a combination of an operational and relative approach. The methodical assessment framework enables a link to be made with the financial valuation models to obtain a consistent and comprehensive assessment and valuation approach for high growth companies. The link is made by splitting up the discount rate into different premiums and by introducing a calculation schema. The assessment framework and its criteria have been tested in an empirical study to find correlations between the success of a company and the provided rating/framework. With the available sample of 25 valuations, this correlation could be shown for the market environment and the product, science & technology. For the management factor, it was not possible to show a statistical significance, even though practical experience had shown that management is a key factor. A main reason why no statistical significance was shown could be that the management team can be changed very quickly. Assessment and valuation of high growth companies 2 Thus, the assessment and valuation is a done at a specific moment in time but did not capture the development of the management team. However, in conclusion, the assessment and valuation is still an art. The proposed framework provides a roadmap to becoming an artist in this field and should serve as a practical guideline.

EPFL2005

The triangular value of patents

Albina Khairullina

This thesis addresses the question of a patent value from three different angles. It comprises three papers on the patent valuation methods. The patent valuation issues are well-known to the world of research and practice. However, the debates over what the patent contributes to the business and the economy overall remain open. The main contribution of my dissertation is that I present novel ways of addressing the value of patents from both micro- and macroeconomic perspectives. I bridge the theoretical modeling with real-world estimations, which sheds light on the legitimacy of certain hypothetical assumptions in patent valuation. In the first paper, I develop a factor model to value patents in a corporate patent portfolio. According to the results, the patent value is determined by five factors, such as forward and backward citations, family size, the number of oppositions received, and the number of claims. I contribute to the literature by introducing an interaction of a quantitative measure of a patent value with its qualitative assessment derived from a survey of patent managers. The results show that model estimates are weakly consistent with an expert opinion on the value of patents. In the second paper, we collaborate with a large multinational company and analyze internal and highly confidential data on product sales, revenues, and other corporate performance measures by tracing each patent down to its product market. To establish causality, we design a randomized controlled trial together with the management of the company, in which some randomly chosen patents are dropped from the portfolio, while others are kept for the duration of the study. To our knowledge, this is the first study that conducts a randomized controlled trial to measure the real market effect of patent protection. In the third paper, we study whether the regulator expands production possibilities of the economy by assigning a standard-essential status to patents. As we show, the innovatorsâ risk of losing the standard-setting game ex-ante attenuates the anticipation of a larger market share. Secondly, since the discovery of new technologies is typically slower than the discounting rate for the monopoly profits, standards with a positive contribution to productivity tend to be growth-reducing. Our results have significant policy implications. Regulators impose Fair, Reasonable, And Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) pricing on standard-essential technologies to compensate for the larger market-share the innovators get. We demonstrate how FRAND regulation of mark-ups has an unambiguously negative effect on growth and long-term growth-destroying consequences.

EPFL2020

Assessment and valuation of high growth companies

Patrik Frei

EPFL2005

The triangular value of patents

Albina Khairullina

EPFL2020

Assessment and valuation of high growth companies

The triangular value of patents

Capital budgeting, investment project valuation and financing mix

Assessment and valuation of high growth companies

The triangular value of patents

Capital budgeting, investment project valuation and financing mix