Entrepreneurial Finance and Accounting for High–Tech Companies (The MIT Press) - Hardcover

Fabozzi, Frank J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262034980 ISBN 13: 9780262034982

Publisher: MIT Press, 2016

Synopsis

Financial aspects of launching and operating a high-tech company, including risk analysis, business models, U.S. securities law, financial accounting, tax issues, and stock options, explained accessibly. This book offers an accessible guide to the financial aspects of launching and operating a high-tech business in such areas as engineering, computing, and science. It explains a range of subjects-from risk analysis to stock incentive programs for founders and key employees-for students and aspiring entrepreneurs who have no prior training in finance or accounting. The book begins with the rigorous analysis any prospective entrepreneur should undertake before launching a business, covering risks associated with a new venture, the reasons startup companies fail, and the stages of financing. It goes on to discuss business models and their components, business plans, and exit planning; forms of business organization, and factors to consider in choosing one; equity allocation to founders and employees; applicable U.S. securities law; and sources of equity capital. The book describes principles of financial accounting, the four basic financial statements, and financial ratios useful in assessing management performance. It also explains financial planning and the use of budgets; profit planning; stock options and other option-type awards; methodologies for valuing a private company; economic assessment of a potential investment project; and the real options approach to risk and managerial flexibility. Appendixes offer case studies of Uber and of the valuation of Tentex.

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Review

This volume is truly surprising in the breadth of its coverage.

--CHOICE connect

About the Author

Frank J. Fabozzi is Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School, France. He has held positions at Princeton University, Yale School of Management, and MIT Sloan School of Management. He is the author of Capital Markets (fifth edition, MIT Press), Entrepreneurial Finance and Accounting for High-Tech Companies (MIT Press), and other books.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0262034980
• ISBN 13: 9780262034982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448