Stay on top of this year s most important business valuation news with the new Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2014. With emerging methodology, evolving approaches, and critical debate, it s more important than ever to be current on the trends in the business appraisal profession. Now, all of the year s most important developments are reflected in a new resource the Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2014. BVR s publications are the voice of the business valuation profession. We ve got you covered with the latest on new approaches and techniques, leading conferences, new court decisions and changes in regulations and professional standards with on-the-ground reporting from valuation experts, thought-leaders and the BVR editorial team. The Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2014 contains more than 60 must-have articles from these sources and is divided into five categories: Section I: Business Valuation Approaches, Methods and Entity-Specific Issues Section II: Discounts for Lack of Marketability Section III: Industry-Specific Valuation Section IV: Intangible Assets Section V: Business Valuation Profession and Practice Management In addition, the book offers a data section, which is a crucial reference for appraisers to track economic conditions and trends.

50 Years of Materials Science in Singapore describes in vivid detail how a newly independent nation like Singapore developed world-class research capabilities in materials science that helped the country make rapid progress in energy, biomedical and electronics sectors. The economy mirrored this rapid trail of progress, utilizing home-grown technology and the contribution of materials science to the various sectors is undeniable in ensuring the economic growth and stability of Singapore.

50 Years of Materials Science in Singapore describes in vivid detail how a newly independent nation like Singapore developed world-class research capabilities in materials science that helped the country make rapid progress in energy, biomedical and electronics sectors. The economy mirrored this rapid trail of progress, utilizing home-grown technology and the contribution of materials science to the various sectors is undeniable in ensuring the economic growth and stability of Singapore.

The Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) is a unique, single-subject, practical and theory-based individual competition in the field of physics. It was developed to provide young Asian students with a platform to display their physics knowledge. It is the celebration of the best in pre-university physics.Each year, for about one week, pre-university students from across Asia gather and test their theory and practical skills in physics. This book contains question papers in both theory and experiment and their solutions together with description of various activities of the 15th Asian Physics Olympiad held in Singapore from 11th to 18th May 2014. The book will serve as a valuable source of interesting and challenging experimental and theoretical topics for young physicists worldwide.

Solid state ionics is a multidisciplinary scientific and industrial field dealing with ionic transport phenomena in solids. In a couple of decades, solid state ionics has become one of the largest disciplines closely related to energy technologies, such as batteries, fuel cells, and so on.So far, a large number of scientists and engineers in Asia as well as in Europe and US are engaged in the research in solid state ionics. In the context of such a situation, the Asian Society for Solid State Ionics was founded in 1986, and a series of academic conferences has been held biennially since 1988. In 2012, the 13th conference is organized in Sendai, Japan.This book provides research papers describing the latest developments and findings in the field of solid state ionics. The selected contributions from prominent researchers in the Asian Society for Solid State Ionics, which are presented at the 13th Asian Conference on Solid State Ionics, can be found. The papers in this book are detailed and suitable to understand recent research trends in solid state ionics, and thus will be a valuable resource for physicists, chemists, and material scientists.br>

BVR's Business Valuation Issues in Estate and Gift Tax Case Law Compendium contains over 200 court cases abstracts and full text opinions of cases involving tax disputes over estate and gift valuations. The compendium includes court case digests written by BVR's internationally recognized expert legal editorial team and the companion CD is fully indexed and contains hyperlinks to the full text of the actual court opinions. A key feature of the compendium is a summary table for quick and easy reference to cases by name, type of case, date, court and state/jurisdiction, making this a valuable resource for any expert involved in estate and gift tax valuation issues.

New Tax Court decisions have had a major impact on wealth succession planning the last few years, including the popular use of the family limited partnership. This guide will keep you current with legal arguments and technical analyses that apply to estate and gift tax law specific to the business valuation profession, including family limited partnership and wealth succession planning. 220 estate and gift tax law court case abstracts dating back to 1995 including in-depth analysis on the recent Astleford, Bigelow, Holman, and Jelke decisions; articles on estate and gift tax law and FLPs excerpted from the Business Valuation Update; 4 never-before-published research articles by experts William Chandler, Bruce Johnson, Will Frazier, and Owen Fiore; plus a quick reference summary table that outlines the cases abstracted. Court case abstracts from the past year, including in-depth analysis on the Astleford, Bigelow, Holman, and Jelke decisions.

With increased scrutiny from a number of bodies, the use and applicationof control premiums is requiring more appraiser justification and documentation than ever, while still requiring the same amount of appraiser judgment. Control Premiums: Application and Analysis provides appraisers with valuable insite on how to apply the control premium.

Many of the companies appraisers work with don t have meaningful forecasts, and even if they do, they often contain unreliable assumptions. Appraisers are often faced with the choice between no forecast, adjusting a weak forecast or providing their own. All of these options have their downsides, and no one can accurately predict the future. But short of abandoning the income approach all together, there are steps appraisers can take to ensure they have provided a meaningful forecast in their valuation. This new report from BVR provides tips and strategies appraisers can use to address management projection issues. Included in the report are recent court decisions where management projections were at the core of dispute.

By looking at actual full text license agreement, readers will learn ho company's characterize and monetize their trade secrets. An overview of what a trade secret is and how it is valued is also covered.