Some Reasons to Value a Business
BVR
OCTOBER 19, 2022
There are a lot of reasons as to why a business owner needs to do a valuation. Take a dive into one of these reasons with this preview from Chapter 3 of A Field Guide to Business Valuation.
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ESG Reporting: Asset Managers Express Divergent View
Harvard Corporate Governance
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Posted by Lindsey Stewart, Morningstar, Inc., on Monday, October 17, 2022 Editor's Note: Lindsey Stewart is Director of Investment Stewardship Research at Morningstar, Inc. This post is based on his Morningstar memorandum. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance (discussed on the Forum here ) by Lucian A.
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