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Wycena inwestycji
Investments valuation

Author(s): Joanna Antczak
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: investment decision; valuation method of investment; accounting policy

Summary/Abstract: Business which is not growing faces its market share shrinking. In order to keep pace with the market leaders and not to be spin off the market, a company frequently has to face difficult choices related to both current and long-term activities of the investment nature. At the moment when the decisions are taken it is hard to predetermine whether these decisions will assure the efficiency of functioning of the company and improve its image. It is only in the future when the effects of the investment decisions are visible. The investments valuation method selection is of utmost importance. The possibility to apply different methods such as: the acquiring price discounted by the provisions for permanent value impairment, fair value method or an adjusted purchase price of an investment results in the requirement to select a given valuation method and its sustainable and longterm application. The investment valuation method selection must be determined in the accounting policy applied by the given economic entity.

  • Issue Year: 2/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 51-62
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish