Bibliograph

Narrative and numbers, the value of stories in business, Aswath Damodaran

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Narrative and numbers, the value of stories in business, Aswath Damodaran

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Narrative and numbers

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Aswath Damodaran

Sub title

the value of stories in business

Summary

Argues that the power of story drives corporate value, adding substance to numbers and persuading even cautious investors to take risks. Presents case studies to describe how storytellers can better incorporate numbers, and how number-crunchers can calculate imaginative models and weave narrative around numbers

Table Of Contents

Preface -- A tale of two tribes -- Tell me a story -- The elements of storytelling -- The power of numbers -- Number-crunching tools -- Building a narrative -- Test driving a narrative -- From narratives to numbers -- Numbers to value -- Improving and modifying your narrative : the feedback loop -- Narrative alterations : the real world intrudes -- News and narratives -- Go big : the macro story -- The corporate life cycle -- The managerial challenge -- The end game -- Index

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