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Aswath Damodaran

Known as “the Dean of Valuation,” Aswath Damodaran is a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University where he teaches corporate finance and equity valuation. He has published extensively in academic journals, written many books for practitioners, and remains the world’s foremost expert on the subject on corporate valuation. Additionally, he splits his time between New York City and San Diego.
The Corporate Life Cycle

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The Corporate Life Cycle

Celebrating 100 years of James Baldwin

In celebration of James Baldwin, the literary legend and civil rights champion, and the centennial of his birth, we are sharing a collection of his work.   James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes

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The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

The New York Times recently published their list “100 Best Books of the 21st Century.” We are pleased to announce that there are 49 titles published from Penguin Random House and its distribution clients included in this list. Browse our collection of Penguin Random House titles here. Browse the full list from The New York

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Aswath Damodaran’s The Corporate Life Cycle: Implications for Managing and Investing

By: Aswath Damodaran For much of the last decade, I have been incorporating the idea that companies age, just like human beings do, and with just as much reluctance, into my corporate finance, valuation and investment philosophies classes. In short, it has become my one unifying construct that I can use to explain or at

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