While business decisions should be data-driven and usually involve consideration of quantitative financial information, that doesn't mean that qualitative information is not important as well. The ...

Brian Beers is a digital editor, writer, Emmy-nominated producer, and content expert with 15+ years of experience writing about corporate finance & accounting, fundamental analysis, and investing.

As a small-business owner, you probably have a good head for numbers. This skill puts you in a good position to assess a capital investment decision from a purely financial, or quantitative, ...

Qualitative factors are, by definition, almost impossible to quantify — or at least, they can't be directly quantified. Yet they are important in deciding to buy a business, and they should be in the ...

Historically, many organizations have conducted goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment testing by collaborating with valuation professionals and other advisers to measure fair value ...

While risk factor disclosures in 10-K filings have been criticized by practitioners as generic and boilerplate, recent studies indicate that these risk reports can be informative. This study ...

Brian Beers is a digital editor, writer, Emmy-nominated producer, and content expert with 15+ years of experience writing about corporate finance & accounting, fundamental analysis, and investing.