Business valuation is a process and a set of procedures used to estimate the economic value of an owner's interest in business. Valution is used by financial market participant to determine the price they are willing to pay or receive to effect a sale of a business.
Business model is used for a broad range of informal and formal descriptions to represent core aspects of a business, including purpose, business process, target customers, offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, sourcing, trading practices, and operational processes and policies including culture.
A financial forecast is an estimate of future financial outcomes for a company. Financial forecasts estimate future income and expenses for a business over a period of time, generally the next year. They are used to develop projections for profit and loss statements, balance sheets, burn rate, and other cash flow forecasts.
An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors that provides both an offensive and defensive strategic context to identify opportunities an threats. This will give efficient and effective strategy formulation, implementation, monitoring and adjustment.