Patent ID: 8265981
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying a business organization that needs transformation, the method comprising: receiving, at a computer, first financial data that defines a financial state of a business organization at a first time; storing, by the computer, the first financial data to a database; receiving, at the computer, second financial data that defines the financial state of the business organization at a second time that is later than the first time, the second time corresponding to one of: a fixed period after the first time, a time at which a user specifies to the computer an occurrence of a change in market conditions, and a time at which a user specifies to the computer an occurrence of an internal reorganization of the business organization; selecting, by the computer, the first financial data from the database at the second time; comparing, by the computer, the first financial data with the second financial data to thereby determine whether the business organization has had a financial trigger, which corresponds to a financial change (FC) that exceeds a pre-determined threshold, wherein FC is calculated according to: where ΔCashflow corresponds to a change in the cash flow of a business organization over time and Δ(Enterprisevalue/Investedcapital) corresponds to a change in the ratio of the enterprise value of the business organization to the capital invested in the business organization over the same time; if a financial trigger has occurred, adding, by the computer, the business organization to data that defines a list of transformation candidates; and displaying on a display device in communication with the computer one or more business organizations in the list.