Yesterday, Allied Biscuit Co. released its 2018 annual report on the company's website. While reading the report for her boss, Jia came across several terms about which she was unsure. She learned around the wall of her cubicle and asked her colleague, Ryker, for help.

TIA: That makes sense. So, what makes this value important to investors is that it is value that can change--but only due to a couple of events, including the of Treasury stock, the sale of new common or preferred shares, and the payment of Equally important, it change in response to changes in the market prices of the firm's shares. RYKER: Right! So, how useful would a firm's book value be for assessing the performance of Allied Biscuit's management? JIA: Well, because Allied Biscuit's book value with changes in the market price of the firm's shares, the firm's book value reflect management's efforts to maximize the shareholder wealth and therefore be used to evaluate management's performance Now, what about "Market Value Added"? RYKER: During the 1990s, the consulting firm Stern, Stewart & Company developed the concept of Market Value Added, or NVA, to better assess management's performance in maximizing their shareholders' wealth. To achieve this, a firm's MVA is computed as the between (of) the value and the value of Allied Biscuit's shareholders' equity OK, now here's a question for you: Compared to the book value, what is the advantage of the MVA as a means of evaluating management's performance? DIA: Well, I would say that because the market value of Allied Biscuit's shareholders' equity is calculated by multiplying the shares by the number of shares ., then it will fluctuate depending on how the market perceives management's performance. A negative assessment will result in market price and MVA RYKER: Nicely donel Does this make your reading of Allied Biscuit's annual report easier