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Closed-Loop Corporate Finance and Valuation presents a unified structural framework showing how operating capital, return, cash flow, risk, and value can be analyzed as an interconnected financial system rather than as isolated measures. The book develops a closed-loop approach in which key corporate finance relationships are examined through internally linked identities and decision structures, helping readers understand how operating performance, capital commitment, shareholder return capacity, and valuation outcomes interact across time. The work brings together core valuation concepts—operating capital, ROIC, NOPLAT, free cash flow, EVA, DCF, residual income, and cost of capital—within a single analytical architecture designed to improve consistency, interpretability, and institutional usefulness. A central contribution of the book is its demonstration that different valuation routes can be reconciled when assumptions, timing, and structural boundaries are treated coherently. The analysis therefore moves beyond fragmented ratio-based interpretation toward a more integrated model of corporate financial logic. Supported by scenario-based computational evidence, the book illustrates how structural consistency can be tested, interpreted, and applied in practice. The framework is relevant not only for valuation analysts, but also for boards, banks, investors, governance specialists, auditors, and decision-makers who require disciplined methods for judging business quality, performance sustainability, and financial implications. By combining theoretical development, computational structure, and institutional decision protocols, this book offers a distinctive contribution to corporate finance and valuation studies. It is intended for readers seeking a deeper and more systematic understanding of how operating capital drives financial outcomes and how value can be assessed within a rigorous closed-loop framework.