Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735202087 ISBN 13: 9780735202085

Publisher: Prentice Hall Press

First published in hardcover at $59.95, this affordable Prentice Hall Business Classics paper edition supplies company accountants and treasurers with all the forecasting techniques needed to financially analyze a business as a whole or a segment. Includes analysis techniques, methods for improving forecasting accuracy, analysis tools for managing capital, and more.

Review:

This comprehensive handbook provides every forecasting formula and modeling technique you need to analyze your business operation, both as a whole and by segment. You'll be provided with proven techniques that help you evaluate proposals for profit potential, proven methods that improve the accuracy of your short- and long-term forecasting, analysis tools that help you better manage working capital, cash, and accounts receivable, plus much more. You also receive dozens of worked-out models and modeling techniques that simplify your most difficult business decisions, and are easy to adapt to any computer spreadsheet program.

About the Author:

Jae K. Shim is a professor of accounting and computer science at California State University. Joel G. Siegel is a professor of accounting and finance at Queens College of the City University of New York and a financial consultant. They are two of the most prolific authors of business, finance, and accounting publications in the United States today.