Techniques of Financial Analysis: A Modern Approach

This text emphasizes the financial concepts and tools that are essential for understanding fundamental business decisions taking the stance that business can be viewed as dynamic, integrated system of funds flows which are activated by management decision. The subjects are related to the business systems concept, with creation of shareholder value seen as the ultimate goal of investment, operating and financial decisions. The illustrative examples given are based on a single company in the early chapters, so that the results of the analytical techniques build into a complete picture. This edition places emphasis on modern topics like shareholder valve creation, leasing versus owning, cash flow analysis and economic trade-offs.

Erich A. Helfert (San Mateo, CA) is an internationally recognized management consultant in corporate finance, strategic planning, and executive education in financial/economic decision making and shareholder value creation. Dr. Helfert is chairman and co-founder of Modernsoft, Inc., San Mateo, CA, developers of Financial Genome, advanced interactive financial analysis and business modeling software, which is complementary to Techniques of Financial Analysis.