Techniques of Financial Analysis : A Practical Guide to Measuring Business Performance

Helfert, Erich A.

ISBN 10: 0786311207 / ISBN 13: 9780786311200

Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 1996

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Seller Inventory # 15056756-6

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Techniques of Financial Analysis : A Practical Guide to Measuring Business Performance
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786311207
• ISBN 13: 9780786311200
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 9th Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.241 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Techniques of Financial Analysis, Ninth Edition approaches business as a system of fundamentals which is activated by management decisions, investment, operations and financing. The ValueSource software is essential to analyze your firm's financial performance, financial budgets, business dynamics and business value. This thoroughly updated and revised bestseller is a practical action guide to: managing for shareholder value; understanding your business system; analyzing and projecting financial performance; evaluating capital investments; understanding the cost of capital; choosing financing alternatives; valuing a business and its parts.

About the Author

Erich A. Helfert, managing principal of Helfert Associates, is an internationally recognized management consultant in corporate finance, strategic planning, and executive education in financial/economic decision making and shareholder value creation. He gained his professional experience from a combination of distinguished business and academic careers. Dr. Helfert was vice president, corporate planning at Crown Zellerbach Corporation, a major integrated paper and forest products company. Prior to his 20-year corporate career, he served on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Business for 8 years, teaching finance and management control in the MBA program, and consulting with major companies.

A native of the Sudetenland, formerly Austria, he received his BS from the University of Nevada and earned both an MBA (with high distinction) and a DBA (as a Ford Foundation Fellow) at Harvard University. Dr. Helfert writes and lectures extensively in his field, and his books and articles have been published in the US and abroad. His first literary work, Valley of the Shadow, a historical novel was published recently.

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.