"Managing Services" views services from a management, as opposed to operational, perspective. It emphasizes managerial problem solving and strategic matters over the quantitative and theoretical, and demonstrates how services affect every functional area of a business from finance to sales and marketing. Reader-friendly vignettes give topics a real-world context and stress service management wi…
There are many webinars and training courses on Data Analytics for Internal Auditors, but no handbook written from the practitioner’s viewpoint covering not only the need and the theory, but a practical hands-on approach to conducting Data Analytics. The spread of IT systems makes it necessary that auditors as well as management have the ability to examine high volumes of data and transaction…
Data Analytics is changing the business world―data simply surrounds us, which means all accountants must develop data analytic skills to address the needs of the profession in the future. Data Analytics for Accounting 3e is designed to prepare your students with the necessary tools and skills they need to successfully perform data analytics through a conceptual framework and hands-on practice…
Data analytics for accounting, 2E is designed to provide the readers with the necessary tools and skills to successfully perform data analytics. Using isson's data analytics model, the impact cycle, the text provides a conceptual framework to help readers think through the steps needed to provide data-driven insights and recommendations. Each br>Chapter integrates lab exercises that provide mul…
Stressing the economic intuition behind the subject matter, this classic text presents advanced concepts of investment analysis and portfolio management. New to this edition: two institutional chapters on financial securities and financial markets; sections on the uses of Arbitrage Pricing Theory, the performance of international funds, bond management and multi-index models in portfolio evalua…
Investment success requires both breadth and depth of knowledge of markets, industries, companies, and securities. Investment profes-sionals must possess a broad understanding of the financial markets to be able to judge opportunities and risks. They must also have the ability to evaluate in detail industries and individual companies to make sound judgments about individual holdings. As part of…
Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, the Financial Risk Manager Handbook is the core text for risk management training programs worldwide. Presented in a clear and consistent fashion, this completely updated Sixth Edition, mirrors recent updates to the new two-level Financial Risk Manager (FRM) exam, and is fully supported by GARP as the trusted way to prepare for the rigorous an…
This book outlines enabling you to discover your own financial DNA and to incorporate that invaluable knowledge into a successful financial strategy. In this book you will learn: * The powerful advantages of knowing your financial DNA * How effective communication generates wealth * How to find your own life purpose and build a quality life * How to make committed decisio…
Corporations rely on their controllers and financial managers to provide a wide array of accounting functions, from processing accounts payable and receivable transactions to closing the books in a timely manner. Accomplishing these activities are the foundation of a successful career. However, in order to be truly notable and recognized as an innovative thinker in an organization, a controller…
The Risk Premium Factor presents and proves a radical new theory that explains the stock market, offering a quantitative explanation for all the booms, busts, bubbles, and multiple expansions and contractions of the market we have experienced over the past half-century. Written by Stephen D. Hassett, a corporate development executive, author and specialist in value management, mergers and ac…