The past twenty years have seen great theoretical and empirical advances in the field of corporate finance. Whereas once the subject addressed mainly the financing of corporations--equity, debt, and valuation--today it also embraces crucial issues of governance, liquidity, risk management, relationships between banks and corporations, and the macroeconomic impact of corporations. However, this …
In today's competitive business environment, corporate managers must find innovative ways to promote rapid and sustainable growth. As part of the CFA Institute Investment Series, Corporate Finance has been designed to help you develop the skills to achieve this goal. The distinguished team of Michelle R. Clayman, CFA, Martin S. Fridson, CFA, and George H. Troughton, CFA—together with a num…
corporate finance as the working of a small number of integrated and powerful intuitions, rather than a collection of unrelated topics. They develop the central concepts of modern finance: arbitrage, net present value, efficient markets, agency theory, options, and the trade-off between risk and return, and use them to explain corporate finance with a balance of theory and application. The well…
This is your guide and mentor to doing business effectively. Calculating and assessing the overall financial health of the business is an important part of any managerial position. From reading and deciphering financial statements, to understanding net present value, to calculating return on investment, this book provides the fundamentals of financial literacy. Easy to use and non-technical, th…
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…
Entrepreneurial Small Business (ESB) provides students with a clear vision of small business as it really is today. It focuses on the distinctive nature of small businesses that students might actually start versus high growth firms. The goal of the companies described in this textbook is personal independence with financial security; not market dominance with extreme wealth. Traditional belief…
In summary, the purpose of Six Sigma management is to 'promote joy in work' for all employees so that they have the energy to participate in the improvement and innovation projects identified from the organizational dashboard! - Howard S Gitlow. Authored by Dr, Howard Gitlow, one of the most respected Six Sigma Master Black Belts, this well-organized volume demonstrates the implementation of qu…
Praise for Best Practices in Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement "Dr. Schonberger reveals why successful companies lose their way on their continuous improvement journey and the magic formula for achieving rapid continuous improvement. This is a must-read for those who must develop or broaden their competitive advantage." David L. Schlotterbeck, CEO of Clinical and Medical Products, Cardin…