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A Biotech Manager's Handbook

• 1st Edition
• M O'Neill + 1 more
• M O'Neill and M M Hopkins
• May 2, 2012

• Hardback 978-1-907568-14-5

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• eBook 978-1-908818-15-7

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A biotech manager's handbook lays out - in a simple, straightforward manner - for the manager or would-be entrepreneur the basic principles of running a biotech company. Most managers in biotechnology companies are working in their first company or in their first managerial role. Their expertise and experience in the scientific part of the work can be taken as a given but there is a whole range of other skills to be learned and areas of expertise to come to terms with. Small companies do not have big budgets to hire people or time to become an expert in so many areas. The book starts by outlining the state of the biopharmaceutical industry and goes on to explain the importance of planning (no matter what the size of the company). Succeeding chapters deal with the basics of intellectual property, perspectives from a university technology transfer office and how to raise some initial funding from an investor and entrepreneur.

A Primer for Financial Engineering

• 1st Edition
• Ali N. Akansu + 1 more
• Ali N. Akansu and Mustafa U. Torun
• March 25, 2015

• Paperback 978-0-12-801561-2

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• eBook 978-0-12-801750-0

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This book bridges the fields of finance, mathematical finance and engineering, and is suitable for engineers and computer scientists who are looking to apply engineering principles to financial markets. The book builds from the fundamentals, with the help of simple examples, clearly explaining the concepts to the level needed by an engineer, while showing their practical significance. Topics covered include an in depth examination of market microstructure and trading, a detailed explanation of High Frequency Trading and the 2010 Flash Crash, risk analysis and management, popular trading strategies and their characteristics, and High Performance DSP and  Financial Computing. The book has many examples to explain financial concepts, and the presentation is enhanced with the visual representation of relevant market data. It provides relevant MATLAB codes for readers to further their study. Please visit the companion website on http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780128015612/

A Short-Cut to Marketing the Library

• 1st Edition
• Zuzana Helinsky
• Zuzana Helinsky
• June 30, 2008

• Hardback 978-1-84334-426-1

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• eBook 978-1-78063-132-5

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Technological changes mean that the role of libraries is now not as obvious or assured as in the past. This means that to survive, libraries must actively market their products and services to their users and to their funding sources. A concise handbook which spells out the critical need for marketing for libraries, A Short-cut to Marketing The Library provides a series of practical and accessible tools to achieve success and includes publishers marketing suggestions.

A Study Of Performance Measurement In The Outsourcing Decision

• 1st Edition
• Ronan McIvor, Anthony Wall + 2 more
• Ronan McIvor, Anthony Wall, Paul Humphreys + 1 more
• May 28, 2009

• eBook 978-1-85617-857-0

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Outsourcing is a key issue for many organisations having moved from the contracting out of peripheral activities such as cleaning to more critical areas such as design and marketing. This report is for managers and people in finance and accounting functions and takes a practical approach in developing a framework and then applying this framework in an actual organisation which makes it easier for practitioners to understand.

Accounting Education for the 21st Century

• 1st Edition
• Jane O. Burns + 1 more
• Jane O. Burns and Belverd E. Needles
• June 1, 1994

• eBook 978-1-4832-9924-2

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Accounting practice, whether in business or government, is more dynamic, more complex, and addresses a wider array of issues than it did as little as five years ago. Significant and rapid social, political, technological and economic changes are taking place in the world economy and it is increasingly recognised that accountants in all countries play a key role in the process of economic development.Accounting education is undergoing a thorough review on a worldwide basis and major developments are taking place to produce quality accounting education that can keep pace with dramatic world change.This book provides an up-to-date view of the state of accounting education throughout the world and focusses on the global challenges facing accounting education as we approch the millenium.

Accounting and Business Valuation Methods

• 1st Edition
• Malcolm Howard
• Malcolm Howard
• November 14, 2007

• Paperback 978-0-7506-8468-2

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• eBook 978-0-08-055432-7

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This book is intended to appeal to junior accountants and entrepreneurs who need guidance and practical analytical tools to enable them to develop business plans, raise capital and assess risk. Readers can initiate their own business plans by copying over 200 lines of formulae that create a 5 year plan that includes an earnings statement (or profit and loss account), balance sheet and cash flow statement. It will also appeal to students taking accounting and finance modules that cover basic accounting techniques, ratio analysis, investment appraisal, as well as company valuation and share valuation. The book demonstrates with four case studies where practice often differs with theory.Chapter 1 covers basic book-keeping, showing how accounts are reconciled and controlled covering topics such as the working capital cycle and negotiating techniques. Chapter 2 deals with basic business planning and how to use ratio analysis (performance, asset management, structure, and investment ratios) to assess company performance. Chapter 3 explains that published accounts are based on a series of judgements and the effect the relatively new international financial reporting standards and legislation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is having on corporate governance. Chapter 4 covers risk assessment and valuing companies. Four case studies bring everything together; how investment trusts are valued, the effect of restructuring on share prices, the difference between serious profit warnings and mere compliance with regulation and hostile takeovers. Via a thorough analysis of published accounts this book will show readers how to: distinguish between mandatory and optional reports; assess the strength of a company’s balance sheet; assess the risk factors associated with investment; assess whether or not the market value of a particular company is justified.

Accounting for Improvement

• 1st Edition
• Sten Jonsson
• Sten Jonsson
• May 20, 1996

• Hardback 978-0-08-040812-5

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• eBook 978-0-08-091257-8

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Accounting for Improvement offers concrete and constructive demonstrations of the possibilities of designing participative forms of organization. Field experiment cases illustrate how the operational level can assume a new significance in competitiveness and strategic positioning. In this way, the relevance of the accounting function to the improvement of productivity and quality is restored.Several broadly applicable lessons can be learnt, among them: how companies can strengthen their competitive base by patient improvement; how people with operative jobs can take command of their work situation and improve it in quality as well as efficiency.New bottom-up, people-orientated, empirically-founded approaches to decentralised participative management demonstrate a place for individuals and teamwork in today's "lost relevance" and "smart machine" environment.

Accounting for Risk in the NHS

• 1st Edition
• P. Fenn, S. Diacon + 2 more
• P. Fenn, S. Diacon, R. Hodges + 1 more
• June 15, 2000

• Paperback 978-1-85971-349-5

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Drawing on research into accounting issues arising from claims made upon NHS Trusts by patients, staff and members of the public, this report examines the process of accounting for risk in th NHS and its implications for risk management. It investigates the interdependence of decisions on information gathered in relation to the frequency and severity of liabilities, the reporting of costs and liabilities in financial statements and decisions to control or transfer these risks to purchasers of insurers.

Accounting for sustainable development performance

• 1st Edition
• Jan Bebbington
• Jan Bebbington
• July 27, 2007

• Paperback 978-0-7506-8559-7

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• eBook 978-0-08-055123-4

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This CIMA research project provides insights into the interrelationship between existing management accounting practices and accounting tools which seek to guide organisations towards sustainable development and create information about accounting techniques which addresses the issue of sustainable development.Few studies have sought management accountants views on accounting techniques. This research project builds on the existing literature by paying attention to interactions between sustainable development performance data, management accountants, management accounting processes and management accounting generated data. The research also draws from FCA (full accounting technique)which is an accounting technique gaining currency within policy and business circles. The project points out that the SAM (Sustainability Assessment Model) is a form of full cost accounting and the research furthers our knowledge of FCA and its usefulness as an accounting tool.The project also examines how sustainable development data is used within a case study organisation (BP) and how such data can be used within other organisations.

Accounting in Business

• 5th Edition
• R. J. Bull
• R. J. Bull
• January 1, 1968

• eBook 978-1-4831-0574-1

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Accounting in Business, Fifth Edition provides a concise discussion of accounting concepts and integrates accounting theories to applications. The book is comprised of 20 chapters that are organized into four parts. The text first presents the scope and environment of business accounting, and then proceeds to covering the theories and practice of financial accounting. The coverage of the book includes bookkeeping; the valuation and depreciation of fixed assets; and capital structure and financial reporting. Next, the title reviews the planning and control aspects of finance, which include budgets and budgetary control; management of working capital; and performance analysis. The last part deals with the relationship between accounting and society. The book will be of great use to undergraduate students and professionals of accounting.