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Our Business, Management, and Accounting titles are essential reading for students and professionals, and cover a range of foundational and advanced topics across actuarial science, quantitative assets management and investment modelling, business venturing, business law, and human resource management, among other topics

  • Benchmarking- Concept and Practice with Particular Reference to the Finance Function

    • 1st Edition
    • Ghobadian + 2 more
    • English
    Benchmarking is simply an attempt to learn from the experiences of other organisations with superior performance and initiate improvement programmes. Although a simple concept, benchmarking is not simple to implement. It requires careful planning, allocation of resources and creation of conditions conducive to the implementation of the lessons learnt to make it an effective management tool.The report will help practitioners with no experience of benchmarking to develop a clear understanding of the concept. It will also provide them with an overview of practical aspects of benchmarking and examples of its successful application.

  • Value Based Management

    • 2nd Edition
    • Robert Scarlett
    • English
    Over the last 25 years a disparate body of management techniques has been developed which seeks to ensure that a business process creates the highest possible value for the owners of, and other stakeholders in, that process. The relevant techniques relate to performance evaluation, decision-making, strategy and organisation. The practical application of these techniques is known as 'value-based management'.This text seeks to explore value-based management through a study of writings in newspapers, professional journals, academic publications, and technical manuals. Most writings included are extracts from longer publications or abridged versions of original articles.

  • Data Warehousing and the Management Accountant

    • 1st Edition
    • Ian Cobb
    • English
    This report details the findings from a questionnaire survey and a field study of data warehousing and its implications for management accountants and management accounting.The report suggests that management accountants are actively involved in shaping the direction of data warehousing in their organizations.The contents includes a brief discussion on managers' information needs, an overview of the data-warehousing process, the findings of the survey of CIMA members, a detailed description of the experiences of data warehousing at ten company sites and finally some conclusions are provided.

  • Advances in Accounting

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 18
    • Philip M J Reckers
    • English
    Advances in Accounting" was founded to provide a forum for discourse among and between academic and practising accountants on issues of significance to the future of the discipline. Emphasis was placed on original commentary and creative research that would substantively advance our understanding of behavioural and financial markets phenomena relevant to real world choices. Technology and global competition have brought tremendous changes in business and accounting. A wide array of unsolved questions continue to challenge a profession that defies definition and which is continuously reinventing itself. This volume focuses on questions of the "value added" by accounting information and audit services. Articles explore the important task of valuing corporate entities, and investigate challenges currently faced by auditors (client selection, pricing behaviour, and audit quality). Finally, contributors address the human side of career opportunities in the discipline and whether adequate human resources are flowing into the profession today. The theme of this collective effort is new solutions for new problems.

  • European Energy Industry Business Strategies

    • 1st Edition
    • Atle Midttun
    • English
    Since the European Union's de-regulation policy for electricity and energy suppliers was implemented, new strategic configurations have emerged. Traditional restraints of geographical limitations on energy companies have been partly removed: the diversity at national regulatory and company level means that the European scene is one of a multiplicity of strategic configurations and developments, whilst also being complex and segmented.This book highlights the strategic and regulatory challenges of European deregulation, with its main focus being on the business strategies within the emerging de-regulated electricity markets; various regulatory implications which are being raised in this new climate are discussed. Some of the central strategic issues facing the electricity industry in its new competitive context are explored and reviewed, with classical themes debated as a prelude to the following empirical investigation of actual business strategies pursued by the electricity and energy industries.The main section of this work consists of 7 national case studies of business strategies which also include one North and one South American case. These were considered important inclusions as the North American companies are large investors in the European market, whilst the European companies invest in the South American market. The final chapter is a comparison and summary of the national patterns of market structures, business strategies and regulatory styles with a brief look at some challenges to be faced in future.

  • Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities

    An Integrated Approach
    • 1st Edition
    • Donald DePamphilis
    • English
    Most books on mergers and acquisitions focus on process management, human resource management, or the financial aspects of the deal. This book brings together the essential elements of each domain, including subjects that are often overlooked or treated only superficially by other texts. These subjects include post-merger integration, business alliances, deal structuring and strategies, financial modeling and simulation, assumptions-driven planning, and valuing intellectual property. This book is unique in that M&A activity is discussed as a series of interdependent activities and in the context in which each activity actually occurs. While intended for students in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, business strategy, industrial organization, and entrepreneurship courses at both the MBA and undergraduate level, this text has broad market appeal. The material has worked quite effectively in both executive development and training programs. The book also has substantial appeal for those who are hoping to become or who are actively pursuing careers as financial analsyts, chief financial officers, corporate treasurers, operating managers, investment bankers, business brokers, portfolio mangers, investors, as well as corporate development and strategic planning managers. Others likely to have an interest include bank lending officers, venture capitalists, business appraisers, actuaries, government regulators and policy makers, and entrepreneurs.The generous use of practical, timely, and diverse examples and contemporary (including e-commerce) business cases with solutions makes the text suitable for distance learning, self-study, as well as for large lecture focused courses. The book presumes only a basic knowledge of accounting and finance.

  • Enterprise Knowledge Management

    The Data Quality Approach
    • 1st Edition
    • David Loshin
    • English
    Today, companies capture and store tremendous amounts of information about every aspect of their business: their customers, partners, vendors, markets, and more. But with the rise in the quantity of information has come a corresponding decrease in its quality--a problem businesses recognize and are working feverishly to solve. Enterprise Knowledge Management: The Data Quality Approach presents an easily adaptable methodology for defining, measuring, and improving data quality. Author David Loshin begins by presenting an economic framework for understanding the value of data quality, then proceeds to outline data quality rules and domain-and mapping-based approaches to consolidating enterprise knowledge. Written for both a managerial and a technical audience, this book will be indispensable to the growing number of companies committed to wresting every possible advantage from their vast stores of business information.

  • Data Quality

    The Field Guide
    • 1st Edition
    • Thomas Redman
    • English
    Can any subject inspire less excitement than "data quality"? Yet a moment's thought reveals the ever-growing importance of quality data. From restated corporate earnings, to incorrect prices on the web, to the bombing of the Chinese Embassy, the media reports the impact of poor data quality on a daily basis. Every business operation creates or consumes huge quantities of data. If the data are wrong, time, money, and reputation are lost. In today's environment, every leader, every decision maker, every operational manager, every consumer, indeed everyone has a vested interest in data quality.Data Quality: The Field Guide provides the practical guidance needed to start and advance a data quality program. It motivates interest in data quality, describes the most important data quality problems facing the typical organization, and outlines what an organization must do to improve. It consists of 36 short chapters in an easy-to-use field guide format. Each chapter describes a single issue and how to address it. The book begins with sections that describe why leaders, whether CIOs, CFOs, or CEOs, should be concerned with data quality. It explains the pros and cons of approaches for addressing the issue. It explains what those organizations with the best data do. And it lays bare the social issues that prevent organizations from making headway. "Field tips" at the end of each chapter summarize the most important points.

  • Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2000

    Building Highly-Available Messaging and Knowledge Management Systems
    • 1st Edition
    • Jerry Cochran
    • English
    Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2000 is the definitive book on how to design and maintain extremely reliable and adaptive Exchange Server messaging systems that rarely crash and that preserve valuable data and services in spite of technical disruptions. E-mail systems are now a primary means of communication for organizations, which can afford e-mail down-time no more than they can afford to be without phones. Further, messaging systems increasingly are supporting vital applications in addition to e-mail, such as workflow and knowledge management, making the data they store both voluminous and incredibly valuable. Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2000 teaches system designers, administrators and developers the strategies, tools, and best practices they'll need to plan and implement highly-available systems on Exchange 2000 and on earlier versions of Exchange. The book explains Exchange back-up and disaster recovery techniques, Windows clustering technologies for Exchange systems, and security planning to resist messaging-based attacks. Written by Jerry Cochran, an authority on large-scale Exchange systems, Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2000 helps readers create Exchange systems upon which they can build large and growing organizations.

  • Research in Accounting Regulation

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • Gary Previts
    • English
    The scope of service provided by professional accountants is influenced by legislation and case law as well as the dictates of a variety of government and private sector agencies; including State Boards of Accountancy, Academic Accreditation Bodies, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, independent standard setting bodies such as the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board [US], the Financial Accounting Standards Board [US], and self-regulatory organizations such as State Societies of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. There are equivalent and emerging national bodies that exist in most developed and developing countries, and further there are emerging global coordinating entities as well, which attempt to coordinate the activities among nations. It is important for academics, students, practitioners, regulators and researchers to consider, study and understand the role and relationship of such bodies with the practice and content of our discipline. Research in Accounting Regulation is a refereed annual serial that seeks to publish high quality manuscripts, which address regulatory issues and policy affecting the practice of accountancy, broadly defined. Topics of interest include research based upon: self-regulatory activities, case law and litigation, government and quasi-governmental regulation, and the economics of regulation, including modeling. The serial aims to encourage the submission of original empirical, behavioral or applied research manuscripts that consider strategic and policy implications for regulation, regulatory models and markets.

  • Advances in International Accounting

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13
    • J.T. Sale
    • English
    Advances in International Accounting is a referred, academic research annual, that is devoted to publishing articles about advancements in the development of accounting and its related disciplines from an international perspective. This serial examines how these developments affect the financial reporting and disclosure practices, taxation, management accounting practices, and auditing of multinational corporations, as well as their effect on the education of professional accountants worldwide. Advances in International Accounting welcomes traditional and alternative approaches, including theoretical research, empirical research, applied research, and cross-cultural studies.

  • Developing E-Business Systems & Architectures

    A Manager's Guide
    • 1st Edition
    • Paul Harmon + 2 more
    • English
    Developing E-Business Systems & Architectures is not another book on how the Internet is changing business or about the potential of e-commerce. The authors assume that their readers already understand these things. Rather, it is written for executives and managers of medium to large companies who are considering or are already engaged in transforming their companies into e-businesses, and especially for IT managers with responsibilities for designing and developing new corporate software systems.This book provides managers with a road map to help them develop a strategic plan for their own transition. It also focuses on e-business architectures and software development practices that will need to change, and how the company itself must change to accommodate software development with components. Since all transformation depends upon people, there is also an emphasis on the reorganization of IT teams to support component-based development.

  • Research in Organizational Behavior

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22
    • B.M. Staw + 1 more
    • English
    Volume 22 of Research in Organizational Behavior continues the tradition of innovation and theoretical development with eight diverse papers. Most of these papers present theory and propositions that make linkages between different levels of analysis.

  • Advances in Accounting

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 17
    • Philip M J Reckers
    • English

  • The Repo Handbook

    • 2nd Edition
    • Moorad Choudhry
    • English
    The Repo Handbook, Second Edition presents an overview of repo vehicles and markets with sufficient depth for those seeking detailed explanations. In three parts it demonstrates how these secured loans fit into global capital markets and why they account for up to 50% of daily settlement activity in non-US government bonds worldwide. This new edition replaces old examples and introduces new developments, such as structured finance repo and associated topics such as Basel II regulatory rules. In addition, 12 of 18 chapters feature new sections and 4 have been substantially rewritten. The UK gilt and US Treasury repo markets are explored through worked examples, and there are new sections on funding arbitrage trades, risk exposures, and regulatory capital. It also places repo in context within bank asset-liability management and trading techniques, illustrating repo use across a wide range of applications in the global money markets. Rarely mentioned in the financial press because of the simple, straightforward nature of the instrument, repo was often the only funding source available to banks during the last quarter of 2008 and the first in 2009. This book, written by a trader, will draw new attention to this valuable and efficient funding and investment product.

  • Key Customers

    How to Manage Them Profitably
    • 1st Edition
    • Malcolm McDonald + 2 more
    • English
    Developing successful business-to-business relationships with more powerful customers in highly competitive markets requires processes and skills that go beyond traditional selling activity. The very best state-of-the-art strategies are set out clearly in this book in a practical way that can be implemented in all organizations.In particular 'Key Customers' looks at:* why has key account management become so critical to commercial success?* what are the key challenges and how do successful companies respond?* why is it vital to understand the role of key account management in strategic planning?* do you know what strategy your customer has for your company?By addressing these key questions McDonald, Rogers and Woodburn draw out the business issues that really matter - from developing a customer classification system that really works, analysing the needs of key accounts, developing the skills of key account managers to how systems for implementing key account plans can be developed. Throughout the book the emphasis is on clarifying and articulating the key concepts to give the reader the tools to apply in the marketplace. The 'real world' approach is based on best practice from leading companies globally and the latest research from the renowned Cranfield School of Management.'Key Customers' comes from authors with an international reputation in this field and is an essential guide to customer management for marketing and sales executives, and all senior management with strategic responsibility. The clear and authoritative approach also makes it an outstanding text for the serious MBA and executive student.

  • Valuing Oil and Gas Companies

    A Guide to the Assessment and Evaluation of Assets, Performance and Prospects
    • 1st Edition
    • Nick Antill + 1 more
    • English
    Market value is set by investor behaviour ....but objective methods of valuation are vital for accurate predictions of market behaviour. What are the key issues facing the industry - and the main points the analyst needs to look for when interpreting oil industry accounts? Do the best prospects necessarily lie with the larger and better-financed companies? How best can an investment strategy be managed in the refining industry, with its conflicting pressures of environmental controls and inadequate returns?This unique and authoritative book has the answers to these and many other questions, offering a series of benchmarks and performance indicators with which to evaluate oil company shares. An updated edition of a respected and established title, it remains the only comprehensive handbook of its kind available, and will be eagerly welcomed by corporate planners as well as investors and analysts.

  • International Transfer Pricing

    A Survey of Cross-Border Transactions
    • 1st Edition
    • J Michael Elliot + 1 more
    • English
    Following legislative changes, this report sheds light on the contentious area of international transfer pricing (ITP) by moving away from primary tax focus. By examining one specific intra-group, cross-border transaction between 12 MNEs, the resulting micro-level of analysis provides a qualitative, in-depth understanding of ITP within the financial services, manufacturing and service sectors.

  • Information System Development in the Small Firm

    The Use of Management Accounting
    • 1st Edition
    • Falconer Mitchell + 2 more
    • English

  • Environmental Accounting for Sustainable Development

    An Evaluation of Policy and Practice in the Forestry Sector in Cameroon
    • 1st Edition
    • C. Elad
    • English

  • Cost System Design and Profitabillity Analysis in UK Companies

    • 1st Edition
    • COLIN DRURY + 1 more
    • English

  • Accounting for Risk in the NHS

    • 1st Edition
    • P. Fenn + 3 more
    • English
    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.

  • Accountants' Response to Ethical Issues as Work

    • 1st Edition
    • C. Fisher + 1 more
    • English

  • Management Accounting in Small Growth Orientated Service Sector Businesses

    • 1st Edition
    • L. Perren + 2 more
    • English

  • Environmental Management, Environmental Accounting and Financial Performance

    • 1st Edition
    • J. Toms
    • English
    The research investigated differences in performance between comapnies that persue environmentally friendly policies and those that do not. The Survey was based on relative financial performance data for around 250 large public limited companies in 25 sectors over a seven year period.

  • Marketing Plan in Colour

    • 1st Edition
    • Malcolm McDonald + 1 more
    • English
    Fully updated and in full colour throughout 'The Marketing Plan in Colour: A pictorial guide for managers' is a unique approach to this complex subject, which will both aid understanding and at the same time encourage marketing and other professionals to delve deeper into the planning process.After more than fifty years of marketing theory and practice, marketing planning still remains one of the great, unconquered challenges.This challenge continues to grow as the environments in which companies operate become increasingly hostile, abrasive and dynamic. There is a growing body of evidence to show that the difference between an organization's efficiency and effectiveness (or, in planning terms, the difference between tactics and strategy) is becoming more and more important.Today, successful chief executives and management teams are grasping the absolute necessity of understanding where their companies should be going, with this direction properly articulated in plans that identify and develop those things that make a company significantly and profitably different over time. It is not difficult to spot those organizations that have not adopted this strategic planning orientation. They reorganize with regular monotony, and more and more such firms are being taken over by more enterprising ones that have learned to drive using the strategic planning approach. Such marketing planning will never be easy. Indeed, it grows more difficult by the day. Thousands of readers of the black and white version of this title (in print since 1987) testify to the easy-to-use approach illustrated by a leading cartoonist.

  • Marketing Portfolio Planner (Office 2000 version)

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    • 1st Edition
    • The Marketing Process Company
    • English
    Marketing Portfolio Planner is a software-based portfolio analysis framework for DIY application and is a companion to the 4th edition of McDonald's marketing best-seller 'Marketing Plans: how to prepare them, how to use them'.http://www.bh.... framework:* Is a powerful decision support tool for marketing and sales management* Positions each product/service market so the user can quickly analyze the key segments and prioritise sales and marketing effort* Prompts and defines key data requirements* Displays information graphically to aid understanding and communication* Supported by an extensive help system including example Portfolio PlanMarketing Portfolio Planner is available for either the Microsoft Office 97 or Office 2000 editions and requires only Microsoft Access runtime

  • The Drug Free Workplace

    How to Get There and Stay There
    • 1st Edition
    • John Fay
    • English
    This is a no-nonsense, practical book for helping organizations rid their workplaces of drug abuse and its serious and costly consequences. The book draws upon the collective experiences of hundreds of organizations that have said "no more, not here" and have grown stronger as a result. The path to a drug-free working environment is straight but narrow. The Drug-Free Workplace: How to Get There and Stay There delineates the path, always with a view toward avoiding missteps that can lead to trouble. Bringing a workplace back to safety and profitability is a collaborative and multi-disciplinary effort. Participation necessarily involves professionals from security, safety, human resources, and health. Central to the effort is an enlightened management. Every specialist and manager committed to developing and maintaining a drug-free workplace will find in the pages of this book a wealth of sensible, meaningful information. A drug-free workplace program cuts costs, increases productivity, reduces loss and wastage, avoids accidents, and literally saves careers, families, and lives. Much is at stake, making the drug-free program deserving of thoughtful deliberation, considerable planning, and careful implementation. Preliminary to the process is understanding the key tasks. All of the tasks are spelled out in this book.

  • Research in Accounting Regulation

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13
    • N. Chandar + 2 more
    • English
    The scope of service provided by professional accountants is influenced by legislation and case law as well as the dictates of a variety of government and private sector agencies; including State Boards of Accountancy, Academic Accreditation Bodies, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, independent standard setting bodies such as the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (US), the Financial Accounting Standards Board (US), and self-regulatory organizations such as State Societies of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. There are equivalent and emerging national bodies that exist in most developed and developing countries, and further there are emerging global coordinating entities as well, which attempt to coordinate the activities among nations. It is important for academics, students, practitioners, regulators and researchers to consider, study and understand the role and relationship of such bodies with the practice and content of our discipline.Research in Accounting Regulation is a refereed annual serial that seeks to publish high quality manuscripts, which address regulatory issues and policy affecting the practice of accountancy, broadly defined. Topics of interest include research based upon: self-regulatory activities, case law and litigation, government and quasi-governmental regulation, and the economics of regulation, including modeling. The serial aims to encourage the submission of original empirical, behavioral or applied research manuscripts that consider strategic and policy implications for regulation, regulatory models and markets.

  • Winning Business

    How to Use Financial Analysis and Benchmarks to Outscore Your Competition
    • 1st Edition
    • RICH GILDERSLEEVE
    • English
    Today's business environment is a competition, and business managers need the right game plan if they want to win. Successful businesses do a lot of the same things well. They track inventories, expenses, growth, break-even units, margins, employee turnover, compensation plans, return on training, sales, earnings per employee, and a host of other statistics. But to win in business, managers need to do more than track these benchmarks. They need to improve results.Winning Business provides the benchmarks business managers should track. It shows managers how to calculate each benchmark, AND presents ways to improve their results. In short, this book provides a company with a blueprint for success. Each benchmark produces a value that managers can track over time to monitor the impact on their operations. To help managers evaluate their performance, it provides industry-wide benchmarks that list the results retailers, manufacturers, and even publishers should target. Winning Business provides benchmarks for:Managerial accounting Sales and marketing Employee benefits Financial performance Market indicators Inventory analysis Many others Included FREE is a full, multimedia version of Winning Business. The CD-ROM includes Winning Business MultiMedia in Adobe pdf (Portable Document Format) file format for Win 95/98/NT 3.51 or above, Mac System 7.5 or higher, UNIX, and other platforms. You'll get all 257 tips from the book complete with their workable equations. BONUS for Windows 95, 98, NT 3.51 or above users: Financial Analysis Calculator, Version 1.1.0. With this free program, you can enter your company's financial statement information and watch as the program automatically performs all of the ratio calculations for you. In an instant, you can have a vast array of critical performance characteristics mapped out for you.

  • Maximising Performance in Insurance Operations

    • 1st Edition
    • Julia Prichard + 1 more
    • English
    Maximising performance in insurance operations is a practical guide to managing successful change programmes within the insurance industry. It shows large organisations how to become leading edge business performers using case studies and examples drawn from the authors’ own unrivalled experience in the field. Key questions such as ‘How much change is required?’ are addressed and a structured programme tailored to the uniqueproblems of the insurance industry shows how organisations can move forward to maximise their potential with a minimum of risk.The book sets out the criteria for achieving operational excellence and each chapter is supported by a case study showing how various organisations have dealt with the challenges and there are useful comments and invaluableadvice from the practitioners involved.This book is essential reading for anyone involved in insurance or financial services and will be particularly useful for chief executives, operations directors and those in a line management role who have been charged with responsibility for securing the major benefits within their specific areas.

  • Management and Administration Skills for the Mental Health Professional

    • 1st Edition
    • William O'Donohue + 1 more
    • English
    Psychologists receive several years of specialized study on the brain, behavior, and mental health, but despite the fact that over half ultimately end up in administrative or managerial roles, they receive no formalized training in the skills necessary to be successful in these roles. This book is the first of its kind to target the managerial and administrative skills necessary for the mental health professional. The book discusses practical information such as how to deal with personnel issues, how to set budgets and allocate resources, and how to document progress and maintain schedules in the domains of private practice, hospitals, government agencies, and universities. Chapter authors are well-known and successful psychologists within these settings and include Raymond Fowler, past president of the American Psychological Association.

  • Loss Prevention and the Small Business

    The Security Professional's Guide to Asset Protection Strategies
    • 1st Edition
    • J. Robert Wyman
    • English
    With half of all new businesses failing in the first two years, every aspect of good business planning must be considered, but loss prevention is very often overlooked. Most small business owners grapple with the day to day challenges of sales and marketing, never realizing that the shadow of shrinkage is expanding daily, waiting to reveal itself in the annual inventory results. Ravaged by theft and paperwork losses, the already tight profit margin can shrink into oblivion. Loss Prevention and the Small Business opens the eyes of the reader to the reality of shrinkage in all its guises including shoplifting, fraud, and embezzlement. Armed with this awareness, the security specialist or owner/manager can utilize the many strategies to both inhibit losses and aggressively pursue those persons and processes that cause losses. This is a comprehensive guide to developing and maintaining a loss prevention strategy. It assists the reader in creating a dynamic proactive plan for protecting their hard-earned profits from the menace of internal and external loss.

  • Success and Failure of Activity-Based Techniques

    A Long-term Perspective
    • 1st Edition
    • A. Friedman + 1 more
    • English
    Presents six case studies of companies that have implemented ABT. Emphasises the need for ABT to be supported by senior management, to have a compelling business need, and to be integral to the whole organisational structure if it is to succeed. Some of the reasons for failure include insufficient resources, departure of key individuals, technical problems and staff resistance.

  • Financial Reporting

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert Kirk
    • English
    Financial Reporting is aimed at the busy professional accountant. It represents a distillation of the best and most relevant articles in the professional accounting press published over the last three years. The articles have been extracted from such prominent journals as Accountancy, the Journal of Accountancy, Management Accountancy and Accountancy Ireland. It concentrates not only on the content and controversy surrounding the publication of the latest accounting standards but also investigates such important subjects as materiality and international harmonization which are currently exercising many professional accountants' minds. The last two chapters of the book introduce the reader to some of the latest thinking on subjects as diverse as deferred taxation, pensions and environmental reporting.

  • Marketing Plans

    How to prepare them, how to use them
    • 4th Edition
    • Malcolm McDonald
    • English
    At last marketing managers and business executives concerned with profitability and sustained growth of their organisation have at their fingertips a practical guide which tells them how to prepare and use a marketing plan.In this new edition of Marketing Plans, one of the world's leading marketing educators has greatly expanded his book to include the key recent developments in marketing techniques and a range of practical marketing tools. In Marketing Plans, the whole process of marketing planning - from initial assessment of a company's business plan to the steps necessary to ensure a company achieves its profit targets - is fully explained. There is an additional section which provides a step-by-step 'this is how you do it' guide to devising your own marketing plan, combining the very best of current practice with the necessary theoretical background. Marketers, executives and students studying for CIM and CAM exams will find the application of basic marketing principles to sound business practice invaluable. For tutors, there is a comprehensive resource pack containing OHP masters, chapter-by-chapter tutor notes, examples of real marketing plans, case studies for classroom use and interactive exercises on floppy disks.

  • Life Sciences: Biodosimetry, Chromosome Damage and Carciongenesis

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 12
    • Yang
    • English

  • Advances in Accounting

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16
    • Philip M J Reckers
    • English
    The series focuses on the academic and theoretical side of the profession in the areas of financial accounting, accounting education and auditing. The articles range from empirical, to analytical, to the development of new technologies.

  • CFROI Valuation

    • 1st Edition
    • Bartley Madden
    • English
    What generates shareholder value? How can it be evaluated? How can it influence investment decisions and corporate strategy? Cash Flow Return On Investment answers all these questions by detailing the pioneering financial research carried out by HOLT Value Associates, the leading consultancy in the field. Read this book if you want to find out what really drives the wealth generation in any business, allowing you to pick which equities will succeed and which strategic initiatives are destined for high returns. The CFROI model is an essential tool for professionals working in finance and corporate strategy. It clarifies how economic value is created in a firm and acts as a reliable guide to:* making investment decisions* taking key strategic decisions* understanding economic value

  • Act Companion to Treasury Management

    • 1st Edition
    • Valerie Hawkes
    • English
    ACT companion to treasury management is more than just an update of the classic first edition. It has been completely rewritten to incorporate all that has changed in international treasury management since the first edition was written over twelve years ago.This exceptional A-Z of international treasury practice provides clear explanations of uses and practicalities along with the risks and advantages of implementation. ACT companion to treasury management now includes entries on:Accounting proceduresBanking relationships and proceduresFinancial markets and instrumentsForeign exchange, interest rate and credit risk managementInternatio... treasury managementTax planningTreasury control and performance measurementEdited by a leading treasury consultant with contributions from a wide range of experts in their individual fields, it will be an essential purchase for treasurers, finance professionals, business advisors and students; in fact anyone whose work touches on the field of treasury management.

  • X-Ray Timing and Cosmic Gamma Ray Bursts

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 22
    • Jean A. Swank
    • English

  • Advances in International Accounting

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 11
    • S.B. Salter + 1 more
    • J.T. Sale
    • English
    Advances in International Accounting is a referred, academic research annual, that is devoted to publishing articles about advancements in the development of accounting and its related disciplines from an international perspective. This serial examines how these developments affect the financial reporting and disclosure practices, taxation, management accounting practices, and auditing of multinational corporations, as well as their effect on the education of professional accountants worldwide. Advances in International Accounting welcomes traditional and alternative approaches, including theoretical research, empirical research, applied research, and cross-cultural studies.

  • The Evolution of International Accounting Standards in Transitional and Developing Economies

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume V
    • V.K. Zimmerman + 1 more
    • English
    This volume contains papers presented at the 1996 Center for International Education and Research in Accounting Conference. The theme of transitional and developing economies struggling with the introduction and implementation of international accounting standards is evident throughout the papers. While current events often seem to outstrip our ability to keep up, these papers provide insights into current events in the adoption and application of the international accounting standards.

  • The Information Systems Security Officer's Guide

    Establishing and Managing an Information Protection Program
    • 1st Edition
    • Gerald L. Kovacich
    • English
    The information systems security (infosec) profession is one of the fastest growing professions today, which has caused an ever-increasing need and demand for training of security professionals. With the advent of email and the Internet and their wide uses as methods of conducting business, a growing amount of emphasis is being placed on infosec.This valuable guide presents a straight-forward business approach to the topics needed for the infosec professional. Covering a broad range of topics, beginning with defining the position of the information systems security officer (ISSO), to establishing and managing an infosec program, the author writes from over 14 years of research and experience. Each chapter ends with thought-provoking questions for use by the instructor.

  • Counterespionage for American Business

    • 1st Edition
    • Peter Pitorri
    • English
    The idea of espionage has always carried a certain mystique, having grown its roots in the political and national defense spheres. Today, espionage must be taken seriously in the business arena as well. Having company secrets stolen by competitors is costly and can be lethal. Counterespionage for American Business is a how-to manual for security professionals that teaches secret methods counterespionage experts have been using for years to protect business information. Secret techniques you will learn include: Screening employee applicants; how to use standard screening methods to defend against industrial espionage and violent persons How to design security education programs by teaching protection of critical business information How to avoid liability Counterespionage for American Business also names the foreign countries that are conducting espionage against American business.

  • Managing Liquidity

    • 2nd Edition
    • Lance Moir
    • English
    Managing cash flow, interest rates and relations with the bank are fundamentally issues for every business. This clear and concise guide is specifically designed to describe the fundamental decisions in liquidity management and set them in an overall business context.

  • Advances in International Accounting

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 10
    • S.B. Salter
    • T.S. Doupnik
    • English
    Advances in International Accounting is a referred, academic research annual, that is devoted to publishing articles about advancements in the development of accounting and its related disciplines from an international perspective. This serial examines how these developments affect the financial reporting and disclosure practices, taxation, management accounting practices, and auditing of multinational corporations, as well as their effect on the education of professional accountants worldwide.Advances in International Accounting welcomes traditional and alternative approaches, including theoretical research, empirical research, applied research, and cross-cultural studies.

  • Managing Banking Relationships

    • 1st Edition
    • Gerald Leahy
    • English
    Managing Banking Relationships is the first publication to look at the principles and practice governing relationships between businesses and their bankers. This book examines the services provided by banks to their corporate clients, and looks at the establishment, maintenance, review and, if necessary, termination of the resulting relationships.Managi... Banking Relationships shows how to build and maintain effective modern banking relationships which are based on flexability, mutual interest and trust. It presents the key aspects to good relationships that are profitable to both sides and also illustrates how to select a bank and review the subsequent relationship.With contributions from leading figures from the banking and corporate treasury community this book is invaluable to corporate treasurers, finance directors, bankers and the financial advisory community.

  • The Formula for Selling Alarm Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Lou Sepulveda
    • English
    Learn the theory behind the formula for sales success! The Formula for Selling Alarm systems provides answers to some of the mysteries of selling in the alarm industry. The reader will learn proven methods of selling more effectively with a step-by-step method of selling closing. The author urges readers to apply the principles and steps in the book for a minimum of twenty-one days, the amount of time it takes to form a habit. Learn how to make your prospects think like you do - the key to selling. You will discover the way to avoid common pitfalls and 'stinking thinking', in addition to answering objections and concerns confidently and professionally. The Formula for Selling Alarm Systems addresses all of these areas and is written by someone with more than 28 years of sales experience. This unique book is must-have for every alarm dealer.

  • Accounting for Improvement

    • 1st Edition
    • Sten Jonsson
    • English
    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.

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