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Creating financial value : a guide for senior executives with no finance background /
How many senior executives and managers are able to reach the top with little or no financial training? They may have been appointed to the executive board as a result of their expertise in marketing, HR, sales or IT, yet every board member has a responsibility to make informed decisions on proposed...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Pub. Plc.,
2016.
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| Colección: | Online access with DDA: Askews (Economics)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Measures of success; 1.1 The business world from an investor's perspective; 1.2 Measuring value; 1.3 Where should business leaders focus their attention?; 1.4 Quiz; 1.5 Summary and implications for managers and leaders; 2 Using the financial statements to improve company performance; 2.1 Introduction to the financial statements; 2.2 Assessing historical performance; 2.3 Using accounting information to guide efficiency improvements; 2.4 Quiz; 2.5 Summary and implications for managers and leaders.
- 3 Customer markets: How value is created by specialization3.1 Normal profits and economic profits; 3.2 Why do transactions happen?; 3.3 The value to the buyer; 3.4 Competition and market development; 3.5 What is an industry?; 3.6 Industries
- the attractive and the unattractive; 3.7 Quiz; 3.8 Summary and implications for managers and leaders; 4 Getting the most from your resources; 4.1 Pricing; 4.2 Cost structure, pricing decisions and profitability; 4.3 Full costing: the budgeting system used by many companies; 4.4 Quiz; 4.5 Summary and implications for managers and leaders.
- 5 The value of your assets and the value of your company5.1 What is the value of this machine?; 5.2 How the value of a company relates to its assets and capabilities; 5.3 How value is created through projects; 5.4 Net present value; 5.5 The total value of a company; 5.6 Quiz; 5.7 Summary and implications for managers and leaders; 6 Creating value through projects; 6.1 Evaluating proposed projects
- taking account of uncertainties; 6.2 How accurately does NPV reflect the true value of a proposed project?; 6.3 The 'make or buy' decision; 6.4 Can you create value through acquisitions?
- 6.5 Other investment appraisal methods you might encounter6.6 Quiz; 6.7 Summary and implications for managers and leaders; 7 Financing decisions and other factors which have impact on the value of the firm; 7.1 Where does funding come from?; 7.2 Cash surpluses; 7.3 Doing business internationally; 7.4 Other ways of using financial management to reduce cost and risk; 7.5 Ethics; 7.6 Financial distress; 7.7 Quiz; 7.8 Summary
- this book's implications for leaders of twenty-first-century businesses; Glossary of terms; Bibliography and references; Index.