Finance and accounting

Derivatives, and derivatives used to hedge financial and operating functions, are designed to allow managers of firms to manage effectively the downside risk of their financial and operating strategies.

A firm maximizes profits if each decision adds more to the firm's revenue than to its costs.

Change management is a challenging and continuous processthat requires a particular skill set for both leaders andmanagers.

It is impossible to comprehend what policies the government should undertake to face the economic reality of the country.

Many business ventures today are looking to attract externalfinancing, with an emphasis on business angelinvestment.

In his 1985 book, Competitive Advantage, Michael Porter introduced the concept of the value chain and described it as "e;a systematic way of examining all activities a firm performs and how they interact, (necessary) for analyzing the sources of competitive advantage,"e; and introduced the idea of "e;linkages,"e; which was the real breakthrough in management thinking.

This comprehensive budgeting book emphasizes that the customer drives the business organization and processes and becomes the overriding purpose for a company's existence and success.

This book is a practical and comprehensive guideto succeeding in business and investing in emergingMyanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Every business aspires to be competitive and profitable in its market.

Research and development (R&D) supply chains are often designed without the process discipline and rigor that typically characterize the development of products emerging from R&D programs.

Accounting is the score keeping system in the "e;game"e; of business, and you won't do well in any "e;game"e; if you don't understand how the score iskept.

If you're a manager of a supply chain operation, or a student learning about supply chain management, this book will provide not only an overview of supply chain management but also a framework for subsequent, more detailed study in various aspects of supply management.

For centuries, trade has endured stumbling blocks, mistakes, and moments of inspiration.

Stakeholders today want to know about your company's social and environmental performance.

This book provides a short, concise overview of lean work design, which sees lean systems as the result of a systematic implementation of appropriate work processes.

Most "e;managerial economics"e; textbooks are thinly disguised microeconomics texts: highly theoretical, too dependent on abstract and unproven assumptions, and simply undigestible by busy, practical-minded executives/readers.

If you are a supply chain manager, an executive, an entrepreneur, or a stakeholder in a sustainable business, this book will help you develop the awareness and skills needed to support sustainable supply chain management in your firm.

The challenge facing leaders in the 21st century is to restore stakeholder trust, build employee commitment, and create organizations that are able to sustain long-term competitive advantage.

This text offers a practical approach for understanding the US Army's extremely complex global logistics system, widely acknowledged as one of the largest in the world.

In a fast changing world, brimming with social and economic uncertainty, financial information plays a vital role in the life of an organization and does so with two sets of eyes.

Every company must continually wrestle with the problem of deciding the right quantity and mix of products or services that it should produce as well as when and where to produce them.

Efficient planning and superior execution against clear objectives is the way companies operate best.

Government organizations spend enormous amounts of money.

The purpose of this book is to trace the history of globalization and its impact on supply chain management and to look at the problems and some of the solutions facing global supply chains in the current era.

This book places revenue management at the forefront of management accounting with cost management and performance measurement in supporting roles.

Corporate bankruptcy is becoming an increasingly important topic in today's turbulent environment.

This book is designed for corporate directors and senior executives who want to gain a better understanding of accounting.

This book is about drivers of successful controllership.

In this book we argue that as a first step it is important to recognize these group dynamics and the problems they cause.

This book is intended for both practising managers who require a thorough knowledge of the principles of making investment decisions in the real world and for students undertaking financial courses whether at undergraduate, MBA or professional levels.

The Small Business Controller describes the role of the controller in a small business and provides a detailed "e;how-to"e; analysis of the many duties and responsibilities the small business controller often assumes.

This book will focus on the fundamental steps of business planning within a managerial accounting framework, those being: (a) the business model, (b) volume and process flow, (c) product and service costing, (d) revenue and pricing, and (e) investment value.

In this book, you will find more than 250 essential forms, agreements, and contracts for buying and selling real estate, running your business, and managing property and tenants.

Many people have become very rich in the commodity markets.

This handy guide is designed to assist insurance agents and consumers by explaining these complicated and confusing terms in jargon-free language.

What happens to your estate after you are gone is very much within your control.

The current economic climate is dim for many Americans it forecasts potential recession, trouble for homeowners, and increasing personal and credit card debt.

Successfully utilizing the stock market in these uncertain economic times can not only be hard; it can be downright confusing and that means you need a guide that helps you navigate the troubled waters.

Accounting and bookkeeping can quickly become the bane of any new business, providing a great deal of headache and problems for even the most seasoned and technically proficient business owners.

This book takes the idea of environmentally friendly investment options and expands on it by providing for you, the reader, the absolute best ways to diversify your portfolio, increase your returns, and invest with a good conscious all the same time.

Anyone who has ever managed to effectively invest enough money to become wealthy has done so through asset allocation - the effective means by which you place your money in a multitude of different channels to make sure noone failure would greatly affect you.

The number of people paying their bills online has grown to 36.

As one of the more complex but higher yielding financial opportunities available, derivative investing has become a multi-trillion dollar industry.

Annuity investment has become an increasingly popular option for many investors with the market topping more than $100 billion in sales in recent years.

Are you a whiz with numbers?

The Complete Dictionary of Mortgage & Lending Terms Explained Simply explains all the important financial terms you will encounter as you navigate the mortgage market.

What happens to your estate after you are gone is very much within your control.

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When a homeowner can no longer make payments on the house, the lender or bank will attempt to seize the property.

The massive change in your life after a spouse leaves can be overwhelming, both emotionally and financially.