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UNINA9910830051503321 |
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Autore |
Powell Stephen G |
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Titolo |
Modeling for insight [[electronic resource] ] : a master class for business analysts / / Stephen G. Powell, Robert J. Batt |
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Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-21048-4 |
1-281-93759-2 |
9786611937591 |
0-470-38720-3 |
0-470-38719-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (496 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Decision making |
Business planning |
Business - Computer simulation |
Electronic spreadsheets |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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MODELING FOR INSIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; USING THIS BOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR CASES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; PART I; 1. Introduction; 2. Foundations of Modeling for Insight; 3. Spreadsheet Engineering; PART II; 4. A First Example-The Red Cross Problem; 5. Retirement Planning Problem; 6. Technology Option; PART III; 7. MediDevice; 8. Draft Commercials; 9. New England College Skiway; 10. National Leasing, Inc.; 11. Pharma X and Pharma Y; 12. Invivo Diagnostics, Inc.; Appendix A: Guide to Solver(®); Appendix B: Guide to Crystal Ball(®); Appendix C: Guide to the Sensitivity Toolkit |
INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Praise for Modeling for Insight ""Most books on modeling are either too theoretical or too focused on the mechanics of programming. Powell and Batt's emphasis on using simple spreadsheet models to gain business insight (which is, after all, the name of the game) is what |
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