LEADER 03539nam 2200565 450 001 9910130587603321 005 20230422032619.0 010 $a1-4471-0609-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4471-0609-8 035 $a(CKB)3400000000088225 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000806245 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11429926 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000806245 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10747054 035 $a(PQKB)10378875 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4471-0609-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3073725 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6643513 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6643513 035 $a(OCoLC)840277145 035 $a(EXLCZ)993400000000088225 100 $a20220207d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFinance for IT decision makers $ea practical handbook for buyers, sellers and managers /$fMichael Blackstaff 205 $a1st ed. 1999. 210 1$aLondon :$cSpringer,$d[1999] 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (X, 214 p. 24 illus.) 225 1 $aPractitioner series 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a3-540-76232-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Finance for IT Decision Makers -- 1. Decisions, Decisions -- 2. Financial Cases and Business Cases -- 3. When is a Benefit not a Benefit? -- 4. How Financial Cases are Evaluated - Part 1 -- 5. How Financial Cases are Evaluated - Part 2 -- 6. The Effects of Taxation -- 7. IT Leasing - Part 1 -- 8. IT Leasing - Part 2 -- 9. IT Aspects of Depreciation and Budgets -- 2 Finance Fundamentals in a Nutshell -- 10. Finance Fundamentals - Bringing it Together -- 11. Finance Fundamentals - Pulling it Apart. 330 $aPurpose The purpose of this book is to explain to information technology (IT) decision makers those aspects of finance that most affect their work. Most IT decision makers belong in one of two categories. Some know a lot about IT, but less about finance; the others know a lot about finance, but less about IT. In my experience, those in the first category often have to make financial decisions. Those in the second also, of course, have to make financial decisions, but about things whose characteristics stretch the normal financial and accounting rules up to, and sometimes beyond, their elastic limit. Among the characteristics of IT that provide interesting challenges for financial people are the following: ? The accelerating rate of change ? The short and unpredictable useful life of IT assets ? The mixture of hardware, software and services ? Upgradability ? Networks that cross country boundaries ? IT jargon Asked what characteristics of finance provide interesting challenges for IT people, many of them would answer - "Everything". However, items in the following selection are often particular causes of wonder: ? Leasing ? Why financial models always shrink benefits but never costs ? Being told that a company with a mountain of profit is about to fail through lack of cash ? Discovering that their budget has been charged with £113 485. 410 0$aPractitioner series. 606 $aInformation technology$xFinance 615 0$aInformation technology$xFinance. 676 $a004.0681 700 $aBlackstaff$b Michael$f1939-$0629765 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910130587603321 996 $aFinance for IT Decision Makers$92130056 997 $aUNINA