Creating financial value : a guide for senior executives with no finance background / / Malcolm Allitt
| Creating financial value : a guide for senior executives with no finance background / / Malcolm Allitt |
| Autore | Allitt Malcolm |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Bloomsbury Information, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Soggetto topico | Executives - Finance, Personal |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4729-2273-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511441903321 |
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| London, England : , : Bloomsbury Information, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creating financial value : a guide for senior executives with no finance background / / Malcolm Allitt
| Creating financial value : a guide for senior executives with no finance background / / Malcolm Allitt |
| Autore | Allitt Malcolm |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Bloomsbury Information, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Soggetto topico | Executives - Finance, Personal |
| ISBN | 1-4729-2273-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797830003321 |
Allitt Malcolm
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| London, England : , : Bloomsbury Information, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creating financial value : a guide for senior executives with no finance background / / Malcolm Allitt
| Creating financial value : a guide for senior executives with no finance background / / Malcolm Allitt |
| Autore | Allitt Malcolm |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Bloomsbury Information, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Soggetto topico | Executives - Finance, Personal |
| ISBN | 1-4729-2273-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821738803321 |
Allitt Malcolm
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| London, England : , : Bloomsbury Information, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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