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Keep this one in your Library, it is difficult to find
The content is very clear, the exercises are complete and there are lots of examples. I specially like the cases based on real businesses. I used this book with an Advanced Finance class of my MBA program.
For those who like modeling there is a section dedicated to LP, IP and GP, very well explained but no Excel or LINDO solutions though.
If you are one that have fun with decision sciences, you can go ahead and solve them using solver or LINDO.
Overall, I recommend it for those looking to keep a good Capital Budgeting book.

Hard to find, keep it on your Library
The content is very clear, the exercises are complete and there are lots of examples. I specially like the cases based on real businesses. I used this book with an Advanced Finance class of my MBA program.
For those who like modeling there is a section dedicated to LP, IP and GP, very well explained but no Excel or LINDO solutions though.
If you are one that have fun with decision sciences, you can go ahead and solve them using solver or LINDO.
Overall, I recommend it for those looking to keep a good Capital Budgeting book. ... Read more

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Capital budgeting and debt administration, when pursued from a strategic planning perspective as opposed to the more conventional cost-based framework, provides a forward-looking alternative based on a jurisdiction's needs, its resource base, and growth potential. ... Read more

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Focusing on the history of the food stamp programme, this book explores the effect of welfare budgeting in political strategies and policies. The various rules applied by congress to welfare budgets are analyzed, along with the tensions arising between conflicting interests. ... Read more

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Capital Budgeting
THEORY AND PRACTICE
Capital investment decisions are a constant challenge to all levels of financial managers. Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice shows you how to confront them using state-of-the-art techniques.
Broken down into four comprehensive sections, Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice explores and illustrates all aspects of the capital budgeting decision process. Pamela Peterson and Frank Fabozzi examine the critical issues and limitations of capital budgeting techniques with an in-depth analysis of:
* Classifying capital budgeting proposals
* Determining the relevant cash flows for capital budgeting proposals
* Assessing the economic value of a capital budgeting proposal using different techniques
* Incorporating risk into the capital budgeting decision
* Evaluating whether to lease or borrow-to-buy
Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice provides the knowledge, insight, and advice that will allow you to handle one of the most important aspects of your firm's financial management. Advanced enough for practitioners yet accessible enough for the novice, Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice is your complete guide to understanding and benefiting from the essential techniques of capital budgeting. ... Read more

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Good overview but too many mistakes!!!
I give it four stars ...because it is a very good introduction
and also useful to clarify basic concepts...but there are multiple errors in simple math operations ,they should have reviewedbefore printing.. ... Read more

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This is not a financial advice book; it's far from it. Instead it is a simple guide for a system that can help working people that are struggling to make ends meet or in other words living from one paycheck to the next. It's for young adults who did not have someone to teach them about how to handle their money and obligations, and it can help people who want to pull their credit ratings up. The bottom line isthat it is for everyone! ... Read more

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Do you know what Accounting Noise is? How about Illiquid? Bricks and Clicks? Any idea what GAAP, LBO, RFP, or SOW stand for? Let's face it: You can't survive the corporate jungle today unless you speak the language. It's time to learn!

With this easy to use, easy to understand guide, you will:

• Learn business vocabulary and how to use it confidently
• Be able to reference key terms from all areas of business
• Locate more than 1,000 clear definitions

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Excellent Reference Manual
This book is a must have for the library of a business person or a business student and gives a very broad knowledge that seems to be lacking in so many places...easy to use, full of great info, and very well organized. I highly recommend it.

Great for Grad School
This book is great for business students.It helps you get through those courses that are not your emphasis and gives you an edge in participation for the course.I'd recommend it to all business students.

Business Words You Know by H. Dean McKay, Ph.D
My husband owns a business and is usually quite active with one project or another.Whenever he comes home and tells me about his day, he sometimes uses phrases with which I am unfamiliar.For example, what does he mean by "low hanging fruit" or "free cash flow."These words and phrases and numerous others are detailed in the book Business Words You Should Know by Dr. Dean McKay.The book is written in an elegantly simple, understandable fashion.This is a book that belongs in every business reference library. After I read the book, my husband read it and was able to learn some new things about business terminology himself.He even found a few words and phrases that he had been interpreting incorrectly.I have found myself referring to the book several times when I sometimes overhear an unclear term on programs such as Squawk Box or Bloomberg, programs that seem to be on around our house in the early morning. Everyone who talks about business with their peers or wife or husband who may be in business should purchase this book. It is fun and easy. ... Read more

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This report discusses the broad implications of the obligation on State Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and other international human rights treaties to ensure that there is no de facto or de jure discrimination in government policies, including budget policies. The report aims to clarify how gender budget analysis can help in monitoring compliance with CEDAW and how CEDAW can help set criteria for what constitutes gender equality in budgetary matters. ... Read more

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Now readers can acquire the budgeting know-how needed to master the budgeting process--without an accounting background. This concise guide provides readers with all the skills they need to participate in the budgeting process and turn it into a powerful decision-making tool. ... Read more

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"Finney provides a no-nonsense approach to budgeting as a management tool, and not an accounting process. He presents the topic as a refreshing and practical way to save time, trouble and money."--Michael C. Thomsett, financial writer. ... Read more

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Financial incentives play an important role in thebehavior of public institutions of higher education. Incentive-BasedBudgeting Systems in Public Universities examines alternative uses ofthese financial incentives, and reviews the consequences of theirimplementation.

The contributors to the book explore diverse areas including:

• faculty behavior in an incentive-based environment
• effects on teaching, evaluation of decentralized approaches to budgeting
• efficiency implications at the state level
• the ramifications of revenue flux on institutional behavior.

Case studies from the University of Toronto, the University ofMichigan and Indiana University are also presented, and the volumeconcludes with recommendations regarding possible implementationstrategies.

The first to analyze the implementation of various permutations ofincentive based budgeting in public institutions of higher education,this book will be of enormous interest to policy makers, trustees,administrators and faculty members of these institutions. It will alsoappeal to those involved in higher education programs offering coursesin the economics and finance of colleges and universities. ... Read more

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This book should be of interest to undergraduate students of finance and business studies. ... Read more

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decision support system
I asisstant research at Selcuk University.I taking Phd. I study Phd Thesis "risk analysis nad decision supoort system" ... Read more

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Essential Budget Planning for the 21st Century Corporation

Today’s corporations are more competitive, dynamic, and, consequently, more powerful and successful than ever before. As a result, the days when corporate budgeting was merely an obligatory, routine process of estimating the coming year’s revenues and expenses have long ended. Successful corporations are constantly improving their ability to predict their future operations and their related resource requirements, enabling them to adjust their plans as needed and stay ahead of the competition. Not only does this heighten the importance of the budgeting and planning process, but it also changes the traditional roles of spreadsheets, legacy budget systems, and software created in-house. Budgeting shows corporations how to achieve and maintain their edge through modern budgeting systems and the use of good budgeting software. This book provides comprehensive guidance through the range of considerations that are crucial to streamlining the budget planning process:

• What corporations should be looking for when buying or building a new budgeting solution
• How to select the right budgeting solution from the field of vendors
• How to successfully implement a new budgeting solution
• How to fully utilize the Web

. . . plus helpful lists and questionnaires, and interviews with managers from leading companies who have effectively created internal processes and implemented software solutions. Equip your corporation to excel in the twenty-first century with the tools and information offered in this invaluable resource. ... Read more

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Excellent for software selection and implementation
I found this book to be very practically oriented and extremely helpful for me to understand new trends in budgeting, but most of all to help me plan for the purchase and implementation of a new budgeting software in our corporation. It helped us find qualified vendors, and the attached RFP (which also was downloadable as a Word file from the publisher's Web-site) literally saved us thousands of dollars by eliminating the need to write an RFP from scratch. I also found the various report examples, contract examples and the sample project plan very useful. Overall, this was the only book I have found on modern budgeting and budgeting software, and I was pleasantly surprised how helpful it has been to us. ... Read more