Explains the fundamentals of statistics and describes techniques for interpreting statistical data and making decisions based on statistical reports

Statistics Primer for Managers: How to Read a Statistical Report or a Computer Printout and Get the Right Answers

Business & Money

Clark, John J.

Clark, Margaret T.

Management & Leadership

Free Pr

Mergers and Acquisitions aren't the only path to restructuring. In fact, a broad array of restructuring options are available to management, on a national and international basis. Written by a highly-respected economist, this is the first and only text book on the market to cover all the restructuring bases, describing the gamut of reorganization options. Restructuring Corporate America is appropriate for such courses as mergers and acquisitions, financial management, restructuring, financial strategy, and long-term financing, as well as professsional seminars. Features: * This textbook takes a broader view of restructuring, acknowledging that in advanced industrial states, voluntary restructuring takes such diverse forms as refinancing, management realignment, LBOs, ESOPs, and involuntary reorganization (bankruptcy). Reorganization may also blend types of restructuring, this requiring a close examination of goals, strategy, and tactics. * This textbook focuses on the prerequisites of a well-conceived restructuring strategy. Over the course of its life, a firm will either periodically restructure or fail to survive. * Each chapter ends with questions and a case study based on real companies and events, designed to stimulate thinking on the pros and cons of different restructuring strategies and tactics. * Chapter 1 reviews the underlying theory and methods of evaluating restructuring projects, laying the foundation for future chapter discussions. Case: "The TBS versus CBS Fight" * As discussed in Chapter 4, the direction of restructuring generally requires a choice among organizational structures. * Multinational acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate alliances, and less formal types of restructuring undertaken in response to an emerging global market and government managed trade agreements are covered in Chapter 5. * Coverage of financial restructuring (see Chapter 6 and Appendix 6A and Debt and Equity Innovations) examines the concept of an optimal capital structure, leverage, ownership and control, free cash flow, and agency costs. * This book examines IPOs of growth companies and leveraged buyout firms "going publis" and the roles of the parties involved. * The differences between an acquisition and a leveraged buyout are discussed in Chapter 8, which describes the role of management buyouts, junk bonds, corporate raiders, and the valuation techniques used to form leveraged buyouts. * The importance of Employee Stock Ownership Plans in financial restructuring is addressed in Chapter 9, which distinguishes between the ESOP and stock option of stock purchase plans. * The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 is revisited in Chapter 10 with particular emphasis on Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Topics include the purpose of Chapter 11, rights of debtors-in-possession and creditors, formulation of a reorganization plan, criticisms of Chapter 11, and the costs seeking Chapter 11 protections versus a friendly merger. * The chapter on takeovers, Chapter 15, explores corporate raider strategies and tactics, as well as, acquisitions designed to capture control of target firms. * Chapter 16 covers defensive strategies in takeovers describing and citing cases on tactics taken by target firms in fending off takeovers, such as the case study on Martin Marietta and Bendix. Summaries of Federal and State takeover laws are included.

Restructuring Corporate America (The Dryden Press Series in Finance)

Gerlach, John

Olson, Gerard T.

Economics

Harcourt College Pub.

Business,Accounting,Budget Control Book.

Capital Budgeting: Planning and Control of Capital Expenditures

Pritchard, Robert E.

Hindelang, Thomas J.

PRENTICE/HALL

(Pearson Education) Presents a both the tools and techniques of finance and a conceptual framework for understanding financial decision making. Focuses on the big picture, and offers helpful features, including a CD-ROM packed with tools to help students develop a cohesive and interrelated mental map of the material. DLC: Corporations--Finance.

Foundations of Finance: Study Guide, 6th edition

Petty, John W.

Pearson College Div

Like New, but has a small crease running halfway down the front of the cover. Text is perfect. Same day shipping First Class.

Harcourt Brace Guide to the Internet

Computers & Technology

Networking & Cloud Computing

Wadsworth Publishing

An important new resource for managers in marketing, finance, acquisitions analysis, and strategic planning, this book explores a question central to the financial health of every company: Is there a rate of corporate growth that is both desirable and sustainable? As the authors point out, excessive growth in sales can be as destructive to the survival of a firm as no growth. Here they present analytical models and tools that enable corporate planners to evaluate their own growth needs, target realistic expectations, and assess the collateral risks of growing either too fast or too slow.
Focusing throughout on the concept of managed growth, the authors begin with a theoretical micro/macroeconomic analysis and proceed to a practical, applied presentation of growth theory in management decision making. They present models useful for both short- and long-term management, all of them illustrated with concrete data taken from corporate annual reports and SEC 10K reports. By employing these models, planners will be able to accurately forecast optimal and feasible growth rates, evaluate the impact of price fluctuations on the sustainable growth rate, isolate the effects of productivity trends, plan working capital requirements, determine the most favorable capital structure of the firm, and measure the impact of potential mergers or takeovers on sustainable growth. Each of the models can easily be programmed for computer usage. The authors also pay considerable attention to remedial actions that can be taken when the actual growth rate either exceeds or falls short of the sustainable growth rate, making this an especially practical tool for anyone charged with financial, sales, and strategic planning responsibilities.

Sustainable Corporate Growth: A Model and Management Planning Tool

Chiang, Thomas C.

Olson, Gerard

Praeger

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