The ideal review for your financial mathematics course

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's Outlines for their expert knowledge and helpful solved problems. Written by renowned experts in their respective fields, Schaum's Outlines cover everything from math to science, nursing to language. The main feature for all these books is the solved problems. Step-by-step, authors walk readers through coming up with solutions to exercises in their topic of choice. Coverage of a wide variety of practical applications using actual business and financial transactions Each chapter presents principles and formulas, together with solved problems relevant to each subtopic, followed by a set of supplementary problems with answers Review problems at the end of the book for additional study or self-testing Chapter topics include: Exponents and logarithms; Progressions; Simple interest and discount; Compound interest and discount; Simple annuities; General and other annuities; Amortization and sinking funds; Bonds: Capital Budgeting and depreciation; Contingent payments; Life annuities and life insurance

Financial markets respond to information virtually instantaneously. Each new piece of information influences the prices of assets and their correlations with each other, and as the system rapidly changes, so too do correlation forecasts. This fast-evolving environment presents econometricians with the challenge of forecasting dynamic correlations, which are essential inputs to risk measurement, portfolio allocation, derivative pricing, and many other critical financial activities. In Anticipating Correlations, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Engle introduces an important new method for estimating correlations for large systems of assets: Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC).

Engle demonstrates the role of correlations in financial decision making, and addresses the economic underpinnings and theoretical properties of correlations and their relation to other measures of dependence. He compares DCC with other correlation estimators such as historical correlation, exponential smoothing, and multivariate GARCH, and he presents a range of important applications of DCC. Engle presents the asymmetric model and illustrates it using a multicountry equity and bond return model. He introduces the new FACTOR DCC model that blends factor models with the DCC to produce a model with the best features of both, and illustrates it using an array of U.S. large-cap equities. Engle shows how overinvestment in collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, lies at the heart of the subprime mortgage crisis--and how the correlation models in this book could have foreseen the risks. A technical chapter of econometric results also is included.

Based on the Econometric and Tinbergen Institutes Lectures, "Anticipating Correlations" puts powerful new forecasting tools into the hands of researchers, financial analysts, risk managers, derivative quants, and graduate students.

The ultimate guide to maximizing shareholder value through ERM

The first book to introduce an emerging approach synthesizing ERM and value-based management, "Corporate Value of Enterprise Risk Management" clarifies ERM as a strategic business management approach that enhances strategic planning and other decision-making processes.A hot topic in the wake of a series of corporate scandals as well as the financial crisisLooks at ERM as a way to deliver on the promise of balancing risk and returnA practical guide for corporate Chief Risk Officers (CROs) and other business professionals seeking to successfully implement ERM

ERM is here to stay. Sharing his unique insights and experiences as a recognized global thought leader in this field, author Sim Segal offers world-class guidance on how your business can successfully implement ERM to protect and increase shareholder value.

Beteiligungsmanagement - Wie Sie Holding- und Beteiligungsgesellschaften erfolgreich fuhren Das Buch von Klaus-Michael Ahrend stellt neue Instrumente des Beteiligungsmanagements vor und unterstutzt Sie dabei, das Beteiligungsmanagement fur Holding- und Beteiligungsgesellschaften situationsgerecht zu verbessern. Der Autor gibt einen theoretisch fundierten und praktisch nutzbaren UEberblick uber die Gestaltung des Beteiligungsmanagements und berucksichtigt dabei sowohl die Perspektive der Konzernfuhrung als auch die Perspektive der Beteiligungen. Konzerne und Beteiligungsgesellschaften sind die tragenden Saulen der deutschen Wirtschaft. Ein wichtiger Erfolgsfaktor ist die Fuhrung der zugeordneten Beteiligungen, die die Interessen der Eigentumer berucksichtigt, Vertrauen in die Potentiale und Vorschlage der Tochterunternehmen legt und eine kooperative Zusammenarbeit foerdert. Das Buch richtet sich an Akteure aus Konzernen, Private Equity Unternehmen, Familiengesellschaften und oeffentlichen Unternehmen. Aus dem Inhalt Selbstverstandnis der Holding- bzw. Beteiligungsgesellschaft Entwicklung der Beteiligungsstrategie und Geschaftsmodellentwicklung Methoden fur die Wertsteigerung der Beteiligungen Instrumente fur die kooperative Zusammenarbeit von Mutter- und Tochterunternehmen Ansatze fur die Unterstutzung der Beteiligungen Personalentwicklung und Coaching Bundelung von Querschnittsfunktionen M&A und Post Merger Integration Umgang mit Konflikten / Konfliktmanagement Das Fachbuch ist ein wichtiger Ratgeber fur Verantwortliche von Holding- und Beteiligungsgesellschaften sowie fur Akteure der Beteiligungen, die mit der unternehmensubergreifenden Zusammenarbeit befasst sind. Es liefert zahlreiche anwendungsorientierte Hinweise fur die Gestaltung des Beteiligungsmanagements aus Wissenschaft, Beratung und Praxis. UEber 40 Fallbeispiele und die Vorstellung eines konkreten Gestaltungskonzepts geben einen praxisorientierten Einblick in das Beteiligungsmanagement.

THE TRADITIONAL annual budgeting process--characterized by fixed targets and performance incentives--is time-consuming, overcentralized, and outdated. Worse, it often causes dysfunctional and unethical managerial behavior. Based on an intensive, international study into pioneering companies, Beyond Budgeting offers an alternative, coherent management model that overcomes the limitations of traditional budgeting. Focused around achieving sustained improvement relative to competitors, it provides a guiding framework for managing in the twenty-first century.

A How-To Guide to Becoming a Board Member Who Loves Fundraising

Boards That Love Fundraising is an easy-to-use workbook in which board members will find the information and skills they need to overcome the "fear factor" and become confident, successful fundraisers.

Written by Robert Zimmerman and Ann Lehman-leading experts in the field of fundraising and board development-Boards That Love Fundraising not only shows that all board members (no matter the level of experience) can learn to raise funds but also provides effective tips to the more experienced fundraisers. This workbook explains your fundraising responsibility as a board member while it

• Provides information on board structure and its impact on raising money
• Outlines the concepts that will empower you to ask for money effectively and fearlessly
• Describes the wide variety of methods nonprofits use to raise money and the board's role in each area
• Shows how to recruit board members who can help with fundraising
• Explores the vital issues of fundraising-planning, staffing, evaluation, and working with consultants

Using this indispensable tool, board members will learn how to transform their ideas about "begging for money" into opportunities to urge citizens to invest in their enterprise through philanthropic contributions. Boards That Love Fundraising provides a wealth of exercises to pave the way to successful board fundraising efforts.

Praise for Boards That Love Fundraising

"Zimmerman and Lehman have more than two decades of hands-on experience helping board members know how to do their job. This workbook distills their knowledge into helpful and easy exercisesand tips that everyone in the nonprofit can use to raise more money."
-Kim Klein, publisher, Grassroots Fundraising Journal

"The wisdom in Boards That Love Fundraising helped me and our board of directors deal with some of our most challenging issues. In this day and age, fundraising by board members is critical to the success of any nonprofit organization-including ours. Zimmerman and Lehman will help your board get there, too."
-Janet Knipe, executive director, California Youth Correction

"Bob and Ann's book is so readable yet filled with knowledge and wonderful exercises. It is sure to be a hit with any current or future board member."
-Marcie Storch, director of development, Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, California

"With step-by-step guidelines, this book is a 'must have' for those engaged in fundraising."
-Allyson Hewitt, executive director/directrice general, Safe Kids Canada

A timely update to one of the most well-received books on project financing

As an effective alternative to conventional direct financing, project financing has become one of the hottest topics in corporate finance. It's being used more and more frequently--and more successfully--on a wide variety of high-profile corporate projects, and has long been used to fund large-scale natural resource projects. But the challenges of successful project financing are immense, and the requirements of the process can easily be misunderstood. That's why John Finnerty has returned with the "Third Edition" of "Project Financing."

Drawing on his vast experience in the field, Finnerty takes you through the process step by step. Using updated examples and case studies that illustrate how to apply the analytical techniques described in the book, he covers the rationale for project financing, how to prepare the financial plan, assess the risks, design the financing mix, raise the funds, and much more.Includes completely new chapters that cover the financing of sustainable projects as well as Sharia-compliant (Islamic) project financingNew material has been added to the discussion of financial modeling and international debt financingExplores today's most innovative financing techniques and analyzes the shortcomings of unsuccessful project financing attempts

Whether you're a corporate finance professional, project planner, or private investor, "Project Financing, Third Edition" demystifies the complexities of project financing and provides an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to master innovation in corporate finance today.

Proven methods for launching–and growing–a planned giving program

Planned Giving for Small Nonprofits provides easy-to-follow guidelines for beginning and sustaining a planned giving program with the limited resources of a small organization. Drawing upon forty years of combined experience in planned giving, expert authors Ronald Jordan and Katelyn Quynn show managers how to achieve the careful analysis, employee commitment, and organizational support necessary to launch a successful program.

In addition to step-by-step advice, this helpful guide contains a host of examples and case studies from a wide variety of nonprofits, including educational and religious institutions, healthcare organizations, and cultural associations. The authors break their blueprint for planned giving success into seven key components:

• Background Issues
• Getting Started
• Planned Gifts
• Gifts of Assets Other Than Cash
• Working with Donors
• Marketing
• Planned Giving and Taxes

Each subject is further analyzed into key subtopics, such as gift acceptance policies, endowed funds, and personal property gifts. Nonprofit managers in all areas will find Jordan and Quynn’s authoritative guide an invaluable addition to their professional libraries.

Includes Sample Letters, Real World Examples, Style Tips, New Chapters on E-mail, Websites, Social Media, and More...

Now in a completely revised third edition, this classic book shows how to create winning appeals that will realize the full potential of direct mail and online fundraising. Written by fundraising guru Mal Warwick, with assistance from Eric Overman, this comprehensive resource gives nonprofit fundraising staff the information needed to write compelling fundraising appeals for any medium. If you follow Warwick's guidelines, your direct mail and online fundraising campaigns will produce better results, year after year.

Written in an easy-to-read style, the book is filled with practical techniques, proven approaches, and illustrative examples of both successful and unsuccessful appeals based on the authors' wealth of experience fundraising for hundreds of nonprofits. Step-by-step and appeal by appeal, the book shows how to navigate the fundraising appeal process with ease. To meet the demands of today's socially connected donors, this new edition explains how to mesh today's online technologies with direct mail to produce optimal fundraising results. You'll learn how to use e-mail, websites, Facebook, Twitter, and mobile technology to recruit more donors and raise more money. The book includes current research on timely topics such as online vs. offline behavior, online giving statistics, demographics, and best practices in integrated fundraising.

If you're a nonprofit professional eager to master the latest methods in fundraising, or simply need to write direct mail appeals for your organization, "How to Write Successful Fundraising Appeals" will help you hone your skills and create appeals that will hit the mark every time.

Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends, developments, and practices from the field, FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 14e equips you with a focused understanding of today's corporate finance and financial management. This market-leading text offers a unique balance of clear concepts, contemporary theory, and practical applications in order to help you understand the concepts and reasons behind corporate budgeting, financing, working capital decision making, forecasting, valuation, and Time Value of Money (TVM). Offering the most cutting-edge coverage available, the Fourteenth Edition includes discussions of the federal debt, the ongoing recovery of financial markets, and the European debt crisis. Numerous practical examples, "Quick Questions", problem-solving tutorials, and Integrated Cases help you put theory into action. In addition, Excel (R) Spreadsheet Models help you master this critical software tool.

The book introduces corporate finance to first year students in business schools. Basic subjects such as marketing, human resources and finance are all fundamental to the learning of a business manager. A book on these subjects must emphasise learning that is conceptual in nature and at the same time, application oriented. This book attempts to achieve this in a manner that is comprehensive and shorn of complexity. It examines the practice of finance without diluting theory and conceptual knowledge. Corporate finance is necessarily quantitative in nature and the book duly places emphasis on that aspect. It ensures the primacy of ideas and concepts utilising numbers as supportive elements.

Small Business
"Self-Defense Finance for Small Businesses is an excellent reference for practitioners. The chapters on valuation and the sale/purchase of an existing business are alone worth the price of the book."--Dr. Robert Ronstadt, Professor of Entrepreneurship Pepperdine University author of Ronstadt's Financials
Keep your small business solvent with this hands-on financial troubleshooting guide
Here's everything you need to take financial control of your small business and keep your dream alive and growing. Wilbur Yegge shares the fruits of more than three decades as a business consultant and small business owner. He offers proven strategies and techniques for ensuring the financial well-being of your company, helps you to quickly pinpoint and resolve financial management issues, and arms you with an arsenal of financial tools for daily use. And that's not all
Throughout the book, the author has woven the real-life case histories of two small businesses--a start-up service business and an established manufacturing firm. These examples, along with numerous vignettes and lessons drawn from Mr. Yegge's personal experience, illustrate and reinforce the significance of each point covered.
No small business person can afford to be without Self-Defense Finance for Small Businesses. You'll learn how to:
* Write business plans that work
* Produce cash-flow and income statements
* Perform capital budgeting
* Do financial statement analysis and break-even analysis
* Conduct long-range planning
* Deal with banks
* Produce forecast statements
* Buy or sell a business
* Solicit and work with professional financial advisors

Finanzdienstleister haben eine wesentliche Hebelwirkung um "nachhaltige" Anlage- und Kreditprodukte anzubieten. Dieses Buch beschaftigt sich mit dem Aspekt der Nachhaltigkeitsratings, denn diese sind ein wichtiges Instrument um die oeko-soziale Performance von (Finanz-) unternehmen zu evaluieren und dienen damit institutionellen Investoren als Entscheidungshilfe. Die gleiche Funktion haben Qualitatssiegel, auch sie dienen zur Vereinfachung einer nachhaltigen und fairen Kaufentscheidung. Die Autoren dieses Herausgeberwerkes zeigen die Entwicklung und Bedeutung von Nachhaltigkeitsratings und Qualitatssiegeln und diskutieren deren (zukunftige) Bedeutung. Das vorliegende Buch bietet sowohl CSR-Expert/innen als auch interessierten Konsument/innen einen umfassenden, interessanten und verstandlichen UEberblick uber die aktuelle Diskussion zur "Vermessung" der Nachhaltigkeit in der Finanzbranche und zeigt, welche Rolle Kaufentscheidung als Hebelwirkung fur ein umfangreicheres Angebot von "grunen" Finanzprodukten spielt.

The Fundraising Feasibility Study

It's Not About the Money

"This in-depth and accessible collection of essays by fundraising experts goes a long way in demystifying the capital campaign feasibility study. . . . It is a must read for administrators and trustees of any charitable organization considering embarking on a capital campaign."
--John Bloom, Director-Advisory Services
RSF Innovations in Social Finance

"At last, a book that tells all about a pre-campaign development planning study (aka feasibility study). From the role of the organization and its board to the role of the consultant and development staff, this book documents how readiness is the path to success . . . . If you've always wondered how conclusions are drawn, findings explained, and recommendations developed, read this book. It's all here."
--James M. Greenfield, ACFRE, FHP,
author, Fund Raising: Evaluating and Managing the Fund Development Process and Fundraising Fundamentals and editor, The Nonprofit Handbook: Fund Raising, Third Edition

"The Fundraising Feasibility Study provides fundamental information on one of the most important, if little understood, elements of successful fundraising. Written by a cadre of the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the field, it offers insights and useful information that will be valuable to practitioners and scholars alike."
--James P. Gelatt, PHD,
Professor, Graduate School of Management & Technology
University of Maryland University College

In "Prince Not So Charming," you will take a riveting journey with Cinderella as she navigates romance, emotional upheaval, and near-financial-death experiences--all of which lead her to find inner strength despite seemingly insurmountable setbacks. Nine out of ten women will be solely responsible for their finances at some point in their lives. "Prince Not So Charming," is a call to action that will inspire and empower you to take control of your finances regardless of the obstacles you face, plus you'll learn: Strategies for women to regain power and avoid financial ruin The importance of and how to maintain financial independence--whether you're married, single, or contemplating divorce Financial strategies to help you safeguard yourself and those you love Ideas to reduce the financial and emotional burdens of divorce Whether you're a high-powered executive or a single mom struggling to make ends meet, "Prince Not So Charming" will encourage you to claim your power to create and protect your financial future.

A practical framework for effectively managing performance in today's complex, competitive and risky global markets

The "Third Edition" provides a complete framework for building best practice management processes for today's complex and uncertain world. Fully updated to reflect the events of the global economic crisis, this book provides further practical examples of companies that are successfully using the practices identified. Updated for the implications of the global economic crisis on management practicesCompletely rewritten section on "What it Takes To Be An Effective Manager In An Uncertain WorldAdded examples and mini case studies throughout the book from companies such as Qualcomm, IBM, Dominos, Target, Toshiba and FacebookEstablishes new benchmarks for performance management process and practiceFully updated to include recent events, new learnings, technologies and emerging best practices

This book includes serious rethinking of the way companies plan and manage performance-from the role of accounting to the skills needed to be an effective manager-including new technologies, techniques and real time management processes.

The book introduces corporate finance to first year students in business schools. Basic subjects such as marketing, human resources and finance are all fundamental to the learning of a business manager. A book on these subjects must emphasise learning that is conceptual in nature and at the same time, application oriented. This book attempts to achieve this in a manner that is comprehensive and shorn of complexity. It examines the practice of finance without diluting theory and conceptual knowledge. Corporate finance is necessarily quantitative in nature and the book duly places emphasis on that aspect. It ensures the primacy of ideas and concepts utilising numbers as supportive elements.

IS YOUR NONPROFIT VULNERABLE TO FRAUD?

Fraud or embezzlement discovered within a major corporation ultimately leads to front-page scandals and a few raised eyebrows. But the mere suggestion or evidence of fraud within a nonprofit can cause irreversible damage to its reputation, its support base, and, eventually, its very existence. Preventing Fraud in Nonprofit Organizations is the proactive manual your organization needs to detect fraud and prevent it from affecting your organization's bottom line and name. Brimming with details of hundreds of actual fraud and embezzlement schemes, it provides specific, practical advice on strengthening the areas in which your nonprofit may be most vulnerable.
This hands-on guide shows nonprofit accountants, CFOs, financial consultants, board members, and managers how to:
* Know the four consistent areas of high risk
* Thoroughly evaluate their organization's system of internal controls
* Assemble a fraud examination team
* Document a fraud action plan
* Expose weaknesses that could lead to fraud
* Take corrective action to reduce the possibility of victimization

Fraud deterrence is not exclusive to large corporations. Recommended reading for nonprofit professionals, Preventing Fraud in Nonprofit Organizations will motivate executives to take a fresh and intensive look at their organization's practices and act to protect from financial dishonesty.