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Ways Out of the Working Capital Trap - Empowering Self-financing Growth Through Modern Supply Management (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.):... Ways Out of the Working Capital Trap - Empowering Self-financing Growth Through Modern Supply Management (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)
Erik Hofmann, Daniel Maucher, Sabrina Piesker, Philipp Richter
R1,497 Discovery Miles 14 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Especially in times of an economic boom following a crisis, companies have to deal with the phenomenon of the "working capital trap," which signifies a company's increasing need for financial liquidity in times of hindered access to debt capital, caused by the increasingly restrictive credit approval processes of financial institutions. As a consequence of cost savings, this situation is often reinforced by a low level of inventory.

This book takes up the problem and shows ways of escaping the "trap" by identifying and strengthening in-house financing potential. First, different operating ratios will be introduced. These refer to the amount of capital committed to the flow of goods and to the amount of in-house financing possible. Subsequently, methods for consolidating in-house financing that are affected by procurement processes will be presented from the company's and the supply chain's perspective.

From a company's perspective, the methods for consolidating the amount of in-house financing over the following topics: The Management of Payment Terms, Inventory Management and Product Group and Supplier Management

From the supply chain's perspective, the following methods for extending the possible amount of in-house financing will be discussed: Finance-Oriented Supply Chain Sourcing, Supply Chain-Oriented Supplier Financing, Collaborative Cash-to-Cash Management, Collaborative Cash Pooling and Netting, Supply Chain Financing Platforms.

The conceptual models will be clarified using a practical example from the automobile industry. Finally, the "Procurement Value Added" (PVA(c)) approach will be presented, a concept that measures the contribution of procurement to the company's success.

Public Management in Lean Years - Operating in a Cutback Management Environment (Hardcover): James L. Mercer Public Management in Lean Years - Operating in a Cutback Management Environment (Hardcover)
James L. Mercer
R2,775 Discovery Miles 27 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Cutback management is a way of life for most public and private sector organizations today, and the factors leading to its presence are expected to be felt well into the 1990's and beyond. At the same time, organizations are being faced with a changed internal culture where employees want and need to be involved in decisions that affect them. The author, who has been at the forefront of assisting organizations in effectively managing both external and internal change, explores the trends impacting state and local governments in the next decade and beyond, describes the cutback management environment that policy and decision makers face, and lays out effective approaches to deal with this environment from the bottom of the organization upward. In this manner, organizations that identify techniques to improve revenues and reduce costs can find lasting solutions that are accepted at all organizational levels.

After reviewing the 15 major trends expected to impact state and local governments during the 1990's and beyond, the author describes the cutback management environment being faced by most state and local governments. He then describes in detail how to set a direction to address the cutback management environment through the application of strategic planning and goes on to describe how to organize around critical success factors in order to focus resources on achievement of the organizational mission in light of external and internal environmental factors. He explores various techniques for improving employee productivity, ranging from the use of new technology to better management systems to various types of employee involvement. He then discusses the importance of values in the achievement of a shared organizational vision and describes various employee involvement processes that can be used to secure buy-in by employees at all levels where organizational changes are underway. Among other issues explored in depth are the use of matrix management to improve productivity in a project-oriented environment and contingency planning to deal with unforeseen events. The book culminates with a description of how to use strategic management as a day-to-day tool for effective bottom-up cutback management, and provides real-life case situations of how state and local governments are effectively dealing with the cutback and involvement processes. This book is aimed at state and local government policy and decision makers.

Cost Estimation Techniques for Web Projects (Hardcover): Emilia Mendes Cost Estimation Techniques for Web Projects (Hardcover)
Emilia Mendes
R2,861 Discovery Miles 28 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Emilia Mendes discusses stepwise regression modelling, care-based reasoning, and classification and regression trees. It will help small web development companies improve their cost estimation process.

Accounting Information and Equity Valuation - Theory, Evidence, and Applications (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Guochang Zhang Accounting Information and Equity Valuation - Theory, Evidence, and Applications (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Guochang Zhang
R3,911 Discovery Miles 39 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The purpose of this book is to offer a more systematic and structured treatment of the research on accounting-based valuation, with a primary focus on recent theoretical developments and the resulting empirical analyses that recognize the role of accounting information in making managerial decisions. Since its inception, valuation research in accounting has evolved primarily along an "empirically driven" path. In the absence of models constructed specifically to explain this topic, researchers have relied on economic intuition and theories from other disciplines (mainly finance and economics) as a basis for designing empirical analyses and interpreting findings. Although this literature has shed important light on the usefulness of accounting information in capital markets, it is obvious that the lack of a rigorous theoretical framework has hindered the establishment of a systematic and well-structured literature and made it difficult to probe valuation issues in depth. More recently, however, progress has been made on the theoretical front. The two most prominent frameworks are (i) the "linear information dynamic approach" and (ii) the "real options-based approach" which recognizes managerial uses of accounting information in the pursuit of value generation. This volume devotes its initial chapters to an evaluation of the models using the linear dynamic approach, and then provides a synthesis of the theoretical studies that adopt the real options approach and the empirical works which draw on them. The book also makes an attempt to revisit and critique existing empirical research (value-relevance and earnings-response studies) within the real options-based framework. It is hoped that the book can heighten interest in integrating theoretical and empirical research in this field, and play a role in helping this literature develop into a more structured and cohesive body of work. Value is of ultimate concern to economic decision-makers, and valuation theory should serve as a platform for studying other accounting topics. The book ends with a call for increased links of other areas of accounting research to valuation theory.

Legislatures and the Budget Process - The Myth of Fiscal Control (Hardcover): J. Wehner Legislatures and the Budget Process - The Myth of Fiscal Control (Hardcover)
J. Wehner
R2,858 Discovery Miles 28 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From an institutional perspective, the book carries out comparative analysis of 'the power of the purse.' It explores cross-national differences, their determinants and their impact on fiscal policy. The empirical analysis is based on a dataset of legislative budgeting in all 30 OECD countries, a broader 80-country dataset, and case study evidence.

Getting Funded - Proof-of-Concept, Due Diligence, Risk and Reward (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Chandra S. Mishra Getting Funded - Proof-of-Concept, Due Diligence, Risk and Reward (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Chandra S. Mishra
R4,237 Discovery Miles 42 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Investors receive thousands of business plans, but only a few businesses receive funding. While there are many "how-tos" out there for entrepreneurs, no one has focused on the mind-set, tools, and foundation that are important to investors, and therefore essential to entrepreneurs. Getting Funded examines and develops a framework on which to base a business concept, conduct due diligence research and risk analysis, refine a business model and reformulate a business strategy, and develop a risk and reward structure that protects investment money and incentivizes entrepreneurs to successfully manage the opportunity to create and share value. Getting Funded shows entrepreneurs the tools and framework critical to a venture's success, teaching entrepreneurs to refine their business model and strategy as well as to develop an investment model to improve the investability of the venture and thereby increase the chances of getting funded. Even without the need for external funding, these tools will improve a venture's potential odds of success. Listen to the author discuss the book on the UK-based radio show, The Evening Show with Simon Rose.

J.K. Lasser Pro Advising Entrepreneurs - Dynamic Strategies for Financial Growth (Hardcover): M.J. Lane J.K. Lasser Pro Advising Entrepreneurs - Dynamic Strategies for Financial Growth (Hardcover)
M.J. Lane
R1,334 R1,114 Discovery Miles 11 140 Save R220 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The successful entrepreneur must confront and overcome legal, financial, and business obstacles. Marc J. Lane has done a wonderful job of addressing all of these in one very readable and sensible book."—Thomas Morsch, Director, Small Business Opportunity Center, Northwestern University School of Law

Advising Entrepreneurs helps you address the special needs of your entrepreneurial clients. With the growing interest in starting small businesses, entrepreneurs are looking for expert advice and guidance to help them overcome the legal, tax, and financial challenges they face.

This book outlines solutions and ideas that you can use to steer your entrepreneurial clients through the rough waters of starting a new business. From getting a business on its feet to preparing for an IPO, you will learn the different strategies and options available to your clients.

The role of a financial advisor has expanded in scope and importance with the growth of new businesses. Take this opportunity to broaden your financial planning skills and learn how to advise your entrepreneurial clients in the best way possible.

Risk Management and Society (Hardcover, 2001 ed.): Eve Coles, Denis Smith, Steve Tombs Risk Management and Society (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Eve Coles, Denis Smith, Steve Tombs
R3,057 Discovery Miles 30 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Recent events like the BSE and GM food crises, and the Concorde crash in July 2000, have illustrated that large private and public sector organisations are vulnerable and can suffer from major disruption to their business. Awareness of the need to develop expertise in risk management has grown and as a result new programs of research and teaching in risk and crisis management are being developed at universities. The contributions to this volume have been selected by adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to risk, and by considering the implications for management, business and society. The contributions are written by recognized experts in their fields and represent a unique collection of papers on the topic. Audience: The book will be of benefit to scientists, managers, politicians and trainers in academia, business and industry involved in risk analysis, assessment and management, regulation and deregulation of risk, crisis management and accidents and disasters.

Sarbanes-Oxley - Building Working Strategies for Compliance (Hardcover, New): T. Sheppey, R. McGill Sarbanes-Oxley - Building Working Strategies for Compliance (Hardcover, New)
T. Sheppey, R. McGill
R4,421 Discovery Miles 44 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since its inception, several lawsuits have been filed under the Sarbanes Oxley Act, some corporate executives are serving, or are about to serve jail sentences, and several hundred million dollars has been wiped off the share price of affected companies. In this book, McGill & Sheppey examine how compliance is achieved and maintained. It explores the startegies and tool sets that have led compnaies to successfully manage compliance and suggests effective measures for implemantation.

Small Business, Banks, and SBA Loan Guarantees - Subsidizing the Weak or Bridging a Credit Gap? (Hardcover): Elisabeth Rhyne Small Business, Banks, and SBA Loan Guarantees - Subsidizing the Weak or Bridging a Credit Gap? (Hardcover)
Elisabeth Rhyne
R2,217 Discovery Miles 22 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The author, with the cooperation of the Brookings Institution and the Congressional Budget Office, analyzes the efficiency of the Small Business Administration. In the book's seven chapters Rhyne examines loan rate defaults, the subsidy issue, how banks respond to incentives to lend, and the philosophic question of the ultimate purpose of the SBA program. Coverage includes historical aspects, the life cycle of SBA loans, and various policy and financial issues of SBA programs. Rhyne is critical of the SBA loan guarantees; she presents recommendations for reforms and discusses the implications for other credit programs. . . . Original government data sources were used extensively in the research, making the work quite definitive as of the publishing date. Choice

The Small Business Administration (SBA) loan guarantee program--one of the mainstays of small business financing--has been both sharply attacked as wasteful and staunchly defended as essential during recent debates over the Federal budget. This book clarifies the reasons for the often heated debate and offers new insights into whether the program does indeed subsidize the weak or perform a valuable service in bridging the small business credit gap. Rhyne argues persuasively that despite recent program improvements, the SBA allows a hefty subsidy to continue by tolerating frequent, costly defaults. She recommends that the program seek to become financially self-sustaining, thereby adopting a simple market-making function rather than a credit allocation role.

The book with a brief history of the SBA program and its predecessor in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The author describes the prograM's political environment and demonstrates the central role of banks in the program. She then moves to a thorough analysis of the prograM's financial performance and assesses the impact of SBA loans on banks. Subsequent chapters examine the cost of the program to the SBA, the social goals of the program and how well it fulfills them, and the changes made in the program during the 1980s to improve its management efficiency. The final chapter explores policy changes that could improve the prograM's overall performance and offers recommendations for reform ranging from minor management improvements to major program restructuring. A landmark critique of a major governmental program and its impact on the business community, this book should be read by every banker, small business owner, and legislator with an interest in the fate of the SBA loan guarantee program, or in the government's role in credit allocation.

Conservation of Tropical Rainforests - A Review of Financial and Strategic Solutions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Brian Joseph... Conservation of Tropical Rainforests - A Review of Financial and Strategic Solutions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Brian Joseph Mcfarland
R4,777 Discovery Miles 47 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book critically engages with how the conservation of tropical rainforests is financed. Beginning with the context of tropical deforestation, alongside an overview of tropical ecology, global environmental policy and finance, the book reviews several conservation financing instruments. These include ecotourism and private reserves, debt-for-nature swaps and government domestic budgetary expenditures for state and national parks. Tropical deforestation and forest degradation are serious global environmental issues, contributing to global climate change, species extinction, and threatening the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. Yet, many leading companies, individuals and governments are making a positive impact on tropical forest conservation to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions through the use of conservation finance. Conservation of Tropical Rainforests tells the history of international conservation finance and provides a variety of options for individuals, businesses, and governments to support conservation financing projects.

Financing Life Science Innovation - Venture Capital, Corporate Governance and Commercialization (Hardcover): A Styhre Financing Life Science Innovation - Venture Capital, Corporate Governance and Commercialization (Hardcover)
A Styhre
R3,501 Discovery Miles 35 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Financing Life Science Innovation reviews the literature on venture capital, corporate governance, and life science venturing and presents a study of the Swedish life science industry and the venture capital investors being active in financially and managerially supporting life science start-up firms.

Rethinking Risk in National Security - Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Risk Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Michael... Rethinking Risk in National Security - Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Risk Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Michael J. Mazarr
R3,568 Discovery Miles 35 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the role of risk management in the recent financial crisis and applies lessons from there to the national security realm. It rethinks the way risk contributes to strategy, with insights relevant to practitioners and scholars in national security as well as business. Over the past few years, the concept of risk has become one of the most commonly discussed issues in national security planning. And yet the experiences of the 2007-2008 financial crisis demonstrated critical limitations in institutional efforts to control risk. The most elaborate and complex risk procedures could not cure skewed incentives, cognitive biases, groupthink, and a dozen other human factors that led companies to take excessive risk. By embracing risk management, the national security enterprise may be turning to a discipline just as it has been discredited.

Long-Term Leasing -- Accounting, Evaluation, Consequences (Hardcover): Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui Long-Term Leasing -- Accounting, Evaluation, Consequences (Hardcover)
Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui
R1,654 Discovery Miles 16 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Leasing is by far the most important source of finance for various types of assets needed by firms, but this may cause problems. Among them are the decisions to buy or lease and the accounting decisions to capitalize or expense. Riahi-Belkaoui addresses both problems by examining the models and standards used both for management of and accounting for leases.

In five chapters Riahi-Belkaoui covers the issues involved in leasing and financing decision models and offers a decision format to reconcile disagreements among various approaches to the lease-or-buy analysis. He examines all the techniques proposed for accounting for long-term leases as formulated by the Statement of Accounting Standards No. 13 and then looks at specific issues. In his final chapter, a unique contribution to the literature on leasing, Riahi-Belkaoui explores the economics of buying. This is a valuable resource for financial accountants, decision makers, and researchers interested in the management of leases.

The Design and Implementation of Administrative Controls - A Guide for Financial Executives (Hardcover, New): John P. Fertakis The Design and Implementation of Administrative Controls - A Guide for Financial Executives (Hardcover, New)
John P. Fertakis
R2,220 Discovery Miles 22 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Fertakis here offers a comprehensive discussion of administrative controls as they apply to major organizations, with particular emphasis on the interrelationship between accounting and administrative controls. As Fertakis notes at the outset, control in organizations is often poorly understood and inadequately implemented. His clear, practically oriented discussion of the design, purpose, and effective implementation of an administrative control system is intended to enable the reader to obtain a working familiarity with both the methods and problems involved and the benefits to be derived from establishing such a system.

Fertakis' extensive coverage of the subject encompasses such critical aspects as the structure of operations controls, the relationship between organizational goals and the control environment, the measurement of performance, and the characteristics of a good business plan. He explains the operations controls process, taking the reader through the manufacturing, marketing, service, and project stages. Separate chapters are devoted in turn to financial, audit-related, budgetary, asset, and system-related controls. Finally, three chapters address special administrative control applications including controls in the legal environment, in the international organization, and in various nontraditional types of organization. Financial executives will find this volume a useful and frequently consulted resource.

Revenue Management in Manufacturing - State of the Art, Application and Profit Impact in the Process Industry (Hardcover, 1st... Revenue Management in Manufacturing - State of the Art, Application and Profit Impact in the Process Industry (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Danilo Zatta
R4,130 Discovery Miles 41 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book focuses on the application of revenue management in the manufacturing industry. Though previous books have extensively studied the application of revenue management in the service industry, little attention has been paid to its application in manufacturing, despite the fact that applying it in this context can be highly profitable and instrumental to corporate success. With this work, the author demonstrates that the manufacturing industry also fulfills the prerequisites for the application of revenue management. The book includes a summary of empirical studies that effectively illustrate how revenue management is currently being applied across Europe and North America, and what the profit potential is.

Quantification of Operational Risk under Basel II - The Good, Bad and Ugly (Hardcover): I Moosa Quantification of Operational Risk under Basel II - The Good, Bad and Ugly (Hardcover)
I Moosa
R4,371 Discovery Miles 43 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book presents arguments that are critical of the Basel II Accord, particularly the advanced measurement approach to operational risk. It is argued that the advanced measurement approach is not viable in terms of costs and benefits and is likely to distract financial institutions from the real task of managing operational risk.

Investment in Uncertainty (Hardcover, 1999 ed.): Jaime Gil-Aluja Investment in Uncertainty (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
Jaime Gil-Aluja
R4,627 Discovery Miles 46 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

FIRST PART Preparation of the Investment 1. Investments in the Company 19 The decline of stability . . 19 The change in direction of studies on the investment process. 25 Basic elements for arithmetical study of selection 29 Thc study of selection from non-numerical elements. 37 2. Programming Investment Activity 49 Classical programming techniques. 49 Handling of an investment programme. 56 Incorporation of costs into investment projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Estimating financial needs throughout the process. 72 3. Financial Risk of Investment 85 Financial aspects of the investment process. 85 Determination of the financial capacity of the investment . . 89 From pre-diagnosis to diagnosis. 102 Numerical determination of the financial risk of an investment. 106 4. Analysis of financial products for the investment 113 Aspects prior to product analysis. 113 Analysis by means of the clan concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Obtaining affinities and thc use of codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Grouping the characteristics of the products by means of the Moore closing. 126 From product grouping to affinities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 10 / Index SECOND PART Selection 5. A first approximation to selection models 145 Updating of monetary currents 145 Incorporation of the lack of precision of interests rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 The hypothesis of known net values and fuzzy rate of interest . . . . . . 157 6. Selection of investments in an economy with inflation 165 Estimate of monetary currents at constant prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Estimate of monetary currents at prices for each period . . . . . . . 172 The hypothesis of different rates of inflation . . . . 180 7.

Beyond the Low Cost Business - Rethinking the Business Model (Hardcover): Josep Francesc Valls Gimenez Beyond the Low Cost Business - Rethinking the Business Model (Hardcover)
Josep Francesc Valls Gimenez
R2,448 R1,915 Discovery Miles 19 150 Save R533 (22%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Will the second decade of the 21st Century see the end of the low-cost phenomenon? It will certainly not be easy for European consumers to stop demanding the low prices that they have become so used to over the previous ten
years. But excessive efforts by many companies to bring prices down could sound the death knell for very low prices, as they will simply become unsustainable in many sectors, with costs forcing them up. Obviously there will
always be customers who want lower prices and somebody will have to meet the demand, but emphasis on selling at the lowest price possible may turn out to be very costly.

Clients are consistently demanding lower prices at the time of each purchase and companies can only react by reducing costs. This volume shows that the only way to do this, is to reinvent the business model. New consumers, new pricing, new brands, new strategies.

Corporate Restructuring - Finance in Times of Crisis (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): Michael Blatz, Karl-J. Kraus, Sascha Haghani Corporate Restructuring - Finance in Times of Crisis (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
Michael Blatz, Karl-J. Kraus, Sascha Haghani
R1,629 Discovery Miles 16 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a current overview and discussion about the meaning of the financing of the companies. It discusses the related challenges and provides ways to overcome them. The focus is on increasing the company's value. The book uses case studies to show how financial restructuring can be implemented in practice, thus paving the way for successful expansion. The book is written for restructuring professionals.

Earnings Management - Emerging Insights in Theory, Practice, and Research (Hardcover, 2008 ed.): Joshua Ronen, Varda Yaari Earnings Management - Emerging Insights in Theory, Practice, and Research (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
Joshua Ronen, Varda Yaari
R7,116 Discovery Miles 71 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a study of earnings management, aimed at scholars and professionals in accounting, finance, economics, and law. The authors address research questions including: Why are earnings so important that firms feel compelled to manipulate them? What set of circumstances will induce earnings management? How will the interaction among management, boards of directors, investors, employees, suppliers, customers and regulators affect earnings management? How to design empirical research addressing earnings management? What are the limitations and strengths of current empirical models?

Real Options: - Managing Strategic Investment in an Uncertain World (Hardcover, New): Martha Amram, Nalin Kulatilaka Real Options: - Managing Strategic Investment in an Uncertain World (Hardcover, New)
Martha Amram, Nalin Kulatilaka
R1,109 R982 Discovery Miles 9 820 Save R127 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In capital investing, as in life, you always have options. In today's extremely turbulent world, managers recognize how risky the most valuable investment opportunities often are, and how useful a flexible strategy can be. That's why they want to know all their options. Yet many current financial assessment tools fail to identify what investors can do to capitalize on future uncertain events. Martha Amram and Nalin Kulatilaka suggest a smarter new way to think about strategic investments in terms of real options. By applying options thinking--the concept behind the recent Nobel Prize-winning work on financial options--to the evaluation of nonfinancial assets, this innovative approach brings a financial market discipline to the evaluation of a company's opportunities. Using real options theory, managers can more effectively target crucial opportunities to redeploy, delay, modify, or even abandon capital-intensive projects as events unfold. Corporate executives in finances, investments, and project management should share this book with decision makers in information technology, strategic planning, corporate restructuring, venture capital, and law. Through timely case studies, the authors show managers how to use real options to evaluate investments and create exit strategies in R&D, product design, contracts, and information technology. By linking strategic vision and tactical project decisions, Real Options helps to improve capital investment planning and results.

Legacy of June Pallot - Public Sector Financial Management Reform (Hardcover, New): Susan Newberry Legacy of June Pallot - Public Sector Financial Management Reform (Hardcover, New)
Susan Newberry
R3,196 Discovery Miles 31 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book brings together a selection of June Pallot's most significant work. Written from a country (New Zealand) that led the world in many aspects of its financial management reforms, this work provides thoughtful comment on matters that remain of crucial importance today, especially the constitutional need to carefully monitor and respond to the reform initiatives and motives of executive government. Revisiting accounting issues and developments in the public sector, and reminding readers that the fundamental purpose of government accounting is different from that for the business sector, this book provides a timely reminder of the need for caution when considering the application in the public sector of accounting techniques devised for business purposes. June Pallot's legacy challenges accountants in the public sector to find better ways of addressing "collective decision-making under new governance approaches," proposes ways forward and offers suggestions for future research. This book, prepared by her colleague Susan Newberry, is a tribute to June's work.

Cost and Optimization in Government (Hardcover): Aman Khan Cost and Optimization in Government (Hardcover)
Aman Khan
R2,826 Discovery Miles 28 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Responding to a critical need in government for ways to manage costs better and improve productivity, The author gives practitioners and advanced students of public administration not just the statistical methods they require but also the hands-on skills they need and will use daily. His book introduces cost and management accounting, shows how to use decision-making tools in solid problem-solving situations, and lays out measures to help manage an organization's productivity. Also covered are such topics as cost estimation, benefit-cost analysis, simulation, inventory analysis, network modeling, mathematical programming, game theory, and more. The result is a readable and focused resource that facilitates the reader's grasp of two of the most critical elements in the successful operation of any organization: cost and optimization.

The book is organized in three parts. Part I deals with costs in government and emphasizes cost behavior, cost analysis, and cost accounting. Part II treats basic optimization techniques that are useful in cost management. Included are classical optimization, network analysis, mathematical programming, and games and decisions. In Part III the author deals with special cases in cost and optimization, particularly multivariate analysis, productivity management, and some related topics in general management. The book succeeds in presenting these complex issues clearly and in an accessible manner, and adds examples from public sector experience which will resonate with practitioners and students alike.

Gestion del Presupuestos ABC (English, Spanish, Paperback): Juan Cataldo Pizarro Gestion del Presupuestos ABC (English, Spanish, Paperback)
Juan Cataldo Pizarro
R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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