Reviews (19)

EXCELLENT
This book is excellent! If you don't have a finance background but need to understand the financial statements this book will teach you everything you need. If you already know about finance this book will teach you what you don't know.

Don't read "Finance for Dummies"! Read this book
Everyone is familiar with the "Dummies" book series, and, perhaps, we all have a dozen of them on our shelves.In many cases, we reach for the "Dummies" books, because they represent our first foray into a subject we know nothing about, like "Fishing for Dummies," and we feel like we need to get a "handle" on it.In other words, we are non-experts, we'd like to learn from the experts, but we don't want to become an expert.We just want to "understand" the subject, so that we don't look stupid at work or during cocktail party conversations.
Better than Many, But Still Not that Good
This book gets 3 stars only for its organized content, as well as the fact that there are very few good books for beginners that take you from A to Z in reading financial statements.However, this book is not one of them in my opinion. The problem is that the author does not break the material down to a level that a novice can understand unless he reads the book many times.There is too much detail in many of the sections and the main points can easily be lost.I learned to read financial statements long ago, but this book did not help me, other than alerting me to the complexity involved.If you do have a background in financial statements, then this book might be good.Perhaps I will go back now and read the book now that I already know how to read fin statements and see if it makes sense. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance    6. Financial Accounting    7. Financial statements    8. Business & Economics / Finance    9. Financial reporting, financial statements   

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A bit hard to understand
I had an older edition of this book, which wasn't very helpful, so I bought the new one hoping it was an improvement, but came away rather disappointed because, for an instructional manual, this one is hard to follow.Apparently, the authors have been in the valuation business for a long time, but it's not always easy to translate experience effectively into words. For most, this is a how-to project with potentially big consequences, so the instructions should be more clear than this. I liked "Unlocking the Value of Your Business" as an alternative.Once I read that book, I understood better what these guys were talking about.

This is a Terrific Resource for Practitioners Not Investors
I am a lawyer who has tried valuation cases and this book is a terrific resource for valuation experts and attorneys.I used it to defend and to attack witnesses. It is respected. It is used at the Federal Judicial Center as training for judges on these issues. It is not at all appropriate for people who are trying to value companies for investment purposes.

Super
This book, guide, reference, ... or what ever you name it. is essential for all business, financial and investment guides. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporate Finance    6. Corporations    7. Investments & Securities - General    8. Law and legislation    9. United States    10. Valuation    11. Budgeting & financial management    12. Business & Economics / Corporate Finance    13. Investment & securities    14. Reference works   

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Nice
I got this book within two days, exactly when I needed it. It arrived on time and in good packaging. I would like to thank el felix for sending the book. I am anxious to use it.

easy guide for advertising students.
Every step expains the advertising basic component. It can help youunderstand the advertising. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advertising    2. Advertising & Promotion    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Advertising industry    7. Business & Economics / Advertising & Promotion   

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I RECEIVED THE INCORRECT ORDER
1. THE BOOK LATE IN ARRIVE
Excellent text
My instructor for this course was not a good teacher, but the text in this book was so crystal clear, it helped get me an A.

Excellent
The book was brand new and shipped within five days. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Management Accounting    6. Managerial accounting    7. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management   

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Most Appropriate for Basel II
If you are Banker/Banking Consultant then this book is the closest you will get to understanding Credit Risk from a Basel II perspective. Its clear & lucid style helped me understand the gamut of techniques used in Credit Risk Measurement. Unfortunately the Book does not get into the details of bulinding models so if your looking for a model building cookbook, look elsewhere.

a complete, robust and comprehensive valuable resource!
In Measuring and Managing Credit Risk, the authors provided a robust, complete and comprehensive treatment of several aspects of modern credit risk measurement and management. Written by two high talented practitioners, this book will become certainly a reference both for academics and practitioners thanks to its careful treatment of several not so known empirical issues which practitioners have to face everyday. At the same time, do not consider the book as a new recipes book for managing credit risk. Both authors already proved their deep knowledges of financial theory and establish once again, through this book, how advanced knowledges of theory combined with significant practical experience make leading researches. As a PhD candidate in Finance, actually writing on credit risk, I definitively adopted this book and higly recommend it for anyone dealing with credit risk issues either through a practical experience or through a theoritical work. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Applied    3. Banks & Banking    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Credit    8. Credit ratings    9. Finance    10. Management    11. Mathematical Models    12. Money & Monetary Policy    13. Risk management    14. Business & Economics / Corporate Finance    15. Credit & credit institutions   

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Not a bad book, but has a few problems
My main problem with this book is that the text looks like a magazine, so often it's difficult to discern what is important versus what is trivial.In addition, in the first chapter the authors present all of the financial statements, which overwhelms some students.Finally, some topics are used before they are intoduced in detail.
A Fabulous book!!!
I am currently taking an Accounting class with this book and I think it is great. It is easy to understand. It is very straight and to the point. It gives you plenty of real world examples from real companies and their financial reports (which makes it a lot more interesting than other Accounting books...) Also Amazon.com is great and I have always had great experiences with Amazon.com.
Financial Accounting
I still can not get it... and I don't need it anymore, but I still have to pay money..... What's goin on my book???????? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Financial    3. Business & Economics    4. Business/Economics    5. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    6. Financial accounting   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance    6. Financial statements    7. Investments & Securities - General    8. Business & Economics / Accounting / Financial    9. Financial reporting, financial statements   

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Business & Economics / Accounting / General   

Reviews (12)

Very dated material
The Q&A approach adopted in this book is very useful.It would provide for a very useful reference manual on M&A if its content were not so dated.Its discussion of taxes, accounting, and deal structures does not reflect recent changes in rules and M&A practices.It would be helpful if the author would update the material. Other more current and more comprehensive books on the subject that I have found useful include Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring activities by Depamphilis and Bruner's M&A book.

Excellent reference for beginners in M&A
Easy to use reference, it helped me get the answer instantly.

Great Reference Book
This is a fantastic reference tome for anyone involved with M&A. As a private equity Associate, I have found this book to be invaluable on multiple levels as both a reference guide for securities law, as well as for procedural issues such as sample formats for term sheets, DD check lists, etc. Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Consolidation and merger of co    6. Consolidation and merger of corporations    7. Corporate & Business History - Strategies    8. Corporate Mergers And Acquisitions    9. Mergers & Acquisitions    10. Business & Economics / Corporate Finance    11. Takeovers, mergers & buy-outs   

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Information for Decisions
My stereotype of accounting texts before taking an accounting class and using this book was they were all focused on the mechanics of accounting, which are dull to most students.This textbook, on the other hand,emphasizes the usefulness of accounting in the real world before delvinginto all the rules and regimentation.Therefore, some subjects, like debtsand credits, receive less attention than they might deserve, especially forserious accounting students.The textbook's diagrams are quite colorfuland useful, and its language is simple enough for your average student tounderstand.Hence, I recommend the book to any introductory-level businessstudent, but I think that more serious accounting students might prefer amore advanced or in-depth textbook. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Accounting - Managerial    4. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    5. Finance & Accounting    6. Management & management techniques    7. Managerial accounting    8. Accounting - General    9. Business & Economics   

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Points the way for years of progress
Most lean accouting books - in fact most books - present what they consider the solutions, the final answer.Real Numbers does present some answers, but more importantly, they provide the direction.By painting a picture of the ideal state that we should all be shooting for, they give us the guideposts to help us make progress and improvements day after day after day.This is much more powerful, because the progress that follows reading and applying this book can last for years.It is also more flexible because we can adopt what they are teaching to a wide variety of settings and companies.Furthermore, the authors have done it - they were there making it work.I think 10 years from now we will still be referring to this book as an important contribution to lean accounting and to accounting in general.

Transforming the Bean Counter...
The book's presentation makes a case for accurate and timely information that is easily understood and actionable.Whereby it is now time to take the benefits learned from implementing lean manufacturing on the shop floor into the office and remove the blinders of old traditional accounting systems.Doing so transforms the accountant from bean counter to a valued partner in the business. The authors provide some solid, invaluable advice
How can a manager gain a real picture of a company's performance? Real Numbers: Management Accounting In A Lean Organization helps managers understand management accounting practices, which often produce complex financial statements which have little to do with reality. Each of the authors is a CFO who probes management accounting systems and how simplicity and clarify can be restored to an organization's accounting system. The authors provide some solid, invaluable advice on tweaking accounting practices to get the most from facts and figures generated by accountants. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance    6. Management accounting   

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Financial    3. Accounting - Managerial    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Managerial accounting    8. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    9. Financial accounting   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Financial statements    6. Investments & Securities - General    7. Accounting    8. Business & Economics / Accounting / Financial   

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Financial    3. Bookkeeping    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Financial Accounting    8. Non-Profit Organizations Management    9. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    10. Nonprofit organizations    11. Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    12. Management accounting   

Subjects:  1. CPA (Certified Public Accountant)    2. Study Aids    3. Study Guides    4. Test Prep    5. Accounting    6. Study Aids / CPA (Certified Public Accountant)   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporate Finance    6. Corporations    7. Finance    8. Valuation    9. Budgeting & financial management    10. Business & Economics / Corporate Finance   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporate Finance    6. Investment Finance    7. Investments & Securities - General    8. Personal Finance - Investing    9. Rate of return    10. Venture capital    11. Business & Economics / Investments & Securities    12. Investment & securities   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Managerial accounting    6. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    7. Management accounting   

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting (General)    3. Accounting - General    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Business & Economics / Accounting / General   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Taxation    6. Taxation - Corporate    7. Taxation - General    8. Business & Economics / General    9. Corporate finance