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by Jae Shim (Author), Stephen Hartman (Author), Joel Siegel (Author)
For quick and authoritative answers to questions on business and financial formulas and tools, this unique book is unequaled It not only clearly explains all major business and financial formulas, it shows you how to apply them, step by step. Perfect for college and graduate students in business, finance, marketing, operations, management, and accounting, this comprehensive, portable guide gives you quick access to all major financial and business formulas with explanations you can grasp and use in seconds. You get explanations, examples, and demonstrations of formulas for vertical analysis; net-cost method; sales mix analysis; regression statistics; profit margin; sampling formulas; discount cash flow analysis; weighted averages; cost of capital; earnings per share; inventory turnover; and nearly 200 more. This is the handiest tool available for mastering business formulas
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Business and finance answers in a flash!
Quick business and finance answers at your fingertips--that's what this unique book gives you! It has 201 major formulas with quick, clear explanations that you can grasp and put to use in seconds. Perfect for college and graduate students in business, finance, marketing, operations, management, and accounting, this comprehensive, portable quick reference lets you speedily review formulas in your current courses, and get ahead of the curve in coursework to come. It's such a handy source for fast, complete, and reliable problem-solving that many business people keep it on their desktops!
Schaum's Quick Guide to Business Formulas gets you right to the formula you need, explains it simply, and demonstrates it step by step. You get instant answers on
- Vertical analysis
- Security valuation
- Cost-volume-profit relationships
- Sales mix analysis
- Regression statistics
- Profit margin
- Sampling formulas
- Beta and alpha
- Cost of capital
- Earnings per share
- Residual income
- Equity ratios
- Inventory turnover
- Chi-square test
- Linear programming
- Trend analysis
- Discount cash flow analysis
- And many, many more
If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you: brush up before tests, locate formulas fast, research quickly and more effectively, and get the right answers without spending hours poring over lengthy texts.
Author Biography
Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, is professor of finance and accounting at Queens College, New York City. Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is professor of finance and accounting at California State University, Long Beach. Stephen W. Hartman, Ph.D., is professor of management at New York Institute of Technology. Drs. Siegel and Shim also consult in finance, and Dr. Hartman is a management consultant.
