Description
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. Time-saving features include: alphabetical format lets you find answers fast; clear, concise explanations summarize what you need to know; examples show you how to apply each formula; who uses it and when tells when to use each tool; a thorough index takes you right to needed data. 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; get the right answers without spending hours poring over lengthy texts. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: 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.
