Vest Pocket CFO Soft Lexotone [Paperback]

Jae K. Shim (Author), Joel G. Siegel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0139528709 | ISBN-13: 978-0139528705

This quick-answer book provides immediate, easy-to-use solutions to any and all business problems encountered by a CFO and his staff. Sized to fit in a vest pocket, it presents the most up-to-date information on everything from financial reporting to corporate investing, taxation to auditing. Ideal for CFOs, controllers, treasurers, chief accountants, and auditors.

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From the Back Cover

The newly updated fast-reference problem solver

The Vest Pocket CFO—the convenient, comprehensive reference that professionals have relied on for nearly fifteen years—is now updated in a new Second Edition to give today's busy financial managers and executives the helpful information they need in a quick-reference format.

Whether in public practice or private industry, professionals will always have this reliable reference tool at their fingertips because it easily goes anywhere—to a client's office, on a business trip, or to an important lunch meeting.

Packed with practical techniques and rules of thumb for analyzing, evaluating, and solving day-to-day accounting issues, The Vest Pocket CFO, Second Edition helps you quickly pinpoint what to look for, what to watch out for, what to do, and how to do it. In an easy-to-use Q & A format, it covers such useful topics as Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, corporate governance, financial planning and modeling, information technology (IT) applications, balanced scorecard, target costing, life-cycle costing, risk management, activity-based costing (ABC), capital budgeting, and much more.

The Vest Pocket CFO, Second Edition is a powerful companion for the complex, ever-changing world of accounting and finance. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

JAE K. SHIM, PhD, is Professor of Accounting and Finance at California State University, Long Beach, and also serves as an industrial consultant. He is a CFO of Delta Consulting Company. Dr. Shim has published more than fifty books, including the bestselling Vest-Pocket MBA, which has sold more than 500,000 copies.

JOEL G. SIEGEL, PhD, CPA, is Professor of Accounting at Queens College of the City University of New York. He is the author of sixty-seven books and has written hundreds of articles for accounting and financial journals. He was a member of the audit staff of Coopers & Lybrand, and he has consulted in accounting issues to many organizations, including IT&T, Citicorp, and Person/Wolinsky CPA Review Course. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 848 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press (July 21, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0139528709
• ISBN-13: 978-0139528705
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 4.2 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,238,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great quick-reference guide for all business people, March 28, 2000

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Danny Mawn (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vest Pocket CFO Soft Lexotone (Paperback)

I found this guide to be a great resource for a variety of business needs. The cover of the book refers to it as a great reference for the CFO and the like. I want to expand that to say it is a great quick-reference book for all business people. Whether you're in entry-level sales, middle management, or executive level, you need to understand the financial basis for each decision. This book allows even a financial novice to quickly get enough information to intelligently approach financial issues.