Techniques of Financial Analysis: A Guide to Value Creation (Paperback)

by Erich A. Helfert (Author)

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Review
A candidate for every consultant-to-management’s bookshelf. Its beauty lies in the dynamic model of the business system and its management decision framework. -- Stanley Press CMC, September 2000 book review in C2M Consulting to Management Journal

Bona fide treasury for executives, managers, entrepreneurs. Have long used this great work in corporate & university programs. Uniquely makes the arcane clear. -- Allen B. Barnes, Provost, IBM Advanced Business Institute

Commend the clarity, organization and currency of contents. There is no other book available that does the task in such an understandable and accessible way. -- Dr. Thomas F. Hawk, Frostburg State University

Goes a long way to remove the mystery from business finance. Approach allows managers from all areas to understand how their decisions impact shareholder value. -- Stephen E. Frank, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Southern California Edison

Helfert has contributed to the development of financial skills of TRW managers through his book, case studies and presentations, and highly rated instruction. -- Peter S. Hellman, President and Chief Operating Officer, TRW Inc.

Helfert has rare ability to make financial concepts understandable to those lacking financial background. His finance seminars exceeded our high expectations. -- L. Pendleton Siegel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Potlatch Corporation

Helfert has the ability to make financial concepts understandable, and his credibility and content added significantly to the success of our educational effort. -- Giulio Agostini, Senior Vice President Finance and Office Administration, 3M Corporation

Helfert's writing and teaching have become a mainstay for us, and his business and strategic sense have been recognized as valuable guides to our process. -- William H. Clover, Ph.D., Manager of Training and AMOCO Learning Center

Helfert’s excellent overviews and simplified models effectively broadened our managers’ understanding of their fiscal responsibility to HP and our shareholders. -- Robert P. Wayman, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Hewlett-Packard Company

The book has become a classic, and Helfert has been of substantial help to my company in teaching our people how to think about the numbers which drive it. -- Robert J. Saldich, President and Chief Executive Officer , Raychem Corporation

Product Description
This best-selling practical guide for managers and students of business emphasizes the financial concepts and tools that are essential for making sound business decisions in order to create shareholder value. The book's major appeal for over 35 years, with 500,000 copies in print in 9 languages, has been its direct, concise, no-nonsense approach. The 10th (millennium) edition maintains the unique perspective that any business can be viewed as a dynamic, integrated system of cash flows, which are activated by management decisions.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Irwin/McGraw-Hill; 10th edition (August 9, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072299886
• ISBN-13: 978-0072299885
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #932,013 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Professor Says:, May 18, 2001

By	Frank Smith (Lubbock, TX) - See all my reviews

Having read his sixth edition, I was impressed enough with the 10th edition that I use it for the college class I teach. Unlike most books in this area, Dr. Helfert's book is easy to read and VERY practitioner oriented. I truly believe that if you have an interest in financial analysis, either as an investor or from the perspective of running your own organization, this is the single most valuable resource you could own. If I didn't believe that was true, I'd have my students using a different book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book is great, software related to the book is not, December 8, 2006

By	J. F Joyner "jim_joyner" (Spartanburg, SC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Techniques of Financial Analysis with Financial Genome Passcode Card (Paperback)

The graphical presentations and practical explanations are very helpful to valuation practitioners. I was so impressed I purchased the related software that is promoted in and modeled after the book. It never functioned correctly, and after a week of trying to reach technical support I finally reached them and they didn't really try to resolve the software's Visual Basic malfunction. Book is great, but ignore it's promotion of the software.