1st Edition

Strategic Business Forecasting The Complete Guide to Forecasting Real World Company Performance, Revised Edition

By Jae K. Shim Copyright 2000
    308 Pages
    by CRC Press

    A book on practical business forecasting belongs in the library of everyone interested in business. Forecasting is extremely important to finance and accounting executives, business economists and managers at all levels.
    Strategic Business Forecasting: The Complete Guide to Forecasting Real World Company Performance provides you with a working knowledge of the fundamentals of business forecasting that can be applied in the real world regardless of the size of the firm. The author explains the basic forecasting methodology and the practical applications. All aspects of business are discussed, making this a comprehensive and valuable reference.
    The author avoids theoretical and mathematical discussions to gets right into how, when , and why to use this book. Many practical examples, applications, illustrations, guidelines, measures, checklists, rules of thumb, tips, graphs, diagrams and tables aid your comprehension of the subject. The author displays and explains printouts obtained using many popular spreadsheet programs and software packages.
    The book goes far beyond just sales forecasting, encompassing a wide range of topics of major importance to practical business managers and finance professionals, including cash flow forecasting, cost prediction, earnings forecasts, bankruptcy prediction, foreign exchange forecasting, and interest rate forecasting. Written in an easy-to-read style, it is practical, current, and intriguing - a reference book to use throughout your business career.

    Introduction
    Forecasting and Managerial Planning
    Forecasting, Budgeting, and Business Valuation
    Forecasting Methods
    Moving Averages and Smoothing Methods
    Regression Analysis
    Multiple Regression
    Time Series Analysis and Classical Decomposition
    Forecasting with No Data
    The Box-Jenkins Approach to Forecasting
    Models Based on Learned Behavior - Markov Model and Indirect Methods
    What are the Right Forecasting Tools for You?
    Applications
    Financial and Earnings Forecasting
    Cash Flow Forecasting
    Analysis of Cost Behavior and Cost Prediction
    Bankruptcy Prediction
    Forecasting Foreign Exchange Rates
    Interest Rate Forecasting
    Technological Forecasting
    Forecasting for the 21st Century
    Glossary
    Appendix
    Index

    Biography

    Jae K. Shim

    Winner of a Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Title award, January 2001

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    of a Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Title award, January 2001

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