Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.1511
EAN: 9781591840510
ISBN: 1591840511
Label: Portfolio Trade
Manufacturer: Portfolio Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: December 28, 2004
Publisher: Portfolio Trade
Release Date: December 06, 2004
Sales Rank: 29251
Studio: Portfolio Trade

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
This bestselling soup-to-nuts book teaches the techniques and methods used in the country’s finest MBA programs. And now it’s fully revised with the latest information for today’s busy businesspeople.

Presented in an accessible question-and-answer format, The Vest-Pocket MBA helps readers quickly pinpoint all the formulas, ratios, and rules of thumb they need to analyze and evaluate nearly any problem. Among the many topics it covers: accounting, finance, break-even analysis, investment evaluation, capital budgeting, business law, risk minimization, marketing, and international trade.

The Vest-Pocket MBA offers a wealth of guidelines, illustrations, and how-to’s for the modern decision-maker, from the B-school student to the senior executive.




Rating: - A 1-time Read, No Reference
Very handy, a good 1-time read to gain an overview, but sitting on the bookshelf since then. How would I navigate a business book without an index?

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Rating: - Inaccessible Format
Why I would not buy this book?
1. No index. You cannot find topics quickly because there is no index. The table of contents tries to help with natural language questions, but you cannot visually find the topics or keywords you are looking for at a glance. An index would be a big improvement for this book.
2. Outdated content. Try finding a discussion about elasticity. Good luck with that topic or any other principle of Managerial Economics.
3. Bad concept. Because the book ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent Business Reference
I bought this book for an overview of business principles, but I got much much more, specifically the operations sections. The book provides excellent real-world examples and good examples on quantitative approaches, so you can see what kind of data you'll need to get to put into the formulas. I'll be using samples when I teach in a pre-MBA program at the local university, to help solidify the ideas for students. There are a few errors in the calculations, and granted, it could be a bit more intuitive ... Read More

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Rating: - New Edition Doesn't always mean improved
I have purchased the first and second edition in the past and would rate them both 5's. This new edition does not flow as well. I have used these books in the past to train my assistants who usually work with me for two years anmd the results have always been impressive. My current assistant is even more eagar to learn yet we seem to get "stuck in the mud with this edition. " I seriously considered rating this a three but relented when I realise that I was punishinmg the editors for failing to live up ... Read More

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Rating: - Handy but
there are 'way too many typos in the formulas and calculations; really needed a better proofreader and/or formula and table typist. So if you don't already have some experience with the subject matter, you will find working through the examples frustrating as you encounter these errors.

Another caveat: the examples are headed in big bold type, while the principles they illustrate are in smaller italic type. This makes it more difficult than necessary to find the subject you're looking for and ... Read More

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