Accounts Payable Best Practices (Wiley Best Practices)

Book Description

Have you ever wondered where your processes stand against industry leaders or how you can take your services and organizational procedures to state of the art levels? Are you frustrated because you don't think you have the finanical or human resources needed to employ 'best' practices? This handy resource provides documented strategies and tactics for accounts payable used by several highly admired companies. You'll gain practical knowledge you can turn into "Best" (or Almost Best) Practices as well as examples of practices to avoid.

Order your copy today!

Download Description

This handy resource provides documented strategies and tactics for accounts payable employed by highly admired companies. Because firms aren't always in a position to employ best practices, this practical book presents "Almost Best Practices," as well as "Worst Practices," which often leave a firm open to criticism and loss.

Best practices in receivables and payables

Average customer rating:

Best practices in receivables and payables
Wallace Davidson
Manufacturer: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Credit Ratings & Repair | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006RWSES

Best practices in receivables and payables: Managing key components of working capital

Average customer rating:

Best practices in receivables and payables: Managing key components of working capital
Wallace Davidson
Manufacturer: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Credit Ratings & Repair | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006S0K10

Book Description

Recent crises in emerging markets have been heavily driven by balance-sheet or net-worth effects. Episodes in countries as far-flung as Indonesia and Argentina have shown that exchange rate adjustments that would normally help to restore balance can be destabilizing, even catastrophic, for countries whose debts are denominated in foreign currencies. Many economists instinctually assume that developing countries allow their foreign debts to be denominated in dollars, yen, or euros because they simply don't know better.

Presenting evidence that even emerging markets with strong policies and institutions experience this problem, Other People's Money recognizes that the situation must be attributed to more than ignorance. Instead, the contributors suggest that the problem is linked to the operation of international financial markets, which prevent countries from borrowing in their own currencies. A comprehensive analysis of the sources of this problem and its consequences, Other People's Money takes the study one step further, proposing a solution that would involve having the World Bank and regional development banks themselves borrow and lend in emerging market currencies.

Investor Relations for the Emerging Company

Average customer rating:

Investor Relations for the Emerging Company
Ralph A. Rieves , and John Lefebvre
Manufacturer: Wiley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Corporate Finance | Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Investing | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management Science | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Raising Capital | Small Business & Entrepreneurship | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

New Business Enterprises | Small Business & Entrepreneurship | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Finance | New & Used Textbooks | Stores | Books

All Deals | Blowout Books | Stores | Books

Business & Investing | Blowout Books | Stores | Books

All Amazon Upgrade | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books

Business & Investing | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books

Professional & Technical | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books

Business & Investing | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books

Professional | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

Investor Relations: The Art of Communicating Value--Four Basic Steps to a Successful IR Program & Creating the Ultimate Communications Platform
The New Investor Relations: Expert Perspectives on the State of the Art
Using Investor Relations to Maximize Equity Valuation (Wiley Finance)
Competing for Capital: Investor Relations in a Dynamic World
New Dimensions in Investor Relations: Competing for Capital in the 21st Century (Wiley Frontiers in Finance)

ASIN: 0471064173

Book Description

The definitive guide for CEOs, CFOs, and executives of newly public companies
Learning to deal with investors, employees, media, regulators, and others once a company has gone public requires dedication and consistency. Investor Relations for the Emerging Company helps fledgling public company officers and directors prepare for the unique business task of convincing investors of their company's value. From describing the various organizations, institutions, mechanics and behaviors of capital markets to clarifying the requirements and best practices for reporting and disclosure, this book provides all the answers. CEOs, CFOs, and executives who must operate an effective investor relations program within the budget constraints of their newly listed company will use this book for years to come.

Investing in China: The Emerging Venture Capital Industry (Global Market Briefings)

Average customer rating:

Investing in China: The Emerging Venture Capital Industry (Global Market Briefings)

Manufacturer: GMB Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | International | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Investing | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Look Inside Business Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
ASIN: 1905050135

Book Description

Download Description

Investing in China: The Emerging Venture Capital Industry is a unique and invaluable guide to venture capital in China. This important new book provides a detailed profile of the current state of the venture capital backed SME sector and an authoritative look at trends and future prospects. It provides an explanation of the mechanics of the investment process, from due diligence and investment monitoring, to exit, and a unique look at M & A opportunities and rules for foreign investors. The guide includes many detailed case studies and profiles of the IT, E-commerce, bio-technology and other sectors with potential for VC investment. ""This book is a must-read for those who invest or want to invest in start-ups and early stage Chinese companies. It is also worth reading by those who simply wish to learn more about the extremely exciting venture capital culture that is rapidly developing in China.""Julian Ha, Director, Evolution Securities China Limited

Emerging Capital Markets And Globalization: The Latin American Experience (Latin American Development Forum)

Average customer rating:

Emerging Capital Markets And Globalization: The Latin American Experience (Latin American Development Forum)
Augusto De La Torre , and Sergio Schmukler
Manufacturer: World Bank Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Development & Growth | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

International | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Banks & Banking | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Small Business & Entrepreneurship | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

Giorgio Agamben: Sovereignty and Life

ASIN: 0821365436

Book Description

The late Jacques Derrida’s notion of literature is explored in this new study. Starting with Derrida’s self-professed inability to comment on the work of Samuel Beckett, whom Derrida nevertheless considered one of the most interesting and exemplary writers of our time, Asja Szafraniec argues that the shared feature of literary works as Derrida understands them is a double, juridical-economical gesture, and that one aspect of this notion (the juridical) is more hospitable to Beckett’s oeuvre than the other. She then discusses other contemporary philosophical approaches to Beckett, including those of Gilles Deleuze, Stanley Cavell, and Alain Badiou. The book offers an innovative analysis of Derrida’s approach to literature, as well as an overview of current philosophical approaches to contemporary literature, and a number of innovative readings of Beckett’s work.

Average customer rating:

World Emerging Stock Markets
Keith K. H. Park
Manufacturer: Probus Pub Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

International | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

The Emerging Markets Century: How a New Breed of World-Class Companies Is Overtaking the World

ASIN: 1557382409

Financial Markets and Development: The Crisis in Emerging Markets

Average customer rating:

A view on this book from an on location expert...
Helping Hand

Financial Markets and Development: The Crisis in Emerging Markets

Manufacturer: Brookings Institution Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Development & Growth | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Money & Monetary Policy | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Theory | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | International | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Small Business & Entrepreneurship | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This volume brings together market practitioners, policymakers, development specialists, and academics from developed and emerging market countries to examine the underlying causes of the Asian financial crisis and ways of preventing future crises in emerging markets.

Contents include: "The Asian Crisis: Causes and Consequences" by Richard Cooper, Harvard University "A Closer Look at Equity Flows to Emerging Markets" by Michael Barth, Capital Markets Development Department, The World Bank, and Konstantinos Tsatsaronis, Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements "Corporate Governance and the Treatment of Minority Shareholders," by Kenneth Scott, Stanford Law School "Foreign Investment in Asia" by Jarrod Wilcox, PanAgora Asset Management "The Future of Emerging Markets Investing" by Michael Adler, Columbia Graduate School of Business "Lessons of the Asian Crisis for Latin America" by Sebastian Edwards, University of California at Los Angeles "Global Capital Markets: What Do They Mean?" by Ian Giddy, Stern School of Business, New York University

Customer Reviews:

A view on this book from an on location expert..........2000-04-23

A near excellent review of the Asian Crisis. Chapter 2 by Richard Cooper is especially good. Here in some 12 pages you can get a clear overview of what went wrong. Chapter 3 is a rather lengthy tedious study; the conclusions are clear however: mostly Asian corporate managers are to blame for the crisis. As they took on more and more financial leverage even while net profit margins kept sinking during the boom period of 1992 to 1996. Or at the very least "deficiencies in their risk managment practices greeatly exacerbated it" (the crisis).

What most of these type of books miss however is how large global institutional investors ignored values in SE Asia's stock markets. This in the fanatic pursuit of liquidity. It helped create ignoring of values and incredible overpricing of liquid equities here, until it all crashed.

Even while profitability of Asian companies deteriorated, p/e ratios on most stock exchanges kept rising due to foreign money coming in masses. If Asian managers are to fault, what does this say about global institutional investors? Why is this left out?

Paul A. Renaud.

Helping Hand.......2000-04-02

This book was a wonder for me. It really showed me what to do when a certain crisis strickes. It also told me how to react. Overall, it made some things much clearer for me.

Financial Risk Management: A Practical Approach for Emerging Markets (Inter-American Development Bank)

Average customer rating:

Financial Risk Management: A Practical Approach for Emerging Markets (Inter-American Development Bank)
José A. Soler Ramos
Manufacturer: Inter-American Development Bank
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Policy & Current Events | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Development & Growth | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Economic Policy & Development | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Corporate Finance | Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | International | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Risk Assessment | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Financial Risk Management: A Practitioner's Guide to Managing Market and Credit Risk (with CD-ROM)
The Fundamentals of Risk Measurement

ASIN: 1886938717

Book Description

This comprehensive guide is designed to help businesses and financial institutions operating in emerging markets incorporate modern risk management techniques into their decisionmaking. It looks at market, credit, operational and legal risks and proposes solutions to risk management issues as they apply specifically to emerging markets.

Based on a value-at-risk approach, the book examines the role of senior management in setting risk guidelines, the use of information systems for monitoring and communicating risk, and the tools for measuring and managing risk. It also outlines how to the implement an objective and systematic risk management program that allows for effective control and evaluation of operations. Drawing on practical methods used by successful risk managers throughout the world, the book provides specific guidance on establishing a modern risk management framework and on efficient approaches to increasing the profitability of risk management activities in emerging market settings.

Originally published in Spanish, Financial Risk Management is already widely used throughout Latin America. But with its emphasis on emerging markets, the book is an invaluable resource for financial risk professionals as well as for all those interested in both the theory and practice of risk management.

Emerging Financial Markets in the Global Economy

Average customer rating:

Emerging Financial Markets in the Global Economy

Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Development & Growth | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

International | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Public Finance | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | International | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
ASIN: 9810238452

Curbing the Boom-Bust Cycle: Stabilizing Capital Flows to Emerging Markets (Policy Analyses in International Economics)

Average customer rating:

Curbing the Boom-Bust Cycle: Stabilizing Capital Flows to Emerging Markets (Policy Analyses in International Economics)
John Williamson
Manufacturer: Institute for International Economics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Policy & Current Events | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Free Enterprise | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

International | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Theory | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

All Amazon Upgrade | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books

Business & Investing | Amazon Upgrade | Stores | Books
ASIN: 0881323306
Release Date: 2005-07-30

Product Description

For the past three decades, a boom-bust cycle in capital flows has repeatedly plunged into crisis countries that had been growing rapidly. Are there feasible policy actions to curb this cycle and thus permit both investors and emerging markets to tap the benefits of capital mobility without the costs of crises? Williamson concludes that a significant reduction in the wild swings in capital flows is feasible, even though complete stability is not. The boom-bust problem cannot be tackled just, or even mainly, from the supply side but will require actions on the part of both creditors and debtors, including forward-looking provisioning by banks, retention of capital controls in some cases, and introduction of new financial instruments. The action program developed in this study is intended to facilitate financial maturity in emerging markets similar to that which has already occurred in the industrial countries.

Emerging Capital Markets in Turmoil: Bad Luck or Bad Policy?

Average customer rating:

Emerging Capital Markets in Turmoil: Bad Luck or Bad Policy?
Guillermo A. Calvo
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Policy & Current Events | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Comparative | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Economic Conditions | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Free Enterprise | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

International | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Theory | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Economic Conditions | International | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

Other People's Money: Debt Denomination and Financial Instability in Emerging Market Economies
The Theory of Corporate Finance
Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods (Cairoli Lectures)

ASIN: 0262033348

Book Description

Since the mid-1990s, emerging market economies have been hit by dramatic highs and lows: lifted by large capital inflows, then plunged into chaos by constrained credit and out-of-control exchange rates. The conventional wisdom about such crises is strongly influenced by the experience of advanced economies. In Emerging Capital Markets in Turmoil, Guillermo Calvo examines these issues instead from the perspective of emerging market economies themselves, taking into account the limitations and vulnerabilities these economies confront.

A succession of crises -- Mexico in 1994-5, East Asia in 1997, Russia in 1998, and Argentina in 2001 -- prompted an urgent search in economic policy circles for cogent explanations. Calvo begins by laying the groundwork for a new approach to these issues. In the theoretical chapters that follow, he argues that financial crisis theory regarding emerging markets has progressed from focusing on such variables as fiscal deficits, debt sustainability, and real currency devaluation to stressing the role of the financial sector -- emphasizing stocks rather than flows as well as the role credibility plays in containing financial crises. He then returns to a more empirical analysis and focuses on exchange-rate issues, considering the advantages and disadvantages of flexible exchange rates for emerging market economies. Coming after a decade of ongoing crises, Calvo's timely reassessment of the importance of external factors in making emerging market economies safer from financial turmoil offers important policy lessons for dealing with inevitable future episodes of financial crises.

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books