Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel: A Guide for Business Professionals (Wiley Finance) - Hardcover

Proctor, K. Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470481749 ISBN 13: 9780470481745

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2010

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Praise for the First Edition of Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel "Scott Proctor offers a comprehensive and easy–to–understand guide to constructing and using financial models; I recommend this book as a tutorial and a reference for business professionals, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and angel investors." —Jack M. Gill, PhD, Vanguard Ventures "This book is about making good decisions. . . . The modeling tools described in this book establish an analytical framework which adds much needed clarity to effective decision–making. This in–depth guide should well serve experienced professionals as a reference and business students and entrepreneurs as a tutorial." —Eugene V. Fife, Retired Chairman, Goldman Sachs International "Excel has become a critical element for decision–making in the modern business environment. Mr. Proctor′s book is a solid introduction to utilizing this complex tool." —William Polk Carey, Chairman and founder, W.P. Carey & Co. LLC Readable, comprehensive, and engaging—buy this book; study it; and thereby build your capacity to harness the computer in the solution of real–world business problems." —Robert F. Bruner, Dean and Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia "This book offers an excellent guide to building financial models. Proctor guides readers through the many interrelated steps involved in constructing and using financial models, a vital skill in today′s business world." —Jeffrey Nuechterlein, Managing Partner, Isis Capital "Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel takes a complex but critical subject and presents it in a concise, easy–to–follow fashion. This book is an indispensable reference guide for anyone who needs to build or analyze financial models using Microsoft Excel." —Michael R. Lincoln, Partner, Cooley Godward LL

About the Author

K. Scott Proctor, CFA, is Executive Director at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, a leading global pharmaceutical company. He has experience across the fields of information technology, finance, and science. Prior to his role at AstraZeneca, Proctor was Chief Information Officer (CIO) of General Electric (GE) Healthcare Life Sciences, based in Uppsala, Sweden. Proctor was also a founding Principal of Vawter Capital, a private equity investment firm, and the Director of Investment Analytics at SNL Financial, a financial information provider. Prior to that, Proctor was the acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Illuminis, an Intel– and MCI–funded healthcare information systems company. He earned his BA, MBA, and MS (Management Information Systems) from the University of Virginia. Proctor is also Foundation Level Certified in ITIL V3 IT Service Management.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470481749
• ISBN 13: 9780470481745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384