The AMA Handbook of Financial Risk Management - Hardcover

Hampton, John J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814417442 ISBN 13: 9780814417447

Publisher: AMACOM, 2011

Synopsis

Managing financial risks comes down to understand ing how to reduce a complex business environment into workable concepts and models. The AMA Handbook of Financial Risk Management provides readers with the tools they need for dealing with the most important areas of financial decision making.

Filled with strategies, principles, and measurement techniques, the book shows readers how to:

• Categorize financial risks
• Reduce risks from cash flow and budget exposures
• Analyze operating risks
• Understand assessments or risk and return
• Manage risks in capital investment decisions

Providing both explanations and practical applications, the book clarifies the factors that affect the value of a firm, considerations such as time and the proper use of debt, and risks inherent in the capital structure of the firm and the valuation of business combinations. This is a comprehensive guide that enables risk managers and anyone involved in the financial management of an organization to know what factors are at stake and how to protect their bottom line.

About this title

Product Description:

HardCover. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 320 Publisher: McGraw-Hill If you're involved in the Financial Management of your organization. you know that every decision you make Involves taking careful consideration of what factors are at stake And Protecting your bottom line.In short ... managing risk.Proper risk management entails knowing when to go after opportunities that can open up new realms of profit for your business ... but if you fail to account for the possible. often hidden. pitfalls that can accompany each decision. the consequences could be tremendous.Filled with strategies. principles. and measurement techniques. this book provides you with the tools you need for dealing with the most important areas of financial decision making. You'll learn how to reduce a complex business environment into workable concepts and models. and quantify an enormous. constantly changing pla...

Review:

..".an invaluable reference for your business clients, who need all the help they can get adjusting to a whole new ecosystem of risk." --Accounting Today

Business Insurance Magazine Innovation Award 2012

..".a detailed reference source designed for both practitioners and business students....highly recommended to public libraries and to academic libraries." --American Reference Books Annual

..".exceptionally clear and well-organized source on financial risk management...written in a style accessible to those with or without a financial background." --ALA Reference & User Services Quarterly

American Library Association Outstanding Business Reference Source 2012

About this edition

• Publisher: AMACOM
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0814417442
• ISBN 13: 9780814417447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320