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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 658.152 EAN: 9780470138960 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0470138963 Label: Wiley Manufacturer: Wiley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: March 03, 2008 Publisher: Wiley Studio: Wiley Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: As a business leader, you’re constantly looking for ways to maximize shareholder value—as quickly as possible. The Executive Guide to Boosting Cash Flow and Shareholder Value outlines a practical, effective, and innovative framework for achieving this goal, using established management tools to find and exploit high-value Profit Pools. With this book as your guide, you’ll quickly discover how to unlock large untapped sources of cash flow, and achieve the mandate that comes with modern business leadership. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Everything you wanted to know about shareholder value... and then some!As a former management consultant, I have never ceased to be amazed by the relative lack of attention given to cash flow amongst many successful businesses and business leaders. Despite the fact that the linkage between shareholder cash flow and market capitalization is more or less iron-clad, and the typical executive fixated on shareholder value (or more correctly, share price), in my own experience most business leaders still tend to retreat to the safety of GAAP-based metrics when setting market ... Read More Rating: - A Practical and Insightful GuideThere are far too many business books out there. Most at best have 1 or 2 new ideas wrapped in 200 pages of fluff. Well this book is different. It takes a very practical view of what really matters in business - profit - and looks at it from end to end. In general it stays away from conceptual models and focuses on what people can really do to improve their business. It is a great hip pocket book for any business strategist or consultant that cares more about business results than powerpoint. Rating: - If you (help) run a big business, this has specific actions that'll help you deliver value growth... ... and it's written in a practical way -- no finance formulae, arcane accounting rules, or esoteric notions. It's great -- it gets to the point quickly and succinctly; gets around accounting and other issues to see real value creation in all parts of the business at a `granular' level. And, then, it sets out why managing the long term is critical, and how that can be done to grow a lot of value. I'm a believer. The middle part could be a lot shorter -- I guess there's stuff in there that's new thinking. ... Read More 
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