- Imprint: Economist Books
- Published: 06/08/2009
- Price: £20.00
- Format: Hardback
- Extent: 336p
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- ISBN: 9781846681219
- Subject: Business and Management
The Economist Guide To Analysing Companies
Bob Vause
The definitive guide to how to analyse and assess the strengths and weaknesses of any company.
How do you tell how well run a company is and how well it is doing?Which ratios and benchmarks should you use to assess performance?What can be done to massage company results?How do you recognise danger signs on the corporate horizon?How do you compare companies operating in different sectors or even different countries?All these important questions as well as many more are answered in the completely updated and revised fifth edition of this clear and comprehensive guide aimed at anyone who wants to make sense and practical use of a company's annual reportmeasure a business against its competitorsjudge the creditworthiness of a customer or clientassess the investment potential of a companyput a value on a company.
About the Author
A H (Bob) Vause is a Fellow of the Institute of the Chartered Accountants and an Emeritus Fellow of Templeton College, Oxford, where he has taught for more than 20 years. He is consultant to many large companies.
