This book introduces a quantitative tool for measuring the cultural issues and barriers that can derail even the most carefully planned merger or acquisition. It describes the Quantitative Organization Culture Analysis (QUOCA), which allows decision makers to quantify an organization's culture and determine whether the barriers can be overcome or should be avoided.

An easy-to-use guide to financial analysis Essentials of Financial Analysis shows how to analyze a company as a prospective investment. This one-stop resource includes a basic introduction to accounting; shows how to use ratio analysis to evaluate a company's profit, liquidity, and solvency; and provides actual financial statements of a variety of companies as illustrations.

This book provides a broad and very practical perspective on the art of financial statement analysis. By exploring numerous examples from recent real-world situations, the book enlivens and sharpens the issues involved in interpreting financial reports. It is a solid and interesting introduction to financial statements and there use in a variety of important analytical settings.

Small business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals, and managers with little or no financial background are some of the people who need to understand financial statements--but struggle for a grasp of even the simplest figures. Written especially for the nonfinancial professional, this practical guide includes an overview of financial statements--what they are and what they tell us--a thorough yet basic introduction to the actual concept, and easy-to-undertand explanations of profit and loss, statement of cash flows, and special reporting issues.