Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment w/PowerWeb/OLC
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Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment w/PowerWeb/OLC
Ronald W Hilton
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ASIN: 0072936932

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The emphasis of MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING, 6e is on teaching students to use accounting information to best manage an organization. In a practice Hilton pioneered in the first edition, each chapter is written around a realistic business or focus company that guides the reader through the topics of that chapter. Known for balanced examples of Service, Retail, Nonprofit and Manufacturing companies, Hilton offers a clear, engaging writing style that has been praised by instructors and students alike. As in previous editions, there is significant coverage of contemporary topics such as activity-based costing, target costing, the value chain, customer profitability analysis, and throughput costing while also including traditional topics such as job-order costing, budgeting and performance evaluation.

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5 out of 5 stars Great textbook!.......2007-01-29

Uses real-life examples throughout to teach concepts. I recommend keeping this book for future reference throughout your life as a business manager, to always refer to when faced with managerial accounting decisions.

1 out of 5 stars I RECEIVED THE INCORRECT ORDER .......2005-09-14

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5 out of 5 stars Excellent text.......2004-02-03

My instructor for this course was not a good teacher, but the text in this book was so crystal clear, it helped get me an A.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2002-08-24

The book was brand new and shipped within five days.

5 out of 5 stars AN OUTSTANDING BOOK ON MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING.......2002-01-29

I am teaching Management Accounting to the students of MBA and professional bodies for the last 21 years and have critically studied some of the best available text books on the subject. This book is very well written and covers the major topics. It is an outstanding book particularly for beginners and MBA students for a one semister course. The author has proovided good illustrations and a variety of exercises and problems at the end of chapter. However those who wish to specialise in Managerial Accounting need additional readings. I adopted this book for MBA students since its 1st edition was published. At present I have adopted the 5th edition which has been revised in line with the changing environment. Majority of the students have very much appreciated this book because it is easy to understand. I have observed that some students of professional bodies are also referring to this book for reference purpose.
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Text & Cases, by Anthony, Hawkins, and Merchant is a 28 chapter book written to cover both financial and managerial accounting followed by broader managerial issues. Chapters 1 -14 cover financial accounting, while Chapters 15-21 cover management accounting, and chapters 22-28 focus on broader issues of control and corporate strategy. The approximately 120 cases that largely make up the end of chapter material are a combination of classic Harvard style cases, as well as extended problems.

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1 out of 5 stars Terrible terrible terrible!.......2007-03-13

This book is terrible! This is not a good review for anybody who hasn't had any previous accounting experience. The text is not written in user-friendly wording. I had somebody who is an accountant look at this book and although they understood it, they said it wasn't written very well at all! I had to buy this for an Masters level "Introduction" to financial and managerial accounting class and I know that a lot of people in the class dropped the class because they were having such a hard time with the text. If you have accounting experience, you will probably not think this book is bad, but if you're like me and haven't, then you'll be in trouble. As a degreed engineer, I've had my fair share of experience reading non-friendly texts. This one is definitely up there as far as the "BOOK FROM HELL" category.

5 out of 5 stars Not difficult but detailed........2006-04-08

This is a very advanced begining accounting text used by Harvard University in its accounting courses. It combines both Financial and Management Accounting and it is extremely detailed. Their are no solutions in the tests for their very difficult problems and I have not found a study guide to accompany it thus far. Do not buy it if you are not familiar with accounting. This is a textbook.

4 out of 5 stars Good High Level Overview.......2005-09-06

I would recommend this text for higher level accounting/financial analysis courses. There are many other books out there to dive into the exact nature of making journal entries etc. so don't think of this as an excellent beginner to intermediate stlye text.
The cases are excellent for those who will be making upper level decisions not the actual day to day transactions.
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    My criticism is not against the book per sec but it is most definitely toward the manner in which it is sold. The book comes as a package with extras that turn out to be nothing more than a free CPA study guide last updated 9 Aug 03 (almost a year ago and you have to mail in a card that gets answered 6 weeks later by email with a link to down load) which makes it out of date with its competitors for the new computerized exam. Then there is the Power Web website that you can go to with the password in the book. Except for the PowerPoint slides and Excel spreadsheets for some homework I found the site useless. McGraw-Hill would be better selling this book by itself (which when I called them it is no longer available by itself) with out the extras that are not worth the cost or updating its "guide" and including it along with the PowerPoint slides, Excel spreadsheets, and Word check figures on a CD IN the book when you buy it. This whole thing is nothing more than gouging already cash strapped students. McGraw-Hill should be ashamed. If you must buy the book as a student get a used copy without the junk; if you are a college bookstore please do your students/customers a monetary kindness and sell the book at the lower "by itself" price.
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    5 out of 5 stars Answers questions lingering fromThroughput Accounting.......2005-09-15

    Exhaustive in its coverage, this book answers many questions I had after reading the works of Corbett, Smith & Noreen, Srikanth & Robertson, and Goldratt. It includes an analysis of project management, sales, people, and strategy (in addition to standard DBR) as it relates to traditional Throughput Accounting and the newer Constraints Accounting.

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    Although I anticipate future additions to the body of Throughput/Constraints Accounting knowledge, Caspari has reinvigorated this increasingly stale and still under-developed (albeit highly preferable) alternative to traditional cost and activity based accounting. Having read every book available on the topic, I can say that Caspari's "Management Dynamics" tops even Debra Smith's excellent "The Measurement Nightmare".
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      Joe Ben Hoyle , Thomas Schaefer , and Timothy Doupnik
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      Pricing derivatives theory comes alive in this self-contained interactive experience in financial pricing. The no-arbitrage perspective in a one-period state-preference model drives the book, and the Maple® and Matlab® programs help readers visualize payoffs and respond to various constraints and conditions. With clear explanations and lavish illustrations, Pricing Derivative Securities: An Interactive, Dynamic Environment with Maple V and Matlab teaches the core theoretical concepts so often disguised behind difficult terms and institutional details.
      Readers can experiment with the electronic packages forever, using the book and its solutions manual as a tutorial that can help solve problems of increasing complexity.

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      * Enclosed CD-ROM includes the student version of Maple V; it provides an interactive, dynamic and friendly environment allowing students to learn through hands on experience
      * Enhances learning by altering the commands in the on-line files, varying them at will, in order to experiment with applications of the concepts and different (reader-generated) examples, in addition to the ones already in the prepared file
      * Provides both the framework and the tools, based on the no free lunch concept, by which readers can analyze and appreciate different scenarios, including those that are not covered in the book, related to derivative securities
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      * The MATLAB® Graphic User Interface provides the ability to bring to life on the screen the theoretical material of the chapters

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      4 out of 5 stars Ok,but.........2006-11-14

      For the mathematically oriented reader there are much better books around, like Wilmott's and books on the more numerical and easygoing side and Shreve and Bingham-Kiesel for example on the analytic side.

      This book could be useful as a first introduction to derivatives especially for someone who hasn't studied mathematics all that much. But this book doesn't go too much into the methods that are really used in practice, like Monte Carlo.

      2 out of 5 stars Not sure who this book is for.......2004-10-13

      This book is far too advanced for undergrads or even MBA students. It's not really an introductory book on derivative pricing, but is an excellent supplementary book to, say, Hull's text ("Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives").

      This text provides a solid foundation for considering any derivative security in a no-arbitrage market. It then goes on to cover the Black-Scholes model and derivative pricing based on the price distribution of the underlying.

      Here's an anicdote from my experience: I wanted to learn the fundamentals of a (Cox-Ross-Rubenstein) binomial pricing model. I opened up the Prisman book and was thoroughly confused with what I understood to be a pretty simple model. The text referenced previous chapters, which referenced previous chapters - you get the picture. It was very unreadable. I then opened up a Hull text and in 3 pages I had a full and sound understanding of a simple binomial model. (-1 star)

      I agree with a previous review that "Matlab" has no place in the book's description, let alone in the title. I am a long time Matlab user. There is no Matlab code in this book, no Matlab CD, and the Maple CD that's included cannot be used with an existing Matlab license! (-1 star)

      I have also come across a few serious typos in equations that make this text a subpar publication. (-1 star)

      5 out of 5 stars Pricing Derivative Securities.......2002-06-03

      For when life throws you that derivative that you just can't look up in some book...
      This book provides the building blocks on both the practical and theoretical levels that one needs to price derivatives. The book provides an essential combination of three things: 1) clear explanations and examples of fundamental concepts, 2) a hands on approach to software and pricing algorithms, and 3) emphasis on graphic visualization in understanding the behavior of derivatives in general. While clearly a textbook for a Master's level course, from the point of view of a practitioner, this book has also become my first reference source at the office for those times when I can't just look up the answer, and have to resort to first principles.

      4 out of 5 stars Pricing Derivative Securities: An Interactive Dynamic Envir.......2001-05-31

      The theory of financial derivates is now much easily understood by combining mathemtical models with the symbolic, numeric and visualization capabilities of a CAS such as Maple. The author made an excellent choice to select Maple (primarily) and Matlab. Maple is used extensively in many academic and industry settings, and its integration into the presentation of the materials makes the content come alive. Great addition, that (even) every mathematician should read! I highly recommend it.

      3 out of 5 stars Pricing Derivative Securities if You Can't Program at All.......2001-03-21

      Based on the title and description of this book, I bought it hoping to learn more about developing financial tools, specifically interest rate models, in Matlab. After working through most of the book, I have concluded that the use of the name "Matlab" in the title is misleading: it only means that Maple, the main tool of the book, may be accessed via the kernel of Matlab.

      The book appears to be targeted primarily at undergraduates and MBA students, not practitioners in the field. Such an audience may have little interest (or need) in learning to develop code or the intricacies of the underlying mechanics of financial models, and for them, the book would no doubt be very helpful. The software that comes with the book includes a stripped down version of Maple, (which is nice, since you can't really use the book without it), and author-developed analytical tools. These tools support the goals of learning through the ability to quickly vary inputs and see the impact on the output, but as they are more or less a black-box, do not add much to one's independent ability to model new financial objects or extend existing ones.

      The book includes the de rigueur definitions of typical financial instruments and explanations that facilitate understanding of these instruments (such as how to read and understand option data in newspapers, the mechanics of currency swaps and so on), but one really has to follow along with the Maple commands page by page to derive benefit. The fixed income section is very skimpy. It seems like the book is best suited as an extended set of lecture notes.

      I like the book but would not recommend it to practioners looking for insight on tool development or to extend knowledge of cutting edge interest rate models (as these are not covered here). I would recommend it for newcomers to the field having mathematical or quantitative backgrounds who want a reasonably good introduction to financial instruments. It would also be useful as a companion text in master's programs in financial engineering or financial mathematics. Derivatives and Maple with training wheels.
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        Over the last decade, dynamical systems theory and related nonlinear methods have had a major impact on the analysis of time series data from complex systems. Recent developments in mathematical methods of state-space reconstruction, time-delay embedding, and surrogate data analysis, coupled with readily accessible and powerful computational facilities used in gathering and processing massive quantities of high-frequency data, have provided theorists and practitioners unparalleled opportunities for exploratory data analysis, modelling, forecasting, and control.
        Until now, research exploring the application of nonlinear dynamics and associated algorithms to the study of economies and markets as complex systems is sparse and fragmentary at best. Modelling and Forecasting Financial Data brings together a coherent and accessible set of chapters on recent research results on this topic. To make such methods readily useful in practice, the contributors to this volume have agreed to make available to readers upon request all computer programs used to implement the methods discussed in their respective chapters.
        Modelling and Forecasting Financial Data is a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students studying complex systems in finance, biology, and physics, as well as those applying such methods to nonlinear time series analysis and signal processing.
        Dynamics of Profit-Focused Accounting: Attaining Sustained Value and Bottom-Line Improvement
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • For once a practical summary I can use!
        • Theories that work in the real world.
        • A Lean Manufacturing must read
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        • At Last, An Accounting System for Lean Manufacturers!
        Dynamics of Profit-Focused Accounting: Attaining Sustained Value and Bottom-Line Improvement
        C. Lynn Northrup
        Manufacturer: J. Ross Publishing
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        This easy-to-understand reference helps you bridge the GAAP to Lean accounting. It articulates the best attributes of Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, balanced scorecard, activity-based management, and other world-class management philosophies in a single text. It provides simplified applications of the balanced scorecard and activity-based management as tools and enablers for use with throughput accounting and illustrates a new business, accounting, and reporting model that utilizes the components of throughput accounting for application with Six Sigma and lean manufacturing programs.

        Organizations using traditional accounting systems and concepts have difficulty coping with the speed and acceleration created by lean programs. The author's profit-focused accounting approach will enable organizations to accurately measure and report the results of Lean Six Sigma efforts on a monthly basis. Dynamics of Profit-Focused Accounting does not suggest throwing out existing accounting systems or generally accepted accounting principles, but rather shows you how to bridge the GAAP to a Lean accounting system. It also presents advanced concepts and methodologies that encompass corporate performance management and provides the tools and techniques to use these concepts to increase profit, create value, and build a solid foundation for the future. This book is a must-read for manufacturing managers, executives, financial managers, cost and management accountants, and controllers.

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        4 out of 5 stars For once a practical summary I can use!.......2005-01-05

        I found this publication very informative as in a single source, I was able to read about all of the productivity methods and measurement tools in the marketplace. As a novice to concepts like Six Sigma and activity based costing, it was a great to find in a few pages an explanation and practical implementation tips for these concepts and more. Starting with the overall history in this marketplace and then moving quickly into practical guidance, the author displayed a great command of the topics. I also saw how he blended the productivity measures to create a more meaningful accounting of a business operations....I just wish more companies took this approach.

        5 out of 5 stars Theories that work in the real world........2004-11-15

        With over forty years of experience in helping dozens of companies to become more profitable, the author gives us the fruits of that experience by cutting through many of the extraneous elements of traditional accounting methods. Being competitive has always been about change and adapting to new paradigms. This books and its theories are a "next generation" of principles that move accounting systems into the next century. Just don't tell your competition about it.

        5 out of 5 stars A Lean Manufacturing must read.......2004-11-06

        Lynn's book provides a very good overview of the methodologies being used today to improve corporate performance. We have suggested the use of this book to several of our clients so that performance improvements resulting from Lean Manufacturing and Lean/Six Sigma implementation can be accurately measured and tracked. Larry Steele - Steele Consulting Group

        5 out of 5 stars A double fist pump.......2004-10-23

        A very substantive and motivating read. Lynn did a great job of capturing me while showing me the way to how corporate performance managment will take place in the 21st Century. The material is integrated and very useful.

        5 out of 5 stars At Last, An Accounting System for Lean Manufacturers! .......2004-08-17

        Operating a lean manufacturing facility is much different than a traditional order launched batch based operating system. The concept of eliminating all non-value adding activites while producing only customer demand flies in the face of the standard cost absorbtion based cost accounting systems used today. Not only does his book discuss the challenges of Lean to GAAP accounting systems, Mr. Northrup desribes alternative accounting methods and the ways to implement them within the guidelines of GAAP. This is a must read for the Lean Manufacturer!

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