Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel 2002

i am a small business guy and am looking to better manage my business projects including calculation of project costs and prediction of revenues, sales forcasting, scenario analysis etc... i know that i can probably buy a ton of software to do this for me or hire consultants. However, i believe that any help that you get from external sources is basically a crutch when i am disabled by myself, so i like to learn the thing myself first and then maybe hire outsiders... and this book is GREAT for me... i wont talk about specific sections because honestly, i got it delivered only yesterday... but it appears to cover all the topics i wanted in a very clean business way... this is a business book with MS Excel as the tool that it uses to do what it does... so, it tells you how to calculate IRR and then does it in excel. how to calculate times-interest earned ration and shows tips, tricks and means in excel...

Surprisingly, this is an incredible book. I take my MBA at University of Delaware. To apply how to use MS Excel effectively, this is the all-in-one book that can serve me for many classes such as Financial Reporting and Analysis, Data Analysis and Management Control, Financial Management, Marketing Management, Operation Management and Management Science, etc. The book is about intermediate level not too easy or too advance. Before you buy other books in Excel, you should check the content first. If the content focus on the function such as how to use date function, do not buy it. The content that you looking for should like this book. For example, the book should show you how you deal with balance sheet. Then, it explaints what Excel function can do for you.

This book is very good at showing some very powerful Excel tricks using very practical Finance examples. I don't think any heavy Spreadsheet user or Finance Professional would regret adding this book to their library.

I have BA in Busines administration and now i start a course in accountancy.I bought this book to refresh my knowledge in accountancy and because i use Excel almost for everything.I think that this book is ideal for everyone who want to get an idea of what is accountancy and general business economics. Is very analytical and interpretive so it is understood for everyone who has not any previous experience in Business economics. Although is very interpretive in acoounting - economic theory, I belive that substantial prior experience in Excel is required.I'm not sure but I think that the examples of excel applications sometimes have some wrongs. i.e. The example on text refers to B4 cell, but indeed the information that refer to, are in C4 cell if you look better in a picture.

Carlberg puts together a very enlightening book with both high level and detailed information. Starting with an introduction to each topic, he then gets into progressively detailed explanations and examples. The beauty of this approach, of course, is that the reader can pursue however much he or she wants to learn about a particular subject.For the "old hands at BA", beware, this is not an all-encompassing tome on the subject. It is, however, a very good introduction into basic and intermediate analysis of business statistics.