The AMA Handbook of Financial Risk Management

Description

In this indispensable book from the industry-leading American Management Association, financial expert John Hampton offers game-changing tips for dealing with the most important areas of financial decision-making. Filled with strategies, principles, and measurement techniques, The AMA Handbook of Financial Risk Management shows readers how to categorize financial risks, reduce risks from cash flow and budget exposures, analyze operating risks, understand the interrelationship of risk and return, manage risks in capital investment decisions, determine the value of common stock, and optimize debt in the capital structure. Engaging and detailed explanations and practical applications enable anyone involved in the financial management of an organization to recognize the factors at stake and the solutions that would produce the best organizational outcomes. Managing financial risk boils down to understanding how to reduce a complex business environment into workable concepts and models. This strategic guide shows you how to make these individual decisions with the big picture in mind.

John J Hampton is a professor of business at St. Peter's University, and former Executive Director of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS). A respected speaker, he regularly addresses professional audiences on technologies that comprise the cutting edge of risk management.

..".a detailed reference source designed for both practitioners and business students....highly recommended to public libraries and to academic libraries." --American Reference Books Annual ..".an invaluable reference for your business clients, who need all the help they can get adjusting to a whole new ecosystem of risk." --Accounting Today ..".exceptionally clear and well-organized source on financial risk management...written in a style accessible to those with or without a financial background." --ALA Reference & User Services Quarterly American Library Association Outstanding Business Reference Source 2012 Business Insurance Magazine Innovation Award 2012