| Title : | Quantitative methods for business, management and finance | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Louise Swift, Author ; Sally Piff, Author | | Edition statement: | Fourth edition | | Publisher: | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | | Publication Date: | 2014 | | Pagination: | xxii, 704 | | Size: | 26mm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-137-37655-8 | | Price: | €45 | | General note: | The new edition of this highly successful and popular textbook is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to using and interpreting all the quantitative techniques that students will encounter in their later business and financial careers; from fundamental principles through to more advanced applications. Topics are explained in a clear, friendly step-by-step style, accompanied by examples, exercises and activities, making the text ideal for self-tuition or for the student with no experience or confidence in working with numbers. This highly successful learning-by-doing approach, coupled with the book's clear structure, will enable even the most maths-phobic student to understand these essential mathematical skills. Comprehensive in both its scope of coverage and the range of abilities it caters for, this remains a core textbook for undergraduate students of business, management and finance, for whom Quantitative Methods modules will be a key component. It will also appeal to those on related MBA and postgraduate courses | | Keywords: | 'Industrial management'
'Statistical methods' 'Commercial statistics' | | Class number: | 658.0015195 |
Quantitative methods for business, management and finance [printed text] / Louise Swift, Author ; Sally Piff, Author . - Fourth edition . - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 . - xxii, 704 ; 26mm. ISBN : 978-1-137-37655-8 : €45 The new edition of this highly successful and popular textbook is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to using and interpreting all the quantitative techniques that students will encounter in their later business and financial careers; from fundamental principles through to more advanced applications. Topics are explained in a clear, friendly step-by-step style, accompanied by examples, exercises and activities, making the text ideal for self-tuition or for the student with no experience or confidence in working with numbers. This highly successful learning-by-doing approach, coupled with the book's clear structure, will enable even the most maths-phobic student to understand these essential mathematical skills. Comprehensive in both its scope of coverage and the range of abilities it caters for, this remains a core textbook for undergraduate students of business, management and finance, for whom Quantitative Methods modules will be a key component. It will also appeal to those on related MBA and postgraduate courses |