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Comment on Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making (Wiley) by Leila Canoli

Leila Canoli — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:06:06 +0000

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Well done, February 25, 2011

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This review is from: Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making (Wiley) (Hardcover)

I purchased this book for an accounting class. I can say with certainty that while I may not always understand my professor, I can always understand this text book. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in managerial accounting.

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Comment on Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making (Wiley) by Maverick "Mav"

Maverick "Mav" — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:27:34 +0000

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Not a book to sit down and learn from., August 27, 2011

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This review is from: Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making (Wiley) (Hardcover)

I concur with the other negative reviews here: this is not a good book to learn from. Too much narrative (boring) and not enough concise information and/or examples to work with. I have found the prepared PP slides to be a little helpful because of their incorporation of brief exercises and problems (which they solve). Other than that, all of this author's books are similar in uselessness. I am lucky that my professor gave me some of the answers and that's how I learned. Do not recommend.

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Comment on Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making (Wiley) by Solution-Man

Solution-Man — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:19:07 +0000

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Terrible book, September 11, 2010

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This review is from: Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making (Wiley) (Hardcover)

There is no glossary in the back of the book, so if you need to look up a term or vocab word you are out of luck.
Each chapter has a glossary at the end, but there's 14 chapters so if you need to look up a word, you are out of luck because it could be under any of the 14 chapters.

There is also not nearly enough information in the book to even BEGIN to answer any of the questions, exercises, or problems. The book also contains absolutely no answers, so you have no idea where to even start. It is impossible to learn anything with this book. These authors are terrible. Not just this book, ALL of their books. Big thumbs DOWN

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Comment on Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business that Works by Paul Fountaine

Paul Fountaine — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:32:43 +0000

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Please, month 1, meet with venture capitalists?, January 9, 2012

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This review is from: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business that Works (Paperback)

I'm sorry, but could we please get a grip? Meet with venture capitalists?

It must be nice to sit atop this mythical throne, where we simply have meetings, created a logo (SERIOUSLY?), and buy CRM software and bam, we are in business?

This is beyond nonsensical. Most if not the vast majority of small businesses do not start with venture capital, nor do they need a logo or to purchase CRM software (FYI, here in 2011, there are perfectly good FREE CRM systems available like ZohoCRM to mention just one).

What passes for a 4 star book now a days is stunning.

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Comment on Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business that Works by T. McCue "Helping Small Business Owners Succeed"

T. McCue "Helping Small Business Owners Succeed" — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:38:12 +0000

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

Small Business Help to Get You Up and Running, February 16, 2010

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This review is from: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business that Works (Paperback)

From the earliest parts of Melinda's book, she pulls no punches. For the person thinking about starting a business of nearly any type, she gives sound advice. How many people have told you -- "Just start your business... Your passion will drive the results..." or some such nonsense. Sure you need passion and raw energy and persistence, but you also need some money, some savings, so Melinda says "Don't quit your day job... yet..." She doesn't just say start. She says PLAN. Get your life together first, then start your company.

Melinda's advice is full of common sense or I should say Uncommon Sense as it doesn't seem near as common. I've started several companies and I wish I had this book before taking off for points unknown. The book also includes some links to good free resources from the author. After many years in business for myself, there are things I definitely knew, but just as many things I never considered. I would recommend this book for those friends who have "Start My Own Company" stars in their eyes and need to know the truth - which is positive and negative. It's hard work, but rewarding work to own your own business. Two chapters stood out for me: Chapter 8 on Niche to Get Rich because I believe that the tighter your focus, the better your business. Chapter 18 was helpful because I deal with small company owners and their websites and how they approach and sell to a customer. It offered some good reminders.

Full disclosure: I'm a big fan of Melinda's work via her #SmallBizChat (a weekly real-time chat on Twitter) program and have heard her share a lot of her advice "from the trenches" so I'm a bit biased because I've seen and heard her help people, including myself. But unlike many reviews, I wasn't paid or encouraged to say positive things. Melinda Emerson's book gives useful and smart tips any biz owner can benefit from reading.

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Comment on Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business that Works by Sonia Schenker

Sonia Schenker — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:11:04 +0000

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

Practical and Realistic Guide for Startup Business, February 12, 2010

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This review is from: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business that Works (Paperback)

In 2009, after losing my "paycheck job" as a result of a cash strapped economy, I struck out in search of options and advice to start and run my own business. Not interested in having another boss, I sought to turn my office support skills into a viable, profitable business, where I would be the primary decision maker and pilot of my own financial future. While the internet and mobile tools can ease the way for some startups, I quickly learned that sustainability is a whole `nother ballgame.

I had the opportunity to read an advance copy of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, primarily for copy editing, and found myself nodding along with Melinda Emerson's straightforward and easily followed approach to launching (or growing) a small business. Emerson's words mirrored my own reality - in which I wear multiple hats, must have a strong support system and enough money to get through the early months (possibly years) until profitability is achieved.

My greatest take away from this book is - there is no easy street when you become your own boss. But, with solid planning, smart decision-making and industrious persistence, success and financial independence can be achieved.

I recommend that anyone who is thinking about starting a business or is stuck and needs to grow their business - read this
book - and then read it again.

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Comment on Introduction to Accounting: An Integrated Approach by Hatef "Big H"

Hatef "Big H" — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:19:54 +0000

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Zero would be more precise because of the time wasted on this book, August 8, 2008

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This review is from: Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses (Hardcover)

Forced to use this text as a part of an MBA program, I found myself pouring over every paragraph without advancing my knowledge. Additionally, the book is riddled with errors, making it even harder to establish any trust between reader and author. If you too are forced to use this text, I hope you are better at finding external resources than was I. If you are using the text for self-study and have little or no background in accounting, I strongly urge to you to look elsewhere.

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Comment on Introduction to Accounting: An Integrated Approach by Iris I. Rodriguez "IROD"

Iris I. Rodriguez "IROD" — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:04:52 +0000

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

Worst Text Book Ever, July 1, 2007

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This review is from: Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses (Hardcover)

This book is horrible. It does show you how to work the problems. It's full of high level explanation and no deep explanation of the concepts or the problems. It's poorly organized and super expensive. It does not contain answers to the odd problems in the back of the book like most (math type of books) text books tend to have. There is no study guide for this edition; the publisher's web site claims there exist, I have not found it there or anywhere else. However, a study guide does exist for the previous edition. There is a solutions manual that one has to purchase a key to access the anwers to the odd problems online. The solutions manual falls really too, because it just gives the answers and offers no explanation of the problems. I really need some kind of study guide that explains the problems in detail so that I can check myself. The book has a companion site that is a little helpful, it has one online quizzes, chapter summary and spreadsheets for each chapter.

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Comment on Introduction to Accounting: An Integrated Approach by fab man "fm"

fab man "fm" — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:13:20 +0000

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

steer clear, January 30, 2009

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This review is from: Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses (Hardcover)

Although extremely rigorous in definitions and concepts, definitely not the type of text book I would recommend for a MBA introductory accounting class. Steer clear.
The structure is confusing, and the way it has been presented made it even more confusing. Only positive note are the problems at the end of each chapter, which are challenging enough and offer a good preparation even for the toughest tests.
Previously, I had another intro accounting class in which Horngren/Harrison Financial Accounting Managerial was used. I have found this latter text book much clearer, to the point, concise.

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Comment on Introduction to Accounting: An Integrated Approach by never7447

never7447 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:23:48 +0000

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Horrible., February 19, 2011

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This review is from: Introduction to Accounting: An Integrated Approach (Hardcover)

This book is horrible. Material is difficult and doesn't feel like an "intro" to accounting. Not even a month into the semester, there have already been 3 errors found in the book. Errors on something like spelling or grammar wouldn't be as bad, but these errors are on numbers where you have to make math calculations, which is unacceptable. If you have to pay over $200 for this book, then there can't be errors like this.

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