The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook: A Guide for Analysts, Bankers and Investors (Wiley Finance)

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The handbook of theory and practice in bank credit analysis and ratings, fully updated and revised
The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook, Second Edition explains the role and methodologies of bank credit analysts, giving both investors and practitioners an insider's perspective on how rating agencies assign all-important credit ratings to banks. Updated for today's environment of increased oversight and calls for transparency, it includes international case studies of bank credit analysis; suggestions and insights for understanding and complying with the Basel Accords; techniques for reviewing asset quality on both quantitative and qualitative bases; studies of the restructuring of distressed banks, bank rating types and symbologies; and more. Charts, graphs, and spreadsheet illustrations help tie together the issues discussed throughout the text.

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A good book for a first insight in banks' financial analysis.......2004-09-24

I bought this book 3 years ago, when I started by PhD. At that time I knew nothing about banks' financial statements analysis and the book consequently become as it says a "Guide", in my early steps in the topic. I still go back from time to time to re-read some issues. Thus, I would recommend the book to those interesting in getting a first insight into banks' financial analysis. They will find the first 14 chapters quite useful. Chapters 15-27 examine other issues, such as the environment, distressed banks in Asia, the rating industry among others. How useful the later can be highly depends on what the reader is looking for.

BEWARE.......2004-06-25

The content of the Bank Credit Analysis Handbook is actually quite good. However, it is glaringly apparent that NO ONE proofread the manuscript. There are errors on almost every other page: missing punctuation (incuding periods), the same phrase back-to-back, incorrect formulas, formulas described one way, and then shown in a way nowhere close to the description. I have an MBA, and have read my share of textbooks and manuals, and I have NEVER come across one as sloppily edited as this one.

The content of the book is good, but at $105 one would think someone would have proofread the manuscript before it was published.

A Creditable Analysis.......2001-10-29

Mr. Golin has written an easily readable and comprehensive guide to an obscure subject. He assumes only a general knowledge of finance and takes the user step-by-step through the analysis of a bank's financial statements, an approach that probably makes this book as useful to equity analysts as it should be to credit analysts of financial institutions. He has a rare perspective, that of an american lawyer (from Harvard Law School) who has grappled with investment analysis of corporations in south east Asia. As a result, many of the examples in the long section on distressed banks are drawn from the Asian economic crisis. Nevertheless the scope of the work is global. He deals with the continuing development of world-wide bank regulation and the role and function of rating agencies. Last, but not least, the appendices contain useful definitions and a good bibliography. For analysts of finanical institutions his book should be a 'strong buy'.

Balanced Sourcing: Cooperation and Competition in Supplier Relationships
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Slanted charts?

Excellent Primer to Supply Chain Managment

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An expert take on competition and cooperation

Balanced Sourcing: Cooperation and Competition in Supplier Relationships
Timothy M. Laseter
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There's too much work to be done. Your organization can't handle the load. That's when you begin to consider outsourcing some of your business functions. But how can you choose the right suppliers and ensure maximum results? In this book, Laseter--of the world-renowned consulting firm Booz?Allen & Hamilton--shows companies how to address that challenge through the dynamic pursuit of balanced sourcing.

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Laseter and Booz?Allen coined the term "balanced sourcing" to describe a model for ensuring competitive pricing from suppliers while simultaneously nurturing cooperative relationships. Drawing upon Booz?Allen's experiences with leading companies, Balanced Sourcing lays out the six organizational capabilities that make up the firm's field-tested strategy. Detailed case studies of four prominent corporations-Honda of America, Cisco Systems, SUPERVALU, and Florida Power & Light-show you the broad applicability of this model for companies in industries from manufacturing to services to high-tech.

"Too many 'best practice' guides present a one-size-fits-all solution, such as copying the so-called Japanese model of sole sourcing. In fact, the best Japanese companies do not treat all suppliers as sole-sourced partners and you should not either. Balanced Sourcing is full of practical tools and models that will help you think through appropriate strategies for each of your suppliers."-Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker, associate professor, industrial & operations engineering, and co-director, Japan Technology Management Program, University of Michigan

Get real-life lessons from around the world on: **Creating sourcing strategies **Building and sustaining supplier relationships **Leveraging supplier innovation?and much more! Make the most of your outsourcing with this one-of-a-kind best practices guide!

Customer Reviews:

Slanted charts?.......2000-03-08

Why are all the charts in this book slanted? Who edited this thing? Random.

Excellent Primer to Supply Chain Managment.......1999-06-10

Clearly laid out, well-written, and concise. Tim's model matched well with my experience, but afforded me an opportunity to organize my thinking on the subject. He should give lessons on writing for business.

A good introduction to new logistics concepts.......1999-05-20

Is a nice book, the concepts are very clear and easy to understand even if you are not and english speaking person. Is a good presentation of a sourcing model.

Great book ! Puts it all together in one place.......1998-12-12

Excellent reference on how to balance competition while still maintaining partnership status. Helps to explain how to take advantage of the entire scope of partnership relationships with suppliers while maintaining cost effectiveness.

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An expert take on competition and cooperation.......1998-10-30

The title refers to a "model for ensuring competitivepricing from suppliers while simultaneously nurturing cooperativerelationships." The author brings his experience from the consulting firm Booz*Allen & Hamilton, and presents detailed case studies from Honda of America, Cisco Systems, SUPERVALU, and Florida Power & Light. Copyright 1998 by Michael Pellecchia.

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This volume may serve as a text in a survey course, a seminar, or a clinical program. The materials are in sufficient detail to aid students who are searching for research topics and who are writing papers. It may also prove valuable to students in other disciplines, such as social welfare, psychology, and public health. And this text may also serve practitioners as it contains the relevant canon of Supreme Court cases and certain lower court cases.

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LOVED IT!!.......2005-06-24

I just finished reading this book! Let me tell you- IT'S A GREAT READ! This book is such a page turner and it goes by really quickly.
From the first chapter, to the last appendix, it's non-stop excitement! Go out and buy it. You'll love it.

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Expanded and updated, The CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety, Fifth Edition provides information on planning and building a facility, developing an organization infrastructure, planning for emergencies and contingencies, choosing the correct equipment, developing operational plans, and meeting regulatory requirements. Still the essential reference tool, the New Edition helps you organize your safety efforts to adhere to the latest regulations and use the newest technology. Thoroughly revised, the CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety, Fifth Edition includes new OSHA laboratory safety standards, the 1994 NRC radiation safety standards, guidelines for X-ray use in hospitals, enforcement of standards for dealing with blood-borne pathogens, OSHA actions covering hazardous waste operations and emergency response, and the latest CDC guidelines for research with microbial hazards. Every word on every page has been scrutinized, and literally hundreds of changes have been made to bring the material up to date. See what's new in the New Edition o New figures and tables illustrating the new material o Internet references in addition to journal articles o Changes in the Clean Air Act regarding incineration of hospital, medical, and infectious waste o Obsolete articles removed and replaced - over one hundred pages of new material o New information on respiratory protection guidelines

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The Safety Standard. Period........2004-07-03

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Love It! Fun reading, took me two years! .......2007-02-22

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I Hope You Boys Know What You're Doing
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HILARIOUS!!

Best for readers who want something light

Horrible!!!!

Entertaining all the way through

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I Hope You Boys Know What You're Doing
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HILARIOUS!!.......2002-07-16

If people don't think this book is one of the funniest they've ever read, they're dead. There are so many things in the book that I could relate to. Basically the stories are about this group of teenage friends and the stupid things they do as they're growing up. A lot of what they do is really immature (like building a sawed-off shotgun, racing to McDonald's for hotcakes, and driving golf balls at night into an abandoned factory), but I think I understand what the author was trying to do--I think he was trying to show how foolish and immature guys can be. God knows I had more than my share of boyfriends in high school and college who were like these guys. It was funny and really clever in places. I highly recommend it to anyone that needs a laugh.

Best for readers who want something light.......2002-07-16

I met the author earlier this summer in Missoula, and he told me about his books. I told him I wasn't interested in reading anything literary, that I just wanted somethng entertaining. Well, that's what this collection of stories is: breezy entertainment. None of the book is going to change your life, but there are a couple stories in there like "After the Wake" and the title story that make you think.

The previous reviewer clearly was expecting a more serious book. To be fair, I think her review was way over the top. To say that it's the worst book she's ever read shows pretty clearly that she hasn't read much (or bought many books that she reviews, for that matter), and to say that her second grade son writes better is ridiculous. The stories, like them or not, are clear, funny, and technically very well written. Orcutt definitely needs to work on developing character emotions in his work, but as someone who reads a lot of thrillers, I can say that he's not the only one missing emotion in his writing.

Again, this book of stories isn't going to change your life, but if you want something that's just pure escapism, buy it.

Horrible!!!!.......2002-06-13

A friend gave me this to read when I was preparing to leave her house on a long plane flight. She got the book from a friend of the author. I can say, without hesitation, that this has to be one of the worst books ever put into print. I read about 1/4 of it and would have rather jumped out of the plane at 35,000 feet than finished it. It is THAT bad. Who publishes this drivel?? If they made the decision that this was good enough to publish I would hate to see the books that they did not deem too be good enough!!!! Life is too short to waste reading this junk! I have a second grade son who writes with more depth and thoughtfulness.

Entertaining all the way through.......2002-02-14

I was introduced to the works of Mr. Orcutt by one of my students who found his first novel on Xlibris.com. I have to admit that I was initially quite skeptical because many of the works published by 'on-demand' publishers like Xlibris--especially the fiction--tend to be trite and poorly written.

Not so with Mr. Orcutt's work. His first novel, 'Nick Chase's Great Escape,' is a page-turner in the best sense of the term, and he has followed up in 'I Hope You Boys Know What You're Doing' with a marvelous set of short stories (and a few poems that are so-so) that follow the development of some hapless 'boys' from their pre-teen years into adulthood.

The central character, as well as most of the peripheral characters, are really anti-heroes, but I found myself rooting for them just the same. Both are fun, smoothly written reads. I hope to see more from him in the future.

A VERY SATISFYING ENCORE OFFERING.......2002-02-12

Having read both "I Hope You Boys Know What You're Doing" and Mr. Orcutt's first novel "Nick Chase's Great Escape," I can say without fear of contradiction that he has avoided the dreaded "sophomore jinx."

"I Hope You Boys Know What You're Doing" is a stellar offering of short and medium-length stories and a few short poems, which showcase Chris Orcutt's writing talents. A superb weaver of a good 'yarn', Orcutt's character and plot development are also very good, and the pages seem to fly by.

There's a little something in here for everyone, and it makes for a very enjoyable and satisfying read.

So...buy it and read it. You won't regret it.

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