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Author Bing, Gordon.

Title Due diligence : planning, questions, issues / Gordon Bing
Published Westport, CT : Praeger, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 204 pages)
Contents Getting started: basic information -- Preliminary critical information -- Key early issues and alarms -- Ownership and capital structure -- Directors and governance -- Management -- Products and services -- R & D and technology -- Markets and customers -- Competition -- Marketing, selling and distribution -- Pricing -- Advertising -- Public and investor relations -- Manufacturing -- Purchasing and outsourcing -- Human resources and employees -- Union issues -- Employee compensation and benefits -- Retirement plans, 401Ks, and ESOPs -- Culture of the business -- Legal and regulatory issues -- Government business, lobbying, and politics -- Information systems -- Internet -- Budgets -- Planning -- Insurance and bonding -- Environment and safety issues -- Debt, banks, and financial institutions -- Investments, hedging, and derivatives -- Cash and cash management -- Accounting: general questions -- Accounting policies -- Accounts and notes receivable -- Taxes -- Inventory -- Fixed and other assets -- Liabilities -- Cost of sales and gross profit -- Selling and general and administrative expenses [SG & A] -- Income recognition and backlog -- Intra-company transactions -- Real estate -- Investment questions and issues -- Off-balance sheet items -- Assets and liabilities excluded -- Financial ratios and trends -- Warning signs -- Outrageous improprieties
Summary This book will save business buyers and investors time and money by presenting practical and comprehensive information on how to plan, organize, and conduct a due-diligence business investigation
Notes Updates: Due diligence techniques and analysis. 1996
Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Business enterprises -- Purchasing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Sale of business enterprises -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Investment analysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Disclosure of information -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Mergers & Acquisitions.
Business enterprises -- Purchasing
Disclosure of information
Investment analysis
Sale of business enterprises
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Bing, Gordon. Due diligence techniques and analysis
ISBN 9780313345418
0313345414
9780313345401
0313345406