Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball and Excel

Praise for
Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball(r) and Excel(r)
"Professor Charnes's book drives clarity into applied Monte Carloanalysis using examples and tools relevant to real-world finance.The book will prove useful for analysts of all levels and as asupplement to academic courses in multiple disciplines."
-Mark Odermann, Senior Financial Analyst, Microsoft
"Think you really know financial modeling? This is a must-have forpower Excel users. Professor Charnes shows how to make morerealistic models that result in fewer surprises. Every analystneeds this credibility booster."
-James Franklin, CEO, Decisioneering, Inc.
"This book packs a first-year MBA's worth of financial and businessmodeling education into a few dozen easy-to-understand examples.Crystal Ball software does the housekeeping, so readers canconcentrate on the business decision. A careful reader who worksthe examples on a computer will master the best general-purposetechnology available for working with uncertainty."
-Aaron Brown, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, author of ThePoker Face of Wall Street
"Using Crystal Ball and Excel, John Charnes takes you step by step,demonstrating a conceptual framework that turns static Excel dataand financial models into true risk models. I am astonished by theclarity of the text and the hands-on, step-by-step examples usingCrystal Ball and Excel; Professor Charnes is a masterful teacher,and this is an absolute gem of a book for the new generation ofanalyst."
-Brian Watt, Chief Operating Officer, GECC, Inc.
"Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball and Excel is a comprehensive,well-written guide to one of the most useful analysis toolsavailable to professional risk managers and quantitative analysts.This is a must-have book for anyone using Crystal Ball, and anyonewanting an overview of basic risk management concepts."
-Paul Dietz, Manager, Quantitative Analysis, Westar Energy
"John Charnes presents an insightful exploration of techniques foranalysis and understanding of risk and uncertainty in businesscases. By application of real options theory and Monte Carlosimulation to planning, doors are opened to analysis of what usedto be impossible, such as modeling the value today of futureproject choices."
-Bruce Wallace, Nortel