Due diligence
Subtitle: planning, questions, issues
By: Gordon Bing
Contributors: Bing, Gordon.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780313345401
Subjects: Business enterprises -- Purchasing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Sale of business enterprises -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Investment analysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Disclosure of information -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Updates: Due diligence techniques and analysis. 1996

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Getting started: basic information; title: Preliminary critical information; title: Key early issues and alarms; title: Ownership and capital structure; title: Directors and governance; title: Management; title: Products and services; title: R&D and technology; title: Markets and customers; title: Competition; title: Marketing, selling and distribution; title: Pricing; title: Advertising; title: Public and investor relations; title: Manufacturing; title: Purchasing and outsourcing; title: Human resources and employees; title: Union issues; title: Employee compensation and benefits; title: Retirement plans, 401Ks, and ESOPs; title: Culture of the business; title: Legal and regulatory issues; title: Government business, lobbying, and politics; title: Information systems; title: Internet; title: Budgets; title: Planning; title: Insurance and bonding; title: Environment and safety issues; title: Debt, banks, and financial institutions; title: Investments, hedging, and derivatives; title: Cash and cash management; title: Accounting: general questions; title: Accounting policies; title: Accounts and notes receivable; title: Taxes; title: Inventory; title: Fixed and other assets; title: Liabilities; title: Cost of sales and gross profit; title: Selling and general and administrative expenses [SG&A]; title: Income recognition and backlog; title: Intra-company transactions; title: Real estate; title: Investment questions and issues; title: Off-balance sheet items; title: Assets and liabilities excluded; title: Financial ratios and trends; title: Warning signs; title: Outrageous improprieties