TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bails,Dale
AU  - Peppers,Larry C.
TI  - Business fluctuations: forecasting techniques and applications 
SN  - 0130933945
AV  - HB3711 .B325 1993
U1  - 338.5/442 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Business cycles
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Business forecasting
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Business forcasting; macroeconomic forces shaping the environment of the business sector; data collection and analysis; forecasting and forecast evaluation; simple linear regression; multiple regression models; advanced topics in regression analysis; time series models; advanced time series models; monitoring and revising forecasts; communicating the forecast to management management
N2  - This book is pragmatic in nature. Students must become well acquainted with the broad institutional environment surrounding the business sector, that forecasting skills are best developed and retained by repeated exposure to real (as opposed to contrived) forecasting models, and that techniques and applications must accurately reflect the process of forecasting as actually carried out in the business community. The book is accompanied by an Instructor's Manual
ER  -