Master the business modeling and analysis techniques that help you transform data into bottom-line results. For more than a decade, Wayne Winston has been teaching corporate clients and MBA students the most effective ways to use Excel to solve business problems and make better decisions. Now this award-winning educator shares the best of his expertise in this hands-on, scenario-focused guide--fully updated for Excel 2010!

Use Excel to solve real business problems--and sharpen your edge!

• Model investment risks and returns
• Analyze your sales team's effectiveness
• Create best, worst, and most-likely case scenarios
• Compare lease vs. buy, and calculate loan terms
• See how price, advertising, and seasonality affect sales
• Manage inventory with precision
• Quantify the value of customer loyalty
• Calculate your break-even number and ROI
• Maximize scheduling efficiency
• Express "home-field advantage" in real numbers
• Project company growth, predict election results, and more!
• Plus--introduce yourself to PowerPivot for Excel

• Downloadable eBook
• Hundreds of scenario-based practice problems
• All the book's sample files--plus customizable templates