Students frequently experience difficulty in identifying the appropriate time value of money (TVM) technique to apply to a TVM problem. This paper offers a modification of a recently published TVM technique developed by Jalbert (2002) in order to help students understand and solve TVM problems....

Developing pro-forma financial statements and associated financial analysis is an important undertaking for new and existing business alike. This paper reports user experiences with a spreadsheet-based method for developing pro-forma financial statements as developed in Jalbert (2017). The paper...

Forecasting financial statements and completing comprehensive financial analysis constitutes a considerable challenge for entrepreneurs. Students in various entrepreneurship, finance and accounting courses also face this challenge. This paper presents a spreadsheet template that assists...

Spanish abstract: La creación de estados financieros proforma presenta un reto para los emprendedores que no cuentan con una amplia formación en finanzas y contabilidad. Este documento es el tercero de una serie que proporciona herramientas para ayudar a los(as) gerentes y emprendedores(as) a...

Spanish abstract: El pronóstico de los estados financieros y la realización de un análisis financiero comprensivo constituye un desafío considerable para los emprendedores o pequeñas empresas. Los estudiantes de diversos cursos de emprendimiento, finanzas y contabilidad también enfrentan...

The creation of pro-forma financial statements presents a challenge for entrepreneurs without extensive training in finance and accounting. This paper is the third in a series that provides tools to assist managers with creating these estimates. The approach requires users to estimate only...

Students frequently experience difficulty in identifying the appropriate time value of money (TVM) technique to apply to a problem. This paper surveys the TVM presentation in seven popular introductory finance textbooks. A new presentation technique is then developed. The presentation technique...