Carole R. Engle

Aquaculture Economics and Financing (eBook, PDF)

Management and Analysis

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Produktbeschreibung

Aquaculture Economics and Financing

Aquaculture Economics and Financing: Management and Analysis provides a detailed and specific set of guidelines for using economic and financial analysis in aquaculture production. By discussing key issues, such as how to finance and plan new aquaculture business; how to monitor and evaluate economic performance; and how to manage capital, labor, and business risk; the book equips aquaculture professionals, researchers, and students with important information applicable to a wide range of business decisions.

Chapters address each stage of developing an aquaculture business, including financing, marketing, and developing a business plan to manage cash flows and analyze financial statements. Each chapter includes a detailed example of practical application taken from every-day experience. Written in straightforward terminology facilitating ready application, Aquaculture Economics and Financing: Management and Analysis is an essential tool for analyzing and improving financial performance of aquaculture operations.

Key Features:

• Provides a practical and comprehensive understanding of aquaculture economics and financing
• Discusses key issues in business plan development; marketing; monitoring financial performance; and managing cash flow, assets, and business risk
• Features examples of practical application in each chapter
• Includes an annotated bibliography and webliography detailing key resources and software products available for economic and financial analyses

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780813814285
• Artikelnr.: 41348257

Autorenporträt

Carole R. Engle, Ph.D. is Professor, Director of the Aquaculture/Fisheries Center, and Chairperson of the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. She has more than 30 years of experience in the analysis of economics and marketing issues related to aquaculture. She has worked in 20 different countries in all major world regions. She continues to teach an undergraduate and a graduate course in Aquaculture Economics in addition to research and extension responsibilities in the same area. She is past-President of the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management and of the U.S. Aquaculture Society, a Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society; recipient of the Researcher of the Year Award from the Catfish Farmers of America and service award from the Catfish Farmers of Arkansas; and two-time recipient of the Joseph P. McCraren Award from the National Aquaculture Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
I Managing Aquaculture Businesses 1
1 Starting an Aquaculture Business 3
2 Marketing Aquaculture Products 13
3 Developing a Business Plan for Aquaculture 23
4 Monitoring Economic and Financial Performance of Aquaculture Businesses
41
5 Financing an Aquaculture Business 57
6 Managing Cash Flow 67
7 Managing Capital Assets in Aquaculture Businesses 81
8 Managing Risk in Aquaculture Businesses 93
9 Managing Labor 105
II Economic and Financial Analysis of Aquaculture Businesses 115
10 The Enterprise Budget and Partial Budgeting in Aquaculture 117
11 Financial Statements: Balance Sheet and Income Statement in Aquaculture
131
12 Cash Flow Analyses in Aquaculture 143
13 Investment Analysis (Capital Budgeting) in Aquaculture 159
14 Lending in Aquaculture 173
III Research Techniques to Analyze Farm-Level Decision-Making 183
15 Use and Misuse of Enterprise and Partial Budgets 185
16 Risk Analysis in Production Aquaculture Research 197
17 Whole-Farm Modeling of Aquaculture 207
18 Managing Government Policies and Regulation in Aquaculture Businesses
219
Bibliography 231
Webliography 235
Glossary 241
Index 255