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VBA Programming in Business Economics
This book about Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is fine-tuned for business applications. The reader is introduced to a variety of different VBA tools which will enable him or her to write small, useful business-related programs. VBA Programming in Business Economics is structured as a textbook where each chapter concludes with a number of exercises which can be used for individual training or as a base for computer-lab teaching. Besides covering the basic programming, the book also covers programming topics that are more business related, such as how to use the Excel Solver from within the VBA code, how to perform simulations, and how to construct user forms and make them work with the program. Learning to make useful programs requires more than just writing a number of if- and while statements. Therefore, the book also provides a chapter that illustrates how to design and structure a program. In all, this book is a hands-on-guide on VBA for graduate students in Business Economics.
332 pages, Paperback
First published July 2, 2010
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December 29, 2012
Unfortunately, this is not the first book published by "DJÖF" that I own. I am starting to think that the profession "Editor" does not exist in Denmark. Their books are published without any corrections, which is obvious (and sometimes it strikes you) as soon as you open them.
In my opinion Sanne Wöhlk wrote this book without consulting anybody. The language sometimes sounds like what I call "Danish English". Fortunately, she is better than other authors working with DJÖF. Anyhow, the book attemps to provide the reader with an overview of VBA in Excel. It does not provide extensive information about the code and the different applications, options, procedures, etc. in VBA. This is understandable, because the book is aimed at business and economics students; thus all potential readers should bear in mind that they will probably not learn much from it. What annoyed me most is that the exercises and the chapter contents don't mach very well. The chapters present new information, but so do the exercises. The only difference is that if you want to solve the exercises, you need to find the appropriate code yourself (possibly on the internet or in other books). Thus this book can't be used as a standalone sourse for those who want to learn VBA. Moreover, if you have a bad teacher/lecturer/professor, who does not provide you with enough information, you're alone. The book will not help you.
All in all, this book can only tell you what to search on the Internet. Chapter 4: Arrays. So let's google "Arrays" and learn something. Some of the exercises are good, but then you need to look somewhere for information how to solve them. Don't waste your money.
In my opinion Sanne Wöhlk wrote this book without consulting anybody. The language sometimes sounds like what I call "Danish English". Fortunately, she is better than other authors working with DJÖF. Anyhow, the book attemps to provide the reader with an overview of VBA in Excel. It does not provide extensive information about the code and the different applications, options, procedures, etc. in VBA. This is understandable, because the book is aimed at business and economics students; thus all potential readers should bear in mind that they will probably not learn much from it. What annoyed me most is that the exercises and the chapter contents don't mach very well. The chapters present new information, but so do the exercises. The only difference is that if you want to solve the exercises, you need to find the appropriate code yourself (possibly on the internet or in other books). Thus this book can't be used as a standalone sourse for those who want to learn VBA. Moreover, if you have a bad teacher/lecturer/professor, who does not provide you with enough information, you're alone. The book will not help you.
All in all, this book can only tell you what to search on the Internet. Chapter 4: Arrays. So let's google "Arrays" and learn something. Some of the exercises are good, but then you need to look somewhere for information how to solve them. Don't waste your money.
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