Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is Professor of Business Administration at California State University, Long Beach. He received his M.B.A. (Business Economics) and Ph.D. (Operations Research) degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Shim, a management consultant, has published numerous articles in such journals as Financial Management, Econometrica, Decision Sciences, Management Science, Long Range Planning, OMEGA, and Journal of Operational Research Society. He has over 35 college and professional books to his credit, including Handbook of Financial Analysis, Forecasting and Modeling, The Vest Pocket CFO, and The Vest Pocket CPA. Dr. Shim is the recipient of the 1982 Credit Research Foundation award for his article on financial modeling.