Publication |
New Jersey, Career Press, 2009.
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Description |
286pCream and Brown Spine
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Summary/Abstract |
Financial Statements is a perfect introduction to financial accounting for non-financial managers, stock-market investors, undergraduate business and MBA students, lawyers, lenders, entrepreneurs, and more. It shows that all this accounting and financial-reporting stuff is not rocket science and that you can understand it. Ittelson empowers non-financial managers by clearly and simply demonstrating how the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement work together to offer a snapshot of any company's financial health.
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Contents |
Introduction
Section A. Financial statements: structure and vocabulary
1. Twelve basic principles
2. The balance sheet
3. The income statement
4. Cash flow statement
5. Connections
Section B. Transactions: exploits of AppleSeed Enterprises, Inc.
6. Startup financing and staffing
7. Staffing and equipping facility: planning for manufacturing startup
8. Startup of manufacturing operations
9. Marketing and selling
10. Administrative tasks
11. Growth, profit and return
Section C. Financial statements: construction and analysis
12. Keeping track with Ledgers and journals
13. Ratio analysis
14. Alternative acocunting policies
15. Cooking the books
Section D: Business expansion: strategy, risk and capital
16. Mission, vision, goal, strategies, actions and tactics
17. Risk and uncertainity
18. Making decisions about appleseed's future
19. Sources and costs of capital
Section E: Making good capital investment decisions
20. Time value of money
21. Net present value (NPV)
22. Making good capital investment decisions
Summary and conclusion
App A: Short history of business fraud and speculative bubbles
App B: Nominal dollars vs. Real dollars
Index
Conclusion.
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Standard Number |
9781601630230 Pb.
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