HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers (HBR Guide Series)

Name: HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers (HBR Guide Series)
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ISBN: 9781422187302

ISBN-10: 1422187306

ISBN-13: 9781422187302

Edition: 2012

Authors: Harvard Business Review

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List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date: 10/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




Finance Basics Don't Be Afraid


Finance Quiz: Do you know the basics?


The Key Financial Statements: Learn your way around a balance sheet, an income statement, and a cash flow statement.


The Fundamental Laws of Business: Get a grip on any company, regardless of size or location.




Making Good Decisions and Moving those Numbers


Using Statements to Measure Financial Health: Interpret what the numbers mean through ratio analysis.


Grow Your Profits by Streamlining Your Business: Three ways to simplify for profitability



Working Your Assets to Boost Your Growth: Focus your supply chain on customers' needs-and increase your return on invested capital.



Profit ≠ Cash (and You Need Both): Here's why it's critical to understand the difference-especially for a growing company.



Why Cash Matters: It helps you see what's going on now, where the business is headed, and what senior management's priorities are likely to be.



Your Balance Sheet Levers: Closely manage days sales outstanding and inventory-and have more cash at your disposal.



What's Your Working Capital Model? A Case Study: Lessons learned from Dow Jones, a business that transformed itself without going hat-in-hand to investors



Learn to Speak the Language of ROI: Get your ideas and projects funded even when money is tight.



Practical Tools for Management Decisions: How to analyze costs and benefits, estimate ROI, calculate how quickly you'll recoup an investment, and more



The Limits of Financial Data


What the Financial Statements Don't Tell You: Keep a sharp eye on nonfinancial data, too-and avoid the missteps of Merrill Lynch and BP.



The Five Traps of Performance Measurement: What they are-and how to steer clear of them



Finance Quiz: How much have you learned?


Glossary


Index