Finance for Managers

Name: Finance for Managers
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ISBN: 9781578518760

ISBN-10: 1578518768

ISBN-13: 9781578518760

Edition: 2003

Authors: Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Staff

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Description:

This handbook offers financial advice for business managers. It seeks to provide the fundamentals of financial literacy, covering: reading balance sheets; net present value; return on investment; breakeven analysis; the budgeting process; financial planning and forecasting; and more.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date: 1/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.17" wide x 8.93" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction



Financial Statements: The Elements of Managerial Finance


Why Financial Statements?


The Balance Sheet


The Income Statement


The Cash Flow Statement


Where to Find It


Summing Up



Finding Meaning in Financial Statements: A Look behind the Numbers


Ratio Analysis


Percentage-Format Financial Statements


From Financial Measures to a Balanced Scorecard


Summing Up



Important Accounting Concepts: The Rules That Shape Financial Statements


Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


Accrual versus Cash Accounting


Accounting for Inventory


Depreciation


Accounting for Leases


Historic Cost and Its Implications


Cost Accounting


Summing Up



Taxes: Important Details You Should Know


Taxes and the Legal Form of the Business


Progressive Tax Rates


Marginal Tax Rate


Credits versus Deductions


Tax Loss Carryback and Carryforward


Summing Up



Financing Operations and Growth: Funding the Different Stages of Growth


Start-Up Financing


Financing Growth


Other Forms of External Financing


The Matching of Assets and Financing


A Life-Cycle View of Financing


Summing Up



Money and Capital Markets: Another Option for Funding Growth


Money Markets


Capital Markets


Capital Market Securities


Summing Up



Budgeting: Forecasting Your Company's Financial Future


What Is Budgeting?


Budget Functions


Types of Budgets


The Master Budget


The Human Side of Budgeting


Summing Up



Practical Tools for Management Decisions: Making the Numbers Work for You


Cost/Benefit Analysis


Accounting Return on Investment


Payback Period


Breakeven Analysis


Estimating Nonquantifiable Benefits and Costs


Tracking Performance


Summing Up



The Time Value of Money: Calculating the Real Value of Your Investment


What Is Time Value?


Net Present Value


Internal Rate of Return


Sensitivity Analysis


Economic Value Added


Summing Up



Valuation Concepts: Evaluating Opportunity


Asset-Based Valuations


Earnings-Based Valuation


Discounted Cash Flow Method


Summing Up



Activity-Based Budgeting


Notes


Glossary


For Further Reading


Index


About the Subject Adviser


About the Writer