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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465479103321

Autore

Epstein Lita

Titolo

The business owner's guide to reading and understanding financial statements [[electronic resource] ] : how to budget, forecast, and monitor cash flow for better decision making  / / Lita Epstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012

ISBN

1-118-23109-0

1-283-42529-7

9786613425294

1-118-22558-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

658.15/12

Soggetti

Cash flow

Decision making

Financial statements

Corporations - Finance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The Business Owner's Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Statements; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Using External Reports to Gauge Your Company's Health and Competitive Status; Chapter 1: The Key Financial Statements and Their Starring Role; Chapter 2: Balancing the Books: Your Assets and Liabilities; Chapter 3: Gauging Profitability; Chapter 4: Cash Is King; Part II: Using Internal Reporting to Manage Your Profits and Your Costs; Chapter 5: Why Budgeting Is Important; Chapter 6: Managing Inventory; Chapter 7: Monitoring Customer Collections

Chapter 8: Discounts and Special PricingChapter 9: Getting a Handle on Manufacturing Costs; Chapter 10: Reducing Bill Payouts; Conclusion: Using Financial Statements for Decision Making; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Financial statements hold the key to a company's fiscal health-so learn to read them! In order to gauge a company's health-as well as the



competition's-managers must know how to properly read and understand financial statements. The Business Owner's Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Statements will introduce managers and business owners to various types of financial statements and explain why they are important. Serving as a desktop reference, especially for managers without a strong background in finance, this book will discuss the difference between internal and ex