Understanding finance : expert solutions to everyday challenges.

Material type: TextTextSeries: Pocket mentor seriesPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Pub., c2007Description: xi, 94 p. : illustrationsISBN: 9781422118832 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1422118835Subject(s): FinanceDDC classification: 658.15 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Understanding financial statements -- Accounting methods -- The income statement -- The balance sheet -- The cash flow statement -- Using financial statements to measure financial health -- The budget process -- Preparing a budget -- Articulating your assumptions -- Quantifying your assumptions -- What is cost/benefit analysis? -- Net return and payback period -- Net present value and internal rate of return -- Breakeven analysis -- Sensitivity analysis -- Estimating unquantifiable benefits and costs -- Tracking performance.
Summary: Explains the essential concepts of finance--budgeting, forecasting, and planning--to managers who are not financial managers. "Understanding Finance" contains relevant information on how to: understand what the three basic financial statements and ratio analysis tell about a company's financial health; develop and track a budget; and assess an investment opportunity.
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Understanding financial statements --
Accounting methods --
The income statement --
The balance sheet --
The cash flow statement --
Using financial statements to measure financial health --
The budget process --
Preparing a budget --
Articulating your assumptions --
Quantifying your assumptions --
What is cost/benefit analysis? --
Net return and payback period --
Net present value and internal rate of return --
Breakeven analysis --
Sensitivity analysis --
Estimating unquantifiable benefits and costs --
Tracking performance.

Explains the essential concepts of finance--budgeting, forecasting, and planning--to managers who are not financial managers. "Understanding Finance" contains relevant information on how to: understand what the three basic financial statements and ratio analysis tell about a company's financial health; develop and track a budget; and assess an investment opportunity.

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