The latest volume in the bestselling series In today's business environment, a knowledge of finance and skills in budgeting and financial planning are more important than ever before. Totally updated and revised, this highly anticipated Third Edition provides new information on five such key topics as interpreting financial statements; information technology in finance; planning capital expenditures; information technology and your firm; business valuation, and much more. Top experts in each field explain the basics of cost-volume analysis, forecasts, and budgets, and reveal how to create a winning business plan. Ideal reading for any manager or executive who needs a ''refresher course'' in finance.
Les Livingstone , PhD, MBA, CPA (West Palm Beach, FL), runs a national consulting firm which specializes in complex business research and expert testimony in large commercial lawsuits. He was chairman of the Division of Accounting and Law at Babson College.
Theodore Grossman (Wellesley, MA) is a senior member of the faculty of Babson College with an appointment in information technology and accounting.
Author(s): John Leslie Livingstone, Theodore Grossman
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 672
The Portable MBA Series......Page 3
Copyright......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Contents......Page 12
PART ONE UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS......Page 14
1 USING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS......Page 16
2 ANALYZING BUSINESS EARNINGS......Page 48
3 COST-VOLUMEPROFIT ANALYSIS......Page 115
4 ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING......Page 139
5 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND YOU......Page 162
6 FORECASTS AND BUDGETS......Page 186
7 MEASURING PRODUCTIVITY......Page 212
PART TWO PLANNING AND FORECASTING......Page 236
8 CHOOSING A BUSINESS FORM......Page 238
9 THE BUSINESS PLAN......Page 273
10 PLANNING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE......Page 304
11 TAXES AND BUSINESS DECISIONS......Page 327
12 GLOBAL FINANCE......Page 366
13 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF RISKS......Page 436
PART THREE MAKING KEY STRATEGIC DECISIONS......Page 470
14 GOING PUBLIC......Page 472
15 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS......Page 523
16 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE FIRM......Page 549
17 PROFITABLE GROWTH BY ACQUISITION......Page 574
18 BUSINESS VALUATION......Page 606
Glossary......Page 639
About the Authors......Page 656
Index......Page 662
