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Table of Content
PREFACE
PART 1: FINANCIAL REPORTING OUTSIDE AND INSIDE A BUSINESS
CHAPTER 1-GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
CHAPTER 2-INTRODUCING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CHAPTER 3-REPORTING PROFIT TO MANAGERS
CHAPTER 4-INTERPRETING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PART 2: ASSETS AND SOURCES OF CAPITAL
CHAPTER 5-BUILDING A BALANCE SHEET
CHAPTER 6-BUSINESS CAPITAL SOURCES
CHAPTER 7-CAPITAL NEEDS OF GROWTH
PART 3: PROFIT AND CASH FLOW ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 8-BREAKING EVEN AND MAKING PROFIT
CHAPTER 9-SALES VOLUME CHANGES
CHAPTER 10-SALES PRICE AND COST CHANGES
CHAPTER 11-PRICE/VOLUME TRADE-OFFS
CHAPTER 12-COST/VOLUME TRADE-OFFS AND SURVIVAL ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 13-PROFIT GUSHES: CASH FLOW TRICKLES?
PART 4: CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 14-DETERMINING INVESTMENT RETURNS NEEDED
CHAPTER 15-DISCOUNTING INVESTMENT RETURNS EXPECTED
PART 5: END TOPICS
CHAPTER 16-SERVICE BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 17-MANAGEMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 18-MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTING
APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY FOR MANAGERS
APPENDIX B: TOPICAL GUIDE TO FIGURES
INDEX.
About the author
JOHN A. TRACY is Professor of Accounting, Emeritus at the Leeds
School of Business of the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has
served as a staff accountant at Ernst & Young and is the author
of the bestselling How to Read a Financial Report and Accounting
for Dummies, both available from Wiley.