UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS; Understanding and Analyzing Financial Statements; Cost-Profit-Volume Analysis; Activity-Based Costing; Using the Computer in Finance and Accounting; Budgetary Control Analysis: Techniques for Measuring Productivity; PLANNING AND FORECASTING; Choosing a Business Form: To Incorporate or Not to Incorporate; The Business Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide; Forecasts and Budgets; Managing Long-Term Investments: Financial Structure, Cost of Capital, and Capital Budgeting; Taxes and Business Decisions; The Impact of Globalization on Management and Financial Reporting; MAKING KEY STRATEGIC DECISIONS; Going Public; Mergers and Acquisitions: Strategies for Growth; Corporate Governance: The Board of Directors; Bankruptcy; Chapter Notes; Index.
