The Manager's Guide to Financial Statement Analysis
2nd Edition
Published on 14. February 2001
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-471-40274-9 (ISBN)
Description
Praise for The Manager's Guide to Financial StatementAnalysis
"The Manager's Guide to Financial Statement Analysis opens the doorfor both financial and nonfinancial managers to develop a frameworkfor understanding a company's true financial performance. TheManager's Guide goes the extra step by providing the reader withthe skills necessary to communicate the impact of a firm'sfinancial measures in a nontraditional, easy-to-understand manner.It is this combination of understanding and effective communicationthat allows the manager to then improve a firm through the use offinancial information."-Christopher D. Flick, Investment Manager,The Vanguard Group
"The Manager's Guide to Financial Statement Analysis has helped mein both my personal (investing) and professional (management)lives. The authors unravel the complexities of financial statementsso that the information they contain can be easily digested andexploited. There is no more hiding a company's strategy behind aset of financial statements. I keep this book close athand!"-Steven I. Glusman, Chief Engineer, Comanche HelicopterProgram, Boeing Rotorcraft Program Management Center
"A valuable framework for communicating firm results and aligningmanagers around common goals. The methodology links the informationcontained in a company's financial statements with its externalmarket performance in a format that is easily understandable by thedifferent functional managers of any company."-Scott Teeter, TheLTC Group
"The Manager's Guide to Financial Statement Analysis opens the doorfor both financial and nonfinancial managers to develop a frameworkfor understanding a company's true financial performance. TheManager's Guide goes the extra step by providing the reader withthe skills necessary to communicate the impact of a firm'sfinancial measures in a nontraditional, easy-to-understand manner.It is this combination of understanding and effective communicationthat allows the manager to then improve a firm through the use offinancial information."-Christopher D. Flick, Investment Manager,The Vanguard Group
"The Manager's Guide to Financial Statement Analysis has helped mein both my personal (investing) and professional (management)lives. The authors unravel the complexities of financial statementsso that the information they contain can be easily digested andexploited. There is no more hiding a company's strategy behind aset of financial statements. I keep this book close athand!"-Steven I. Glusman, Chief Engineer, Comanche HelicopterProgram, Boeing Rotorcraft Program Management Center
"A valuable framework for communicating firm results and aligningmanagers around common goals. The methodology links the informationcontained in a company's financial statements with its externalmarket performance in a format that is easily understandable by thedifferent functional managers of any company."-Scott Teeter, TheLTC Group
Reviews / Votes
"...its great strength is that it simplifies the crucial determinants of company performance without drowning the reader in accounting jargon." (Company Accountant, April 2002)More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-40274-9 (9780471402749)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Stephen F. Jablonsky | Noah P. Barsky
The Manager's Guide to Financial Statement Analysis
Book
03/1998
Wiley
€66.79
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Persons
STEPHEN F. JABLONSKY, PhD, CPA, is the senior member of TheManagement Communications Group and a faculty member at Penn StateUniversity. He helps managers see how they can develop a betterunderstanding of their businesses through financial information. Hehas written numerous articles and monographs for variouspublications, and holds a BS, an MAS, and a PhD in accountancy fromthe University of Illinois. This is his fifth book.
NOAH P. BARSKY, PhD, CPA, CMA, is a faculty member in the Collegeof Commerce & Finance at Villanova University. His research andteaching focus on how corporations use performance measurementsystems to integrate strategy, control, and accountability. Mr.Barsky has published articles in various academic and professionaljournals. He received his BS and MS from Penn State University andhis PhD from the University of Connecticut.
NOAH P. BARSKY, PhD, CPA, CMA, is a faculty member in the Collegeof Commerce & Finance at Villanova University. His research andteaching focus on how corporations use performance measurementsystems to integrate strategy, control, and accountability. Mr.Barsky has published articles in various academic and professionaljournals. He received his BS and MS from Penn State University andhis PhD from the University of Connecticut.
Content
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY.
Financial Statements and Business Strategy.
Strategic Profit Model: Margin Management.
Strategic Profit Model: Asset Management.
Strategic Profit Model: Return on Assets.
Strategic Profit Model: Financial Management.
Strategic Profit Model: Comprehensive Management.
Strategic Financing Model: Long-Term Investment andFinancing.
Strategic Financing Model: Financing the Business.
MARKET VALUATION AND BUSINESS STRATEGY.
Market Valuation: Market Performance Measures.
Market Valuation: Long-Term Debt.
Market Valuation: Common Stock.
Market Valuation: Strategic Profit Model Revisited.
Appendices: Case Studies.
Introduction to Case Studies.
Appendix A: Dell Computer Corporation.
Appendix B: Pfizer, Inc.
Appendix C: Cisco Systems.
Index.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY.
Financial Statements and Business Strategy.
Strategic Profit Model: Margin Management.
Strategic Profit Model: Asset Management.
Strategic Profit Model: Return on Assets.
Strategic Profit Model: Financial Management.
Strategic Profit Model: Comprehensive Management.
Strategic Financing Model: Long-Term Investment andFinancing.
Strategic Financing Model: Financing the Business.
MARKET VALUATION AND BUSINESS STRATEGY.
Market Valuation: Market Performance Measures.
Market Valuation: Long-Term Debt.
Market Valuation: Common Stock.
Market Valuation: Strategic Profit Model Revisited.
Appendices: Case Studies.
Introduction to Case Studies.
Appendix A: Dell Computer Corporation.
Appendix B: Pfizer, Inc.
Appendix C: Cisco Systems.
Index.