Accounting for Non-accountants: A Manual for Managers and Students

By Graham Mott
Kogan Page Ltd; 6th edition (June 3, 2005) | ISBN-10: 0749444169 | ISBN-13: 978-0749444167 | 352 Pages


Book Description
This fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling manual provides the perfect introduction to the basics of accounting and business finance. It takes the reader through accounting and financial techniques, concepts and terms in an easy-to-follow, approachable style. Up to date with the latest changes in taxation law, it introduces concepts in a way intended to aid non-financial students as well as managers from organizations of all sizes. The book is organized into three main sections: Annual accounts, Management accounting and Financial management. Throughout the book there are suggestions for further reading and questions to test the reader's understanding of each chapter. "Accounting for Non-Accountants" is already widely used as an introductory text for business and management students on a variety of courses, and it remains essential reading for anyone wishing to truly understand accounting principles and practice.


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Accounting for Non-Accountants, 2E: The Fast and Easy Way to Learn the Basics

By Wayne Label
Sourcebooks, Inc.; 2 edition (January 1, 2010) | ISBN-10: 1402222637 | ISBN-13: 978-1402222634 | 240 Pages




Book Description
A Quick, Compact, and Easy-to Understand Resource for Non-Accountants
Accounting for Non-Accountants is the must-have guide for all of us who have never taken an accounting class, are mystified by accounting jargon, and have no clue about balance sheets, income statements, or statements of cash flows.
Whether you own a business, plan on starting one, or just want to control your own assets, you'll find everything you need to know:
How to prepare and use financial statements
How to manage budgets
How to deal with audits and auditors
How to control cash flows
How to use accounting ratios to interpret financial statements
For entrepreneurs or anyone who needs to rush up on accounting fast, this book will have you up and running in no time.
"A definite must-have for any business owner!"
—Julie A. Aydlott, CFE, author of The Quick Guide to Small Business Budgeting
"A good choice for anyone who is finding accounting difficult to understand."
—Dr. Richard A. Samuelson, emeritus professor of accounting, San Diego State University

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Financial Accounting: Reporting and Analysis

By Earl K. Stice, James Stice, Michael Diamond
South-Western College Pub; 6 edition (December 28, 2001) | ISBN-10: 0324149999 | ISBN-13: 978-0324149999 | 864 Pages

Book Description
Financial Accounting 6e, is designed to prepare users to succeed as future business managers. The text demonstrates how financial statements are useful and interesting tools for diagnosing a company’s problems or strengths, and for making loan, investment, acquisition, employment, and political decisions. The sixth edition interweaves analytical principles with real examples and real data from well-known companies. This text takes a business-activities approach to link accounting to what a business really does – operating, investing and financing. The result provides students with the practical skills they need to understand complex business issues and make smart strategic decisions.



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Financial Management: Principles and Applications (10th Edition)

By Arthur J. Keown, John H. Martin, John W. Petty, David F. Scott
Prentice Hall; 10 edition (April 1, 2004) | ISBN-10: 0131450654 | ISBN-13: 978-0131450653 | 880 Pages

Book Description
With its exciting introduction of the Harley-Davidson focus company theme, this book continues to provide a solid, enduring foundation of the tools of modern theory while at the same time developing the logic behind their use. The “10 Principles of Finance” (formerly “Axioms” ) provide the framework, or “the big picture” of finance, which ties the major concepts of the book together. A six-part organization covers the scope and environment of financial management, valuation of financial assets, investment in long-term assets, capital structure and dividend policy, working-capital management, and special topics in finance, and special topics in finance. For an enduring understanding of the basic tools and fundamental principles upon which finance is based.
From the Back Cover
With its exciting introduction of the Harley-Davidson focus company theme, this book continues to provide a solid, enduring foundation of the tools of modern theory while at the same time developing the logic behind their use. The “10 Principles of Finance” provide the framework, or “the big picture” of finance, which ties the major concepts of the book together. Chapter topics include financial statements, taxes, and cash flows; evaluating a firm's financial performance; financial forecasting; time value of money; risk and rates of return; bond valuation; stock valuation; capital budgeting decision criteria; cash flows and other topics in capital budgeting; capital budgeting and risk analysis; cost of capital; managing for shareholder value; raising capital in the financial markets; analysis and impact of leverage; planning the firm's financial mix; dividend policy and internal financing; working-capital management and short-term financing; cash and marketable securities management; accounts receivable and inventory management; risk management; international finance; corporate restructuring: combinations and divestitures; and term loans and leases. For individuals seeking a lasting understanding of the fundamentals of finance. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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Essentials of Managerial Finance (with Thomson ONE - Business School Edition

By Scott Besley, Eugene F. Brigham
South-Western College Pub; 14 edition (May 24, 2007) | ISBN-10: 0324422709 | ISBN-13: 978-0324422702 | 864 Pages

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Book Description
Trust the book that has already helped hundreds of thousands of students like you understand the importance of managerial finance theory and the practical impact these principles have on business today. This leading ESSENTIALS OF MANAGERIAL FINANCE, 14e offers a well-written, understandable, complete introduction that equips you with the basic financial management tools you need for business success. This edition's 18 chapters cover all the topics you need, including accounting statements, security markets, interest rates, taxes, risk analysis, time value of money, and the basics of security valuation. As practical as it is thorough, this edition's clear, concise, proven presentation style blends theory with a practical application of what you've learned. Actual industry examples show how financial principles operate within businesses throughout the world. This edition highlights topics of growing importance in business today, such as multinational finance and resolving ethical dilemma. An emphasis on Excel and the use of financial calculators prepares you to effectively use these important financial tools. Chapter openers, self-tests throughout each chapter, and useful chapter summaries ensure you understand and can connect financial management to today's business world. Thomson ONE: Business School Edition, packaged free with each new text, gives you access to the same research tools that finance professionals use everyday. You can further maximize your study time and efficiently complete assignments with this edition's innovative new CengageNOW online learning system that helps you focus on the areas of managerial finance you still need to master with multimedia tools and tutorials that prepare you for success.
About the Author
Scott Besley is associate professor and department chair at the University of South Florida, where he has taught since 1982. Dr. Besley received his Ph.D. from the Florida State University in 1984, with a major in finance and a minor in accounting. Dr. Besley served as president of the Southern Finance Association (2002), where he also served as the VP of Program (2001) and VP of Arrangements (1995). He is active in the Financial Management Association (Budget Committee and Program Committee Member, since 1985) and the Eastern Finance Association (Committee Member). Dr. Besley is also active in several local organizations, serving on the boards of the USF Federal Credit Union (treasurer), Academy of Finance of Hillsborough County Schools (chair), and the CFA Tampa Bay (education liaison) and as a member of the Investment Oversight Committee for the Pinellas County School Board.
Dr. Eugene F. Brigham is Graduate Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1971. Dr. Brigham received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining the University of Florida, Dr. Brigham held teaching positions at the University of Connecticut, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Brigham has served as president of the Financial Management Association and has written more than the 40 journal articles on the cost of capital, capital structure, and other aspects of financial management. The ten textbooks on managerial finance and managerial economics that he authored or co-authored are used at more than 1,000 universities in the United States, and have been translated into 11 languages worldwide. He has testified as an expert witness in numerous electric, gas, and telephone rate cases at both federal and state levels. He has served as a consultant to many corporations and government agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the U.S. Office of Telecommunications Policy, and the RAND Corporation. Dr. Brigham continues to teach, consult, and complete research in addition to his text writing. He spends his spare time on the golf course, enjoying time with his family and dogs, and tackling outdoor adventure activities, such as biking through Alaska.


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Accounting for Managers

By John Glynn, Michael Murphy, Anne Abraham, John Perrin
Cengage Learning Business Press; 3 edition (May 1, 2003) | ISBN-10: 186152904X | ISBN-13: 978-1861529046 | 512 Pages

Book Description
Accounting for Managers is an established introductory survey text that is written to give students on executive or general MBA courses an overview of the role of accounting and finance in business, and is also suitable for undergraduates of business and management studies. The approach taken emphasises the conceptual underpinnings of the subject, and views it from the point of view of managersÆ need for information. Not least the book emphasises the increasing importance of general managers understanding the role played by their accounting and financial management colleagues. The book gives an appreciation of the three traditional subject divisions of financial accounting, management accounting and finance. The book is broad in scope and encompasses public sector as well as private sector organisations.
About the Author
John Glynn is Professor and Director of Canterbury Business School Kent.
Michael Murphy is a Lecturer in Accounting at the Canterbury Business School, Kent.
John Perrin is Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick, and was formerly Professor of Financial Control at the University of Lancaster, UK




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Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

By Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Wiley; 5 edition (October 24, 2008) | ISBN-10: 0470239808 | ISBN-13: 978-0470239803 | 848 Pages

Book Description
Financial Accounting, 5th Edition provides students with an understanding of fundamental concepts necessary to use accounting effectively. Starting with a “macro” view of accounting information, the authors present real financial statements. They establish how a financial statement communicates the financing, investing, and operating activities of a business to users of accounting information. Kimmel, Weygandt and Kieso motivate students by grounding the discussion in the real world, showing them the relevance of the topics covered to their future.
From the Publisher
This user-friendly book teaches readers fundamental accounting procedures with an emphasis on the relationship between the procedural detail and the fundamental accounting equation. It gives readers the conceptual and procedural accounting tools they need in order to make sound internal and external business decisions. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

By Tim Harford
Oxford University Press, USA (November 1, 2005) | ISBN-10: 0195189779 | ISBN-13: 978-0195189773 | 288 Pages

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Microeconomics Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide

By craig depken
McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 23, 2005) | ISBN-10: 0071459111 | ISBN-13: 978-0071459112 | 304 Pages | PDF/CHM

Book Description
There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects
Microeconomics Demystified features a clear and easy-to-understand presentation of the concepts and principles of microeconomics, with generous applications and examples. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.
From the Back Cover
The fast and easy way to learn microeconomics!
Now anyone can grasp the fundamentals of microeconomics--without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In Microeconomics Demystified, Economics professor Craig Depken provides an effective, illuminating, and entertaining way to learn this complex subject.
This self-teaching guide explains the concepts of microeconomics, including supply and demand, elasticities, consumer and producer surplus, the role of the firm, various market models, and more. The book combines an intuitive approach with “practical” mathematics, using easy-to-read graphs and simple arithmetic. Featuring end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam, this book will teach you the ins and outs of microeconomics in no time at all.
Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Microeconomics Demystified is your shortcut to a working knowledge of this important business topic.
This hands-on, self-teaching text offers:
An easy way to understand microeconomics
Hundreds of worked examples with solutions
A quiz at the end of each chapter to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses
A final exam at the end of the book
No unnecessary technical jargon

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Intermediate Financial Theory

By Jean-Pierre Danthine, John B. Donaldson
Prentice Hall; 1st edition (June 2001) | ISBN-10: 0130174467 | ISBN-13: 978-0130174468 | 324 Pages | PDF/CHM

Book Description
Review
"This is an excellent book that introduces financial asset pricing theory as a natural extension of microeconomic and general equilibrium theory. The exposition of classic and recent results is clear, thorough and accessible to any economist or graduate student who has a good grounding in microeconomic theory. Having mastered this material the reader is well equipped to tackle the many variations of asset pricing models in the literature."
--Frank Milne, Queen's University, Professor of Economics and Finance
"This book is ideally suited to students wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the basic concepts of financial economics beyond those presented in a typical MBA program without having to deal with unnecessary mathematical details. The exposition is superb and enriching of intuition. The book, written by two of the professions leading experts, is unique."
-- Rajnish Mehra, Professor of Finance, University of California, Santa Barbara --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Book Description
Completely updated edition of a popular and classic text in financial theory --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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