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Financial Literacy for Managers : Finance and Accounting for Better Decision-Making /

Lambert, Richard A.

Financial Literacy for Managers : Finance and Accounting for Better Decision-Making / Richard A. Lambert. - 1 online resource (172 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Your Company’s Financial Health: What Financial Statements Can Tell You -- Chapter 2 Impacting the Scorecard: How and When Actions and Events Affect the Numbers -- Chapter 3 Using the Income Statement: Revenues, Expenses, and Profits -- Chapter 4 Utilizing and Financing Your Assets: ROA, ROE, and Leverage -- Chapter 5 Using Cost Information: Know How Your Costs Behave -- Chapter 6 Evaluating Investment Opportunities: Discounted Cash Flow Analysis -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: More on the Cash Flow Statement: The Indirect Method -- Endnotes -- Index -- About the Author -- About Wharton School Press -- About The Wharton School

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The language of businessIn order to understand how your business is performing right now and to evaluate, assess, and devise new strategies to boost future performance, you need information. Financial statements are a critical source of the information you need.In direct and simple terms, Richard A. Lambert, Miller-Sherrerd Professor of Accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, demystifies financial statements and concepts and shows you how you can apply this information to make better business decisions for long-term profit. You will learn to use and interpret financial data; find out what we can learn from Pepsi, Krispy Kreme, General Motors, and other companies; learn how to evaluate investment strategies; and apply your financial know-how to develop a coherent business strategy.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781613630174

10.9783/9781613630174 doi


Financial statements-Standards.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General.

General Motors. Krispy Kreme. Pepsi. business strategy. cash flow analysis. financial statements. interpreting financial data. investment strategies. leverage. long-term profit. revenues.