Présentation de l'éditeur
For years, the Portable MBA series has tracked the core curricula of leading business schools to teach you the fundamentals you need to know about business-without the extreme costs of earning an MBA degree. The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting covers all the core methods and techniques you would learn in business school, using real-life examples to deliver clear, practical guidance on finance and accounting. The new edition also includes free downloadable spreadsheets and web resources.
If you’re in charge of making decisions at your own or someone else’s business, you need the best information and insight on modern finance and accounting practice. This reliable, information-packed resource shows you how to understand the numbers, plan and forecast for the future, and make key strategic decisions. Plus, this new edition covers the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley, applying ethical accounting standards, and offers career advice.
• Completely updated with new examples, new topics, and full coverage of topical issues in finance and accounting—fifty percent new material
• The most comprehensive and authoritative book in its category
• Teaches you virtually everything you'd learn about finance and accounting in today's best business schools
Whether you’re thinking of starting your own business or you already have and just need to brush up on finance and accounting basics, this is the only guide you need.
Book Description
Covers all the essentials from break-even analysis to taking your company public . . . Full of up-to-date financial and managerial information.––Entrepreneur Magazine
This book is for every manager and business professional who wants to know what the numbers mean and how finance and accounting can be used to help manage business. No prior background in finance and accounting is required. Each chapter takes readers into the classrooms at the nation's top business schools and provides a state-of-the-art overview of all key topics, including budgeting, financial statements, break-even analysis, and evaluating an acquisitions target.
New chapters cover computer technology, valuing a business, and financial risk First Edition a Main Selection of Book of the Month Club's Fortune Book Club AUTHORBIO: JOHN LESLIE LIVINGSTONE (Palm Beach, Florida) was a senior partner at Coopers & Lybrand and is a principle with the MAC group. He has taught at Georgia Institute of Technology, Ohio State University, and Babson College.
