TY - BOOK ID - 142826654 TI - Using accounting & financial information : analyzing, forecasting & decision making PY - 2015 SN - 1606496417 PB - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, DB - UniCat KW - Accounting. KW - Financial statements. KW - Accruals KW - accounting KW - financial statements KW - balance sheet KW - income statement KW - statement of cash flows KW - assets KW - deferrals KW - liabilities KW - equity KW - revenue KW - expenses KW - cash flow KW - financial analysis KW - financial management KW - profitability KW - solvency KW - liquidity KW - budgeting KW - decision-making KW - financial forecasting KW - pro forma financial statements KW - cost-volume-profit analysis KW - breakeven KW - capital budgeting KW - payback period KW - discounted present-value KW - internal rate of return KW - net present value KW - time-value of money UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142826654 AB - Accounting often is referred to as the language of business; unfortunately, many business professionals lack the fluency in this unique language required to perform basic financial analysis, prepare budgetary forecasts, or compare competing capital investment alternatives. And while there is no shortage of financial-related textbooks or reference manuals, most assume that readers have educational backgrounds - and/or have had years of professional experience - in accounting, financial analysis, or corporate finance. This book targets professionals with limited exposure to - or formal training in - accounting or related finance disciplines. These individuals often include - but certainly are not limited to - engineers, information technology specialists, retail managers, entrepreneurs, marketing directors, construction contractors, attorneys, and even bankers who are making career transitions from consumer lending positions to become commercial loan officers. The primary purpose of this book is to help managers and business owners from diverse professional and educational backgrounds to: (1) converse more effectively with their accounting and finance colleagues; (2) understand the structure and the elements of general-purpose financial statements, (3) identify both the usefulness and the limitations of accounting information; (4) prepare basic financial forecasts; and (5) make sense of commonly used decision-making models. ER -