Finance for Managers (Harvard Business Essentials Series): Your Guide and Mentor to Doing Business Effectively

by Harvard Business Review, Richard Luecke

Overview

Harvard Business Essentials are comprehensive, solution-oriented paperbacks for business readers of all levels of experience. Calculating and assessing the overall financial health of the business is an important part of any managerial position. From reading and deciphering financial statements, to understanding net present value, to calculating return on investment, Finance for Managers provides the fundamentals of financial literacy. Easy to use and nontechnical, this helpful guide gives managers the smart advice they need to increase their impact on financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578518760
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	01/28/2003
Series:	Harvard Business Essentials
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction
1	Financial Statements: The Elements of Managerial Finance	1
2	Finding Meaning in Financial Statements: A Look behind the Numbers	21
3	Important Accounting Concepts: The Rules That Shape Financial Statements	37
4	Taxes: Important Details You Should Know	61
5	Financing Operations and Growth: Funding the Different Stages of Growth	75
6	Money and Capital Markets: Another Option for Funding Growth	95
7	Budgeting: Forecasting Your Company's Financial Future	109
8	Practical Tools for Management Decisions: Making the Numbers Work for You	137
9	The Time Value of Money: Calculating the Real Value of Your Investment	149
10	Valuation Concepts: Evaluating Opportunity	171
	App.: Activity-Based Budgeting	185
	Notes	189
	Glossary	191
	For Further Reading	200
	Index	203
	About the Subject Adviser	209
	About the Writer	210