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How to Keep Score in Business - Robert Follett

How to Keep Score in Business

Accounting and Financial Analysis for the Non-Accountant

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Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2012 | 2nd edition
Financial Times Prentice Hall (Verlag)
978-0-13-284925-8 (ISBN)
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The classic accounting guide for the non-expert has now been now fully updated!

Long-time CEO Robert Follett shows you exactly how to "keep score" in business by reading and interpreting company financials. This is the number one guide to uncovering crucial business insights buried in balance sheets, income statements and other financial reports.

 

Offering indispensable practical help for day-to-day business and investment decision-making, it includes up-to-the-minute coverage of ROI analysis, cash flow planning and identifying business trends. Perfect for new managers and entrepreneurs!

Robert Follett served as President of Follett Publishing Company and as Chairman of Follett Corporation, a company that has grown to almost $3 billion in annual sales by providing universities, libraries, schools, and school districts with educational tools and services.

Chapter 1 Introduction    1

The First Lesson: Scores Are Not Real Dollars     5

The Accrual Method     6

But Scores Are Important     7

Chapter 2 Glossary of Key Financial Accounting Terms     9

Glossary     10

Chapter 3 The Balance Sheet     31

The Balance Sheet Balances     31

Acme Widget Company     35

Acme Widget’s Year-End Balance Sheet     38

A “Trial Balance”     43

Constructing the Balance Sheet     45

Summary     46

Chapter 4 More Balance Sheet    47

Cost Versus Value     47

Intangible Assets     48

Goodwill     50

Reserves and Allowances     51

The Going Concern Assumption     52

Estimates Are Everywhere     53

Purpose and Perspective     53

Current Versus Noncurrent Balance Sheet Items     55

Working Capital     55

Average Collection Period     58

Inventory Turnover     60

Chapter 5 Still More Balance Sheet    63

The Worksheet for Transactions     65

Trial Balance Worksheet     68

The Balance Sheet     68

Analyzing the Balance Sheet     69

Balance Sheet Summary     71

Chapter 6 The Income Statement    75

The Basic Income Statement     76

Acme Widget’s First-Year Income Statement     80

More on Cost of Sales     83

Nonoperating Income and Expense     86

Acme Widget’s Second-Year Income Statement     87

Reconciliation of Retained Earnings     89

Analyzing Income Statements     90

Complicating Cost of Sales     91

Summary of the Income Statement     94

Chapter 7 Return on Investment (ROI)     99

Return on Equity (ROE)     101

Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)     102

Return on Assets Used (ROAU)     103

Cash-on-Cash Return     105

Payback Method     106

Discounted Cash Flow or Present Value Method     106

Summary     115

Chapter 8 Changes in Financial Position     117

Summary     121

Chapter 9 Cash Flow Budget     123

Summary     129

Chapter 10 Other Analysis Ratios and Tools     131

Profit as a Percentage of Sales     131

Breakeven     132

Current Ratio     135

Acid Test or Quick Ratio     135

Debt-Equity Ratio     135

Earnings Per Share     136

Price-Earnings Ratio     136

Chapter 11 A Summary of What You Have Learned     139

The Balance Sheet     140

The Income Statement     144

Statement of Changes in Financial Position     146

Cash Flow Budget     147

Analyzing Financial Reports     147

Conclusion     151

Appendix A Acme Widget Company 153

Appendix B Present Value Tables 169

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.1.2012
Verlagsort Upper Saddle River
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 228 mm
Gewicht 270 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
ISBN-10 0-13-284925-9 / 0132849259
ISBN-13 978-0-13-284925-8 / 9780132849258
Zustand Neuware
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