TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berman,Karen
AU  - Knight,Joe
AU  - Case,John
TI  - Financial intelligence: a manager's guide to knowing what the numbers really mean 
SN  - 1591397642 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - HG4028.B2 B422 2006
U1  - 658.15/11 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Harvard Business School Press
KW  - Financial statements
KW  - Cash management
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Finance
N1  - Includes index; You can't always trust the numbers -- Spotting assumptions, estimates, and biases -- Why increase your financial intelligence? -- Profit is an estimate -- Cracking the code of the income statement -- Revenue : the issue is recognition -- Costs and expenses : no hard and fast rules -- The many forms of profit -- Understanding balance-sheet basics -- Assets : more estimates and assumptions (except for cash) -- On the other side : liabilities and equity -- Why the balance sheet balances -- The income statement affects the balance sheet -- Cash is a reality check -- Profit? : cash (and you need both) -- The language of cash flow -- How cash connects with everything else -- Why cash matters -- The power of ratios -- Profitability ratios : the higher the better -- Leverage ratios : the balancing act -- Liquidity ratios : can we pay our bills? -- Efficiency ratios : making the most of your assets -- The building blocks of roi -- Figuring roi : the nitty gritty -- The magic of managing the balance sheet -- Your balance sheet levers -- Homing in on cash conversion -- Financial literacy and corporate performance -- Financial literacy strategies -- Financial transparency : our ultimate goal
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005025556.html
ER  -