TY - BOOK AU - Schmidt, Ruth A. ; AU - Wright, Helen ; TI - Financial aspects of marketing SN - 9780333637821 U1 - 658.15 PY - 1996/// CY - Basingstoke, Hampshire : PB - Macmillan Business, KW - Business enterprises -- Finance. KW - Financial statements. KW - Ratio analysis. KW - Marketing N1 - Includes index; Introduction to the Finance and Marketing.- Interface.- PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The Balance Sheet.- The Cash Flow Statement and the Profit and Loss Account.- The Matching Concept: Stock Valuation and Depreciation.- Reconciliation of Financial Statements.- Introduction to Spreadsheets: Calculations and Charts Case Study.- PART 2: RATIO ANALYSIS Introduction to Ratio Analysis.- Analysis of Asset Utilisation, Profitability and Performance.- Returns to Investors Analysis of Profit Pathways Case Study.- PART 3: FORECASTING Time Series Analysis Using a Spreadsheet in Time Series Analysis.- Short-Term Forecasting.- Forecasting using Relationships between Variables Regression Linear Regression on the Spreadsheet.- Multiple Regression Case Study.- PART 4: COSTING AND BUDGETING Introduction to Costing Systems.- Budgeting Budgetary Control Case Study.- PART 5: DECISION-MAKING Introduction to Decision-Making.- Introduction to Break-Even Analysis.- Decision-Making under Risk Long-Term.- Decision-Making on the Spreadsheet and Sensitivity Analysis Case Study N2 - This work moves systematically through the subjects covered in the majority of marketing courses, reinforcing learning through a number of pedagogical features including exercises and examples. The use of spreadsheets is integrated into the text ER -