TY  - BOOK
TI  - Understanding finance : expert solutions to everyday challenges
T2  - Pocket mentor series
SN  - 9781422118832 (pbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 658.15 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Harvard Business School Pub.
KW  - Finance
N1  - Understanding financial statements --
Accounting methods --
The income statement --
The balance sheet --
The cash flow statement --
Using financial statements to measure financial health --
The budget process --
Preparing a budget --
Articulating your assumptions --
Quantifying your assumptions --
What is cost/benefit analysis? --
Net return and payback period --
Net present value and internal rate of return --
Breakeven analysis --
Sensitivity analysis --
Estimating unquantifiable benefits and costs --
Tracking performance
N2  - Explains the essential concepts of finance--budgeting, forecasting, and planning--to managers who are not financial managers. "Understanding Finance" contains relevant information on how to: understand what the three basic financial statements and ratio analysis tell about a company's financial health; develop and track a budget; and assess an investment opportunity
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007019484.html
ER  -