Financial intelligence : a manager's guide to knowing what the numbers really mean

Berman, Karen 1962- (Author). Knight, Joe, 1963- (Added Author). Case, John, 1944- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781422144114 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 1422144119 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xv, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. ONE ART OF FINANCE (AND WHY IT MATTERS) -- 1. You Can't Always Trust the Numbers -- 2. Spotting Assumptions, Estimates, and Biases -- 3. Why Increase Your Financial Intelligence? -- 4. Rules Accountants Follow-and Why You Don't Always Have To -- pt. One Toolbox: Getting What You Want; The Players and What They Do; Reporting Obligations of Public Companies -- pt. TWO (MANY) PECULIARITIES OF THE INCOME STATEMENT -- 5. Profit Is an Estimate -- 6. Cracking the Code of the Income Statement -- 7. Revenue: The Issue Is Recognition -- 8. Costs and Expenses: No Hard-and-Fast Rules -- 9. Many Forms of Profit -- pt. Two Toolbox: Understanding Variance; Profit at Nonprofits; A Quick Review: "Percent of" and "Percent Change" -- pt. THREE BALANCE SHEET REVEALS THE MOST -- 10. Understanding Balance Sheet Basics -- 11. Assets: More Estimates and Assumptions (Except for Cash) -- 12. On the Other Side: Liabilities and Equity -- 13. Why the Balance Sheet Balances -- 14. Income Statement Affects the Balance Sheet -- pt. Three Toolbox: Expense? Or Capital Expenditure?; The Impact of Mark-to-Market Accounting -- pt. FOUR CASH IS KING -- 15. Cash Is a Reality Check -- 16. Profit [?] Cash (and You Need Both) -- 17. Language of Cash Flow -- 18. How Cash Connects with Everything Else -- 19. Why Cash Matters -- pt. Four Toolbox: Free Cash Flow; Even the Big Guys Can Run Out of Cash --