Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting

FROM OUR EDITORS

Deal with finance and accounting experts on their own turf using their own jargon! This practical reference provides full coverage of finance and accounting topics--from business plans to financial statements--and includes new chapters on computers and information technology. An outstanding team of leading professors from top business schools like Harvard and the University of Washington gives you a crash course on budgeting, forecasting, product pricing, and more.

ANNOTATION

This book, taking a practical and real-world approach, is for every manager and business professional who wants to know what the numbers mean. No background in finance and accounting is required. "Covers all the essentials from break-even analysis to taking your company public. . .full of up-to-date financial and managerial information."--Entrepreneur Magazine.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Getting a formal MBA degree may take more time and money than you can sacrifice at this demanding juncture in your career. For busy executives who need to either acquaint themselves with or brush up on finance and accounting essentials, The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting is the must-have tool for you! Now in a third edition, this revision continues to bring you all the in-depth, authoritative coverage of its bestselling predecessors -- thoroughly expanded and updated -- plus important additional topics crucial to business success today.

Once again, Les Livingstone and Ted Grossman have assembled the "best of the best" contributors for this edition, with chapters written by the nation's leading professors and practitioners in finance, accounting, and law. These experts provide clear, jargon-free explanations of key finance and accounting topics to help demystify complex subjects.

Packed with valuable and practical "how-to" information that is applicable to a broad range of businesses, from the smallest start-ups to the largest corporations in the world.

The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting is the ideal resource for every manager and professional who needs to use numbers as business tools, gain competitive advantage, and manage an enterprise more efficiently. Whether you want to improve your business skills, are preparing to take on increased management responsibilities, are thinking of operating your own business, want to better understand "F&A" jargon, or just want a refresher in finance, this book will help you rise to the challenge, regardless of your background. Best of all -- it's a practical tool kit for measuring and improving your business.

SYNOPSIS

The latest volume in the bestselling series
In today's business environment, a knowledge of finance and skills in budgeting and financial planning are more important than ever before.

FROM THE CRITICS

Entrepeneur

Straight from the second-year business school courses, the book is full of up-to-date financial and managerial information that will help transform your company from start-up to blue-chip.— Entrepeneur

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