Part1 Accounting and Financial Analysis
1 How Firms Use Accounting
Reporting
Small Business Survey:Responsibility for Finanicial Reporting
Decision Support
Control
Decision Making:Using Financial Reports to Detect Deficiencies
2 Responsible Financial Reporting
The Role of Auditors in Ensuring Proper Reporting
The Role of the Board of Directors in Ensruing Proper Reporting
The Role of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Decision Making:Ensuring Accurate Finacial Reporting
3 Interpreting Financial Statements
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
Decision Making:Interpreting Finacial Information to Make Business Decision
4 Ratio Analysis
Measures of Liquidity
Measures of Efficiency
Measures of Financial Leverage
Measures of Profitability
Comparison of Ratios with Those of Other Firms
Global Business:Effect of Exchange Rate Movements on Earnings
Limitations of Ratio Analysis
Sources of Information for Ratio Analysis
Decision Making:Using Ratio Analysis for Business Decisions
College Health Club:Financial Condition of CHC
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Part2 Financing
Part3 Expanding the Business
Answers to In-Text Study Guide
Glossary