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AuthorBerman, Karen, 1962-TitleFinancial intelligence : a manager’s guide to knowing what the numbers really mean / Karen Berman and Joe Knight ; with John Case.PublishedBoston : Harvard Business School Press, c2006.FormatBook
Descriptionxiv, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

LinkTable of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005025556.html
Gen. noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ContentsI: The art of finance (and why it matters) -- You can’t always trust the numbers -- Spotting assumptions, estimates, and biases -- Why increase your financial intelligence? -- II: The (many) peculiarities of the income statement -- Profit is an estimate -- Cracking the code of the income statement -- Revenue: the issue is recognition -- Costs and expenses: no hard and fast rules -- The many forms of profit -- III: The balance sheet reveals the most -- Understanding balance-sheet basics -- Assets: more estimates and assumptions (except for cash) -- On the other side: liabilities and equity -- Why the balance sheet balances -- The income statement affects the balance sheet -- IV: Cash is king -- Cash is a reality check -- Profit?: cash (and you need both) -- The language of cash flow -- How cash connects with everything else -- Why cash matters -- V: Ratios: learning what the numbers are really telling you -- The power of ratios -- Profitability ratios: the higher the better -- Leverage ratios: the balancing act -- Liquidity ratios: can we pay our bills? -- Efficiency ratios: making the most of your assets -- VI: How to calculate (and really understand) return on investment -- The building blocks of ROI -- Figuring ROI: the nitty gritty -- VII: Applied financial intelligence: working capital management -- The magic of managing the balance sheet -- Your balance sheet levers -- Homing in on cash conversion -- VIII: Creating a financially intelligent department (and organization) -- Financial literacy and corporate performance -- Financial literacy strategies -- Financial transparency: our ultimate goal.
ISBN1591397642 (hardcover : alk. paper)9781591397649 (hardcover : alk. paper)SubjectFinancial statements.
Cash management.
Corporations -- Finance.
Information financière.
États financiers.
Gestion de trésorerie.
Analyse financière.
Guide (Descripteur de forme)
Gestion de la trésorerie
Finances de l’entreprise
Analyse financière
États financiers
Information financière
Add.EntryKnight, Joe, 1963-
Case, John, 1944-

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