Finance for Managers
1st Edition
0077140079
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9780077140076
© 2012 | Published: September 16, 2012
This book explains everything a manager needs to know about finance and transforms seemingly complex financial information into data that makes sense. It shows the financial basics that a manager of any small, mediumor large company should know and w…
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1 Analysis and diagnosis
2 Financial forecasting
3 Practical case and solution
4 Bank financing products
5 Finance calculation with Excel
6 Introduction to structural finance
7 Investment project analysis and decision
8 Investment project analysis cases
9 Financing decisions: debt vs. equity
10 Company valuation: a summary
This book explains everything a manager needs to know about finance and transforms seemingly complex financial information into data that makes sense. It shows the financial basics that a manager of any small, mediumor large company should know and will leave you confident enough to ask the right business questions and make the correct finance decisions.
The first part (Operational Finance) deals with the basics of financial analysis or analysis of the Profit and Loss and balance sheet, so that they can be used to help make decisions. The second part (Structural Finance) covers investment and financing decisions, as well as how to finance the investments planned. The book finishes with a chapter on valuation of companies.
Each chapter builds on the knowledge acquired in previous chapters but they can also be used independently.
At the end of each chapter there is a summary of the main learning points.
Most of the explanations are based on real cases, the numbers for which can be found in the exhibits at the end of each chapter.
Most chapters have self-assessment questions.