Fast Forward MBA in Finance

JOHN A. TRACY is Professor of Accounting, Emeritus at the Leeds School of Business of the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has served as a staff accountant at Ernst & Young and is the author of the bestselling How to Read a Financial Report and Accounting for Dummies, both available from Wiley.

• PREFACE PART 1: FINANCIAL REPORTING OUTSIDE AND INSIDE A BUSINESS CHAPTER 1-GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS CHAPTER 2-INTRODUCING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CHAPTER 3-REPORTING PROFIT TO MANAGERS CHAPTER 4-INTERPRETING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PART 2: ASSETS AND SOURCES OF CAPITAL CHAPTER 5-BUILDING A BALANCE SHEET CHAPTER 6-BUSINESS CAPITAL SOURCES CHAPTER 7-CAPITAL NEEDS OF GROWTH PART 3: PROFIT AND CASH FLOW ANALYSIS CHAPTER 8-BREAKING EVEN AND MAKING PROFIT CHAPTER 9-SALES VOLUME CHANGES CHAPTER 10-SALES PRICE AND COST CHANGES CHAPTER 11-PRICE/VOLUME TRADE-OFFS CHAPTER 12-COST/VOLUME TRADE-OFFS AND SURVIVAL ANALYSIS CHAPTER 13-PROFIT GUSHES: CASH FLOW TRICKLES? PART 4: CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS CHAPTER 14-DETERMINING INVESTMENT RETURNS NEEDED CHAPTER 15-DISCOUNTING INVESTMENT RETURNS EXPECTED PART 5: END TOPICS CHAPTER 16-SERVICE BUSINESSES CHAPTER 17-MANAGEMENT CONTROL CHAPTER 18-MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTING APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY FOR MANAGERS APPENDIX B: TOPICAL GUIDE TO FIGURES INDEX.