Book description
DON’T LET YOUR FEAR OF FINANCE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS
Can you prepare a breakeven analysis? Do you know the difference between an income statement and a balance sheet? Or understand why a business that’s profitable can still go belly-up? Has your grasp of your company’s numbers helped—or hurt—your career?
Whether you’re new to finance or you just need a refresher, this go-to guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to master the fundamentals, as all good managers must.
The HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers will help you:
- Learn the language of finance
- Compare your firm’s financials with rivals’
- Shift your team’s focus from revenues to profits
- Assess your vulnerability to industry downturns
- Use financial data to defend budget requests
- Invest smartly through cost/benefit analysis
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title page
- Harvard Business Review Guides
- Title Page
- Copyright
- What You'll Learn
- Contents
- Section 1. Finance Basics: Don't Be Afraid
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Section 2. Making Good Decisions-and Moving Those Numbers
- Using Statements to Measure Financial Health
- Grow Your Profits by Streamlining Your Business
- Working Your Assets to Boost Your Growth
- Profit ≠ Cash (and You Need Both)
- Why Cash Matters
- Your Balance Sheet Levers
- What's Your Working Capital Model? A Case Study
- Learn to Speak the Language of Roi
- Practical Tools for Management Decisions
- Section 3. The Limits of Financial Data
- Glossary
- Index
- Smart Advice and Inspiration
Product information
- Title: HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers (HBR Guide Series)
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2012
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781422187326
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