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As statements of a company's financial condition, balance sheets contain information vital to owners, investors, and financial managers who are charged with assessing company performance. Often complex and difficult to interpret, balance sheets are nonetheless essential because they help pinpoint business problem areas.

Table of Contents
Accounting and the Balance Sheet.

Understanding the Balance Sheet.

Basic Accounting Principles.

Current Assets: Cash and Short-Term Investments.

Current Assets: Receivables and Prepaids.

Valuing Inventories.

Noncurrent Assets: Investments.

Noncurrent Assets: Long-Lived Productive Assets.

Noncurrent Assets: Natural Resources.

Noncurrent Assets: Intangibles.

Other Noncurrent Assets.

Current Liabilities and Spontaneous Financing.

The Time Value of Money.

Noncurrent Notes and Mortgage Liabilities.

Bond Liabilities.

Stockholders' Equity.

Disclosure, Footnotes, and the Audit Opinion.

Financial Leverage.

Operating Leverage.

Ratio Analysis.

Index.

Understanding Balance Sheets

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    A Hardback by George T. Friedlob, Franklin J. Plewa, Jr.

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/05/1996
      ISBN13: 9780471130758, 978-0471130758
      ISBN10: 0471130753
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      As statements of a company's financial condition, balance sheets contain information vital to owners, investors, and financial managers who are charged with assessing company performance. Often complex and difficult to interpret, balance sheets are nonetheless essential because they help pinpoint business problem areas.

      Table of Contents
      Accounting and the Balance Sheet.

      Understanding the Balance Sheet.

      Basic Accounting Principles.

      Current Assets: Cash and Short-Term Investments.

      Current Assets: Receivables and Prepaids.

      Valuing Inventories.

      Noncurrent Assets: Investments.

      Noncurrent Assets: Long-Lived Productive Assets.

      Noncurrent Assets: Natural Resources.

      Noncurrent Assets: Intangibles.

      Other Noncurrent Assets.

      Current Liabilities and Spontaneous Financing.

      The Time Value of Money.

      Noncurrent Notes and Mortgage Liabilities.

      Bond Liabilities.

      Stockholders' Equity.

      Disclosure, Footnotes, and the Audit Opinion.

      Financial Leverage.

      Operating Leverage.

      Ratio Analysis.

      Index.

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