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	How To Understand Business Finance, 2/E by Paul Cinnamon
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"Explains accounting to the self-employed and small firms."

The Observer

Are you budgeting effectively?

Do you know how to analyse costs?

Are you struggling to break even?

How to Understand Business Finance explains the concepts and translates the jargon of this often confusing subject. Using a unique business simulation it takes you through the set-up and initial trading of a company, explaining:

¢ the balance sheet

¢ profit and loss accounts

¢ fixed and variable costs

¢ the break-even analysis

¢ how to value a company

¢ budgeting and forecasting

¢ shareholder value and economic profit

¢ depreciation and amortisation

¢ how to manage working capital

With an extensive glossary explaining all the key terms, How to Understand Business Finance is an essential primer for non-financial managers and students everywhere.

Contents: Introduction ¢ So why do you want to know more about finance? ¢ Learning ¢ A tale of two languages ¢ The business cycle ¢ Setting up a company ¢ The Moving Balance Sheet ¢ Creating value ¢ Cash and profit ¢ Setting up and running the business ” the opening month ¢ Profit and loss (P&L) account ¢ The balance sheet ¢ Month 2 business cycle ¢ Going to the bank ¢ Doing the books ¢ Where do all the business functions fit in? ¢ Sales ¢ Marketing ¢ Manufacturing ¢ Supply chain management ¢ Human resources ¢ IT, maintenance and engineering ¢ Research and development ¢ Finance ¢ Financial planning ” the budgets ¢ Budgeting ¢ Cash flow forecast ¢ Avoiding bankruptcy: how to generate cash ¢ Measuring business performance ” financial ratios ¢ Size ¢ P&L account (income statement) analysis ¢ Balance sheet analysis ¢ Getting finance from the bank ¢ Introduction ¢ Your relationship with the bank ¢ Purpose of bank finance ¢ Is your request viable? ¢ Categories of finance ¢ Securing your bank finance ¢ Costs of borrowing ¢ Sources of help and support ¢ When should you apply for bank finance? ¢ Maintaining the dialogue ¢ Refinancing ¢ Summary ¢ How our investors see us ” stock market ratios ¢ What accounts do our investors want to see? ¢ Shares ¢ Valuing a company ¢ Asset value ¢ Multipliers ¢ Market capitalization ¢ Balanced Scorecard ¢ Cash flows ¢ Shareholder value and economic profit ¢ Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) ¢ Economic profit ¢ Total shareholder return (TSR) ¢ The hidden costs ” depreciation, amortization and tax ¢ Depreciation ¢ Goodwill ¢ Intangible assets ¢ Capitalising costs ¢ Taxation ¢ What must we sell to make a profit? ¢ Variable costs ¢ Fixed costs ¢ Break-even point ¢ Tools for evaluating projects ¢ Payback ¢ Discounted cash flow (DCF) ¢ Net present value (NPV) ¢ Internal rate of return (IRR) ¢ Terminal values ¢ Economic profit ¢ Pitfalls ¢ Other factors ¢ Where is all our cash? Managing working capital ¢ Stock (inventories) ¢ Debtors ¢ Creditors ¢ Write-offs ¢ Cash flow implications of working capital ¢ Glossary of financial terms

About the Authors: Robert Cinnamon runs Finance training around the world.

Brian Heiweg-Larsen develops and runs business simulations including one used by the Harvard Business School`s MBA Programme.

Paul Cinnamon facilitates financial training and provides banking consultancy to a variety of SME clients.

Target Audience: Non-Financial Managers, & Students.
Special prices are applicable to the authorised sales territory o ISBN 9780749460204

Pages : 176