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A solid bestseller from the hugely successful Key Management Series. This book enables managers of different functions to work together towards achieving common business goals, linking the return on financial resources into the day-to-day operating parameters of the business.
Acknowledgements
Foreword
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PART I FOUNDATIONS
1 Background
2 Financial statements
3 Balance sheet terms
4 Profit and loss account
PART II OPERATING PERFORMANCE
5 Measures of performance
6 Operating performance
7 Performance drivers
PART III CORPORATE LIQUIDITY
8 Cash flow cycle
9 Liquidity
10 Financial strength
11Cash flow
PART IV DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE VALUE
12 Corporate valuation
13 Financial leverage and corporate valuation
14 Growth
PART V MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING
15 Cost, volume and price relationships
16 Investment ratios
17 Shareholder value added (SVA)
18 Acquisition analysis
19 Integrity of account statements
Appendix 1: Special items
Appendix 2: Companies used in the sample
Appendix 3: Full set of ratio charts from sample companies
Appendix 4: Discounting and compounding tables
Glossary
Index