The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting

Theodore Grossman; John Leslie Livingstone

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470481307 ISBN 13: 9780470481301

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

The most comprehensive and authoritative review of B-School fundamentals--from top accounting and finance professors For years, the Portable MBA series has tracked the core curricula of leading business schools to teach you the fundamentals you need to know about business-without the extreme costs of earning an MBA degree. The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting covers all the core methods and techniques you would learn in business school, using real-life examples to deliver clear, practical guidance on finance and accounting. The new edition also includes free downloadable spreadsheets and web resources. If you're in charge of making decisions at your own or someone else's business, you need the best information and insight on modern finance and accounting practice. This reliable, information-packed resource shows you how to understand the numbers, plan and forecast for the future, and make key strategic decisions. Plus, this new edition covers the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley, applying ethical accounting standards, and offers career advice. * Completely updated with new examples, new topics, and full coverage of topical issues in finance and accounting--fifty percent new material * The most comprehensive and authoritative book in its category * Teaches you virtually everything you'd learn about finance and accounting in today's best business schools Whether you're thinking of starting your own business or you already have and just need to brush up on finance and accounting basics, this is the only guide you need.

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Paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 624 in Publisher: John Wiley The most comprehensive and the authoritative review of the B-School fundamentals-from top accounting and withfinance professors For years the Portable MBA series has tracked the core curricula of leading business schools UNIVERSITIES to teach you the fundamentals you need to know about business-without the extreme costs of earning an MBA degree. The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting covers all the core methods and techniques you would learn in business school. using real-life examples to deliver clear. practical guidance on finance and accounting. The new edition also includes free downloadable spreadsheets and web resources.If you're in charge of making decisions at your own or someone else's business. you need the best information and insight on modern finance and accounting practice. This reliable. informa...

From the Back Cover:

• Tracks the curriculum of leading MBA schools
• Portable MBA online: includes free syllabus, downloadable templates, resource links, and more!
• Financial concepts in action: case studies from today's leading companies

The most comprehensive and authoritative review of B-School fundamentals--from top accounting and finance professors

For years, the Portable MBA series has tracked the core curricula of leading business schools to teach you the fundamentals you need to know about business--without the extreme commitment of time and money it takes to earn an MBA degree. The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting, Fourth Edition covers the core methods and techniques you would learn in business school, using real-life examples to deliver clear, practical guidance on finance and accounting. The new edition also includes free downloadable spreadsheets and Web resources.

Whether you run your own business or work in management at a bigger company, this reliable, information-packed resource shows you how to understand the numbers, plan and forecast for the future, and make key strategic decisions. Plus, this new edition covers the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley, elucidates new ethical accounting standards, and offers career advice for future professionals in accounting and finance.

Now updated with fifty percent new material, including entirely new chapters on the biggest current issues in finance and accounting, The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting offers up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the core curricula of the world's best business schools.