Rodgers, Paul. <br/><br/>
Commercial awareness and business decision-making skills :  how to understand and analyse company financial information / 
Paul Rodgers. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Oxford ;  Burlington, Mass. :  CIMA,  c2007. 
 - xi, 278 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Why do financial statements exist? -- How are commercial transactions captured? -- The balance sheet: a freeze frame & the concept of articulation using the profit and loss account -- A brief look at the accountants' phrase book -- Cash and corporate survival -- The impact of international harmonization -- The managers' analytical toolkit -- The application of knowledge -- Investor analysis -- Cash ratios -- Getting to grips with accounting choice -- Tangible fixed assets -- Hidden value - intangible assets -- An introduction to investments -- Leasing and the concept of commercial substance prevailing over legal form -- Current assets -- Current liabilities -- Company financing -- Further clues about the future of the business -- Things you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask -- Group financial statements - the basics -- Putting your skills to use. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0750683848 (pbk.) 9780750683845 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007281450 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA765467  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013763118  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Decision making.<br/>Financial statements.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.1512 ROD