Financial intelligence
Subtitle: a manager's guide to knowing what the numbers really mean
By: Karen Berman and Joe Knight ; with John Case.
Contributors: Knight, Joe, 1963-; Case, John, 1944-
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Financial statements; Cash management; Corporations -- Finance
Table of contents: title: You can't always trust the numbers; title: Spotting assumptions, estimates, and biases; title: Why increase your financial intelligence?; title: Profit is an estimate; title: Cracking the code of the income statement; title: Revenue : the issue is recognition; title: Costs and expenses : no hard and fast rules; title: The many forms of profit; title: Understanding balance-sheet basics; title: Assets : more estimates and assumptions (except for cash); title: On the other side : liabilities and equity; title: Why the balance sheet balances; title: The income statement affects the balance sheet; title: Cash is a reality check; title: Profit? : cash (and you need both); title: The language of cash flow; title: How cash connects with everything else; title: Why cash matters; title: The power of ratios; title: Profitability ratios : the higher the better; title: Leverage ratios : the balancing act; title: Liquidity ratios : can we pay our bills?; title: Efficiency ratios : making the most of your assets; title: The building blocks of roi; title: Figuring roi : the nitty gritty; title: The magic of managing the balance sheet; title: Your balance sheet levers; title: Homing in on cash conversion; title: Financial literacy and corporate performance; title: Financial literacy strategies; title: Financial transparency : our ultimate goal.