TY - BOOK AU - Ittelson,Thomas R. TI - Financial statements: a tep-by-step guide to understanding and creating financial reports SN - 9781601630230 U1 - 657 PY - 2009/// CY - Pompton Plains (NJ) PB - Career Press KW - Financial statements KW - Accounting N1 - 1. Twelve basic principles -- 2. The balance sheet -- 3. The income statement -- 4. The cash flow statement -- 5. Connections -- 6. Startup financing and staffing -- 7. Staffing and equipping facility: planning for manufacturing startup -- 8. Startup of manufacturing operations -- 9. Marketing and selling -- 10. Administrative tasks -- 11. Growth, profit and return -- 12. Keeping track with journals and ledgers -- 13. Ratio analysis -- 14. Alternative accounting policies and procedures -- 15. Cooking the books -- 16. Mission, vision, goals, strategies, actions and tactics -- 17. Risk and uncertainty -- 18. Making decisions about appleseed's future -- 19. Sources and costs of capital -- 20. The time value of money -- 21. Net present value (NPV) -- 22. Making good capital investment decisions N2 - Empowers non-financial managers by clearly and simply demonstrating how the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement work together to offer a snapshot of any company's financial health ER -