TY - BOOK AU - Cinnamon,Robert AU - Helweg-Larsen,Brian AU - Cinnamon, Paul TI - How to understand business finance SN - 9780749460204 0749460202 9780749460419 0749460415 PY - 2010/// CY - London ; Philadelphia, PA : PB - Kogan Page, KW - Business enterprises -- Finance N1 - How to Understand Business Finance is not written by an accountant and actually relates to running a business in a real market. _It describes a business as it proceeds from initial set-up through its first year of trading, providing a quick course on business finance as it relates to business growth. _As well as learning how to understand the balance sheet and profit and loss account, readers will also grasp the principles of: market dynamics; budgeting and forecasting; fixed and variable costs; break-even analysis; the difference between profit and cash; financial ratios for measuring business performance; investment appraisal; stock market ratios; shareholder value; financial measures for improving business performance, and much more; So why do you want to know more about finance? -- The business cycle -- Where do all the business functions fit in? -- Financial planning : the budgets -- Measuring business performance : financial ratios -- Getting finance from the bank -- How our investors see us : stock market ratios -- Valuing a company -- Shareholder value and economic profit -- The hidden costs : depreciation, amortisation and tax -- What must we sell to make a profit? -- Tools for evaluating projects -- Where is all our cash? : managing working capital ER -