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    <title>business owner's guide to reading and understanding financial statements</title>
    <subTitle>how to budget, forecast, and monitor cash flow for better decision making</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Epstein, Lita.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Wiley</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2012</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2012</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xv, 176 p. ; 23 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>"In order to gauge a company's health-- as well as the competition's-- managers must know how to properly read and understand financial statements. The Business Owner's Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Statements will introduce managers and business owners to various types of financial statements and explain why they are important."--Provided by publisher.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Pt. 1. Using external reports to gauge your company's health and competive status. The key financial reports and their starring role ; Balancing the books: your assets and liabilities ; Gauging profitability ; Cash is king -- pt. 2.Using internal reporting to gauge your profits and your costs. Why budgeting is important ; Managing inventory ; Monitoring customer collections ; Discounts and special pricing ; Getting a handle on manufacturing costs ; Reducing bill payouts ; Using financial statements for decision-making.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Lita Epstein.</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
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    <topic>Cash flow</topic>
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    <topic>Decision making</topic>
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    <topic>Financial statements</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Corporations</topic>
    <topic>Finance</topic>
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