The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting, 3rd Edition

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Contents

Preface v

Acknowledgments ix

PART ONE UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS 1

1. Using Financial Statements 3
   John Leslie Livingstone


2. Analyzing Business Earnings 35
   Eugene E. Comiskey and Charles W. Mulford


3. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis 102
   William C. Lawler


4. Activity-Based Costing 126
   William C. Lawler


5. Information Technology and You 149
   Edward G. Cale Jr.


6. Forecasts and Budgets 173
   Rober t Halsey


7. Measuring Productivity 199
   Michael F. van Breda