Title:
Key management ratios : the clearest guide to the critical numbers that drive your business
Author:
Walsh, Ciaran.
ISBN:
9780273707318
Personal Author:
Edition:
4th ed.
Publication Information:
Harlow, England ; New York : Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2006.
Physical Description:
xiv, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Part 1. Foundations -- Background -- Financial statements -- Balance sheet terms -- Profit and loss account -- Part 2. Operating performance -- Measures of performance -- Operating performance -- Performance drivers -- Part 3. Corporate liquidity -- Cash flow cycle -- Liquidity -- Financial strength -- Cash flow -- Part 4. Determinants of corporate value -- Corporate valuation -- Financial leverage and corporate valuation -- Growth -- Part 5. Management decision-making -- Cost, volume, and price relationships -- Investment ratios -- Shareholder value added (SVA) -- Acquisition analysis -- Integrity of accounting statements.