Business Accounting & Finance - Brossura

Davies, Tony; Crawford, Ian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 027372312X ISBN 13: 9780273723127

Casa editrice: Prentice Hall, 2011

Riassunto

Business Accounting and Finance, is a clear, comprehensive and engaging text that is essential reading for anyone studying accounting and finance. Carefully structured to reflect the topics covered in most one or two semester modules, the book comprises three parts: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Business Finance.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Tony Davies  FCMA MBA MCMI heads up Lucis Consulting, an international business and financial consultancy and training provider, and formerly lectured on finance and accounting at Bangor Business School, University of Wales.

Ian Crawford CPFA is a lecturer in accounting and finance at the University of Bath.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Reviewers’comments '...the writing style is clear, easy to understand and practical.'

'It is bang up to date...the text is alive, relevant and interesting.'

 

Business Accounting and Finance is topical, up to date and a must read for anyone studying accounting and finance on undergraduate, MBA, and professional examination courses.

This acclaimed textbook introduces the core principles of accounting and finance in a comprehensive, engaging and practical ‘toolkit’ of concepts and techniques. It has been carefully structured to reflect the topics covered in most one and two semester modules, and also to facilitate self study. With its user-friendly approach, the text leads readers logically and clearly through the principles and techniques of financial accounting,management accounting, and business finance, and provides a flexible study tool for students and lecturers. This toolkit is applied in the broader business context to illustrate how financial statements and accounting information can be used to analyse business performance and improve management decision-making.

 

Key features

• Up-To-Date Topic Coverage - This book is fully up to date with regard to IFRS and IAS reporting requirements, and includes integrated coverage of contemporary accounting and financial issues and topics of growing importance, including a chapter on corporate governance and sustainability reporting.
• Worked Examples and Progress Checks - Comprehensive step-by-step Worked Examples and Progress Checkswith Illustrative Charts and Diagrams are included throughout every chapter to provide frequent reinforcement and facilitate effective learning.
• Press Extracts - The inclusion of contemporary Press Extracts offers an insight into real-life business scenarios that highlight the practical application and relevance of topics across a range of companiesincluding Amazon, Liverpool FC, Marks & Spencer, Nokia, Apple, and Ryanair. 
• Annual Report and Accounts - The most recent annual report and accounts of Johnson Matthey, a leading UK plc, are used to illustrate the techniques of financial analysis and trend analysis.
• Case Studies and End-of-Chapter Exercises - The book includes a large range of End-of-Chapter Exercisesand Solutions, Questions, and Discussion Points, and six major Case Studies, which provide the opportunity to apply and develop the techniques, analytical skills and judgement acquired from working through each chapter.

 Tony Davies  FCMA MBA MCMI heads up Lucis Consulting, an international business and financial consultancy and training provider, and formerly lectured on finance and accounting at Bangor Business School, University of Wales.

Ian Crawford CPFA is a lecturer in accounting and finance at the University of Bath.

 

Visit the companion website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/daviestony to access an extensive range of additional resources, including further case studies and chapter-end exercises, self-test multiple-choice questions, glossary flashcards, useful weblinks and an author Q&A. 

 

For instructors, a comprehensive suite of resources is available online, including an instructor's manual with all chapter-end exercises solutions, additional exercises with model solutions, additional case studies and debriefs, and PowerPoint presentations featuring all the book illustrations. 

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Prentice Hall
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 027372312X
• ISBN 13: 9780273723127
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 772