The Improvement of Corporate Financial Performance: A Manager's Guide to Evaluating Selected Opportunities Book

Preface

Analyzing Alternatives for Growth and Profit--Shaping the Future by Today's Choices

Introduction: Elements of the Decision Process

Evaluation of Projected Financial Statements

Current Assets: Investments to Support Operating Plans

Capital Expenditures: Investments to Support Operating and Strategic Goals

Capital Expenditures: Special Applications

The Discount Rate and Risk: Keys to Profitable Growth

The Anatomy of Product Cost

Evaluation of Alternatives

Formulating Marketing Plans

Controlling Current Performance: Who Needs to Know What and When?

Introduction: Management Reports and Effective Control of Operations

Management Reports

Operating Controls for Manufacturing Performance

Factory Overhead and Product Costs

Information and Accounting Systems: Designing the Apparatus to Meet Changing Needs

Introduction: The Challenge to Management

Cash and Accrual Accounting

Expenditures: Expense Timing and Methods

Using the Standard Cost System

Production Methods

Appendix: Present Value Tables

Index