Understanding Finance

By Harvard Business Review

Release Date: 2007-08-20
Genre: Management & Leadership

Score: 3

From 17 Ratings

Description

Explains the essential concepts of finance—budgeting, forecasting, and planning—to managers who are not financial managers. Understanding Finance contains relevant information on how to: understand what the three basic financial statements and ratio analysis tell about a company's financial health; develop and track a budget; and assess an investment opportunity.

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