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| Managing By The Numbers: A Complete Guide To Understanding And Using Your Company's Financials | 
 enlarge | Authors: Chuck Kremer, Ron Rizzuto, John Case
Publisher: Basic Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 234333
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 198
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0738202568
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.15
EAN: 9780738202563
ASIN: 0738202568
Publication Date: May 15, 2000
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Product Description
Everyone interested in building a stronger business needs to understand and use the information captured in financial statements. In Managing by the Numbers, business education and accounting experts Chuck Kremer and Ron Rizzuto team up with open-book management authority John Case to demystify the numbers. They present a practical, common-sense approach to reading financial statements and to managing the three bottom lines of business financial performance: net profit, operating cash flow, and return on assets. The book features numerous exercises and examples (with associated templates available on the Web), a powerful new management tool known as ?The Financial Scoreboard,? and an extensive glossary. Managing by the Numbers is an essential resource for entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, and anyone eager to improve their mastery of the financial side of running a business.
Amazon.com Review
Chuck Kremer, Ron Rizzuto, and John F. Case believe "50 percent of small-company owners and managers don't get complete, timely information about their business's financial performance" and "90 percent don't really understand or use the information they do get." Kremer, a business-literacy consultant, Rizzuto, a university finance professor, and Case, a business journalist, further contend that such data and their proper application are critical to the successful operation of any small business. That's why they've assembled Managing by the Numbers as a self-help guide to the ins and outs of corporate finance. In the first section, they show how to decipher three major reports that everyone should review monthly (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow). In the second, they discuss how resultant figures tie in to "three bottom lines of business" (net profit, operating cash flow, return on assets) that can be examined collectively. And in the third, they explain ways that stimuli for each can be optimized to achieve overall business goals. The combination allows you to "translate your financial understanding into better financial performance," the authors conclude. While much of the material may seem intimidating, it is presented clearly and could indeed provide an edge in today's hypercompetitive business environment. --Howard Rothman
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 Good General Financial Overview September 28, 2008
This a well written general overview of financial reports. If you have take much finance, this book won't be anything new. Great for people just starting out.
Best money I've spent on my business so far! September 5, 2008
The book is fast and easy to read. The light bulbs kept going off as I read about what it is that I need to do to get my business back on track. If your a small business owner, this is an invaluable tool you must read and know.
At Last!!!! August 17, 2008
At last a book that goes direct to the bottom line (that is a pun) to explain how to really see what is going behind the scenes (financially speaking) of any company without showing up at the CFO door.
I used to know all this stuff about financial ratios and key terms and still was asking to myself, So What? What am I supposed to do with all these little fellows (the ratios).
This book tells without all the mumbojumbo of other publications what to look at and how to take action to put back in track a company.
excellent June 21, 2008
Great condensed book covering the basics of finance and accounting principles. Very easy to read and won't put you to sleep.
READ it Or lead your business to a financial disaster February 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an amazing little book. It teaches you the most important financial aspects that you need to know to run your business. I've always dream of starting my own business, and one of the things that was holding me back, was not knowing enough about business finance. I tell you, now I'm very confident and excited. If you own a business or starting one, Please, Please, Please do yourself a favor and read this book.
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