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Preface.<br /> <br /> Acknowledgments.<br /> <br /> PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS.<br /> <br /> Using Financial Statements (J. Livingstone).<br /> <br /> Analyzing Business Earnings (E. Comiskey and C. Mulford).<br /> <br /> Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis (W. Lawler).<br /> <br /> Activity-Based Costing (W. Lawler).<br /> <br /> Information Technology and You (E. Cale Jr.).<br /> <br /> Forecasts and Budgets (R. Halsey).<br /> <br /> Measuring Productivity (M. van Breda).<br /> <br /> PART TWO: PLANNING AND FORECASTING.<br /> <br /> Choosing a Business Form (R. Mandel).<br /> <br /> The Business Plan (A. Zacharakis).<br /> <br /> Planning Capital Expenditure (S. Feinstein).<br /> <br /> Taxed and Business Decisions (R. Mandel).<br /> <br /> Global Finance (E. Comiskey and C. Mulford).<br /> <br /> Financial Management of Risks (S. Feinstein).<br /> <br /> PART THREE: MAKING KEY STRATEGIC DECISIONS.<br /> <br /> Going Public (S. Honig).<br /> <br /> The Board of Directors (C. Anderson and R. Anthony).<br /> <br /> Information Technology and the Firm (T. Grossman).<br /> <br /> Profitable Growth by Acquistion (R. Bliss).<br /> <br /> Business Valuation (M. Crain).<br /> <br /> Glossary.<br /> <br /> About the Authors.<br /> <br /> Index.

<p><b>Les Livingstone</b>, PhD, MBA, CPA (West Palm Beach, FL), runs a national consulting firm which specializes in complex business research and expert testimony in large commercial lawsuits. He was chairman of the Division of Accounting and Law at Babson College.</p> <p><b>Theodore Grossman</b> (Wellesley, MA) is a senior member of the faculty of Babson College with an appointment in information technology and accounting.</p>

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