How to Understand Business Finance

How to Understand Business Finance - Understand the concepts - Manage your assets - Measure business performance Robert Cinnamon & Brian Helweg-Larsen REAR COVER; "Explains accounting to the self-employed and small firms." The Observer "The book is based on a highly visual and participative training event that brings the subject to life." Accountancy Age How to Understand Business Finance explains the concepts and translates the jargon of this often confusing subject. Using a unique business simulation it takes you through the set-up and first year's trading of a real company, explaining: - the balance sheet; - profit and loss accounts; - fixed and variable costs; - the break-even analysis; - how to value a company; - budgeting and forecasting; - shareholder value and economic profit; - depreciation and amortisation; - how to manage working capital, and so much more. With an extensive glossary explaining all the key terms, How to Understand Business Finance is an essential primer for non-financial managers and students everywhere. Robert Cinnamon is a director of Insight Marketing and People, where he runs his popular training programme, Demystifying Financial Management. Brian Helweg-Larsen is a director of ProfitAbility Business Simulations Ltd. He has designed and run business simulations used by the Harvard Business School's MBA Programme.Helweg-Larsen, Brian is the author of 'How to Understand Business Finance', published 2006 under ISBN 9780749446680 and ISBN 0749446684.