Financial Accounting: An Introduction is a clear and comprehensive textbook, designed
for students studying introductory financial accounting as part of a business degree or
MBA. Carefully structured to reflect the topics required, the text is full of examples and
exercises to aid students' understanding. Leading readers through all of the topics
step-by-step, the text perfectly balances theory and real-life practice, to make it
topical, up-to-date and lively.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Financial accounting ' the building blocks
Chapter 2 Financial statements of limited companies ' balance sheet
Chapter 3 Financial statements of limited companies ' profit and loss account
Chapter 4 Financial statements of limited companies ' cash flow statement
Chapter 5 Business performance analysis
Case Study I
Chapter 6 Published reports and accounts
Chapter 7 Corporate governance
Case Study II
Chapter 8 Sources of finance and the cost of capital
Chapter 9 IT and accounting, and e-business
Case Study III
Appendix 1 Double-entry ' the basics
Appendix 2 FRSs, SSAPs, IASs, and IFRSs
Appendix 3 Solutions to selected exercises
Paperback, 448 Pages