Financial and Managerial Accounting 8e

by Belverd E. Needles, Marian Powers, Marian Powers, Susan V. Crosson, Susan V. Crosson

• ISBN13: 9780618777174
• ISBN10: 0618777172
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780618393626, 9781439037805
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-02-05
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Summary

Needles, Powers, and Crosson continue to help instructors stay on top of the change curve with Financial and Managerial Accounting. Balanced, flexible content in this market-leading text is supported by an array of integrated print and technology supplements. Whether an instructor wants to present a user or procedural orientation, incorporate new instructional strategies, develop students' core skills and competencies, or integrate technology into the classroom, Financial and Managerial Accounting provides a total solution, making it the natural choice for accounting instructors--particularly those seeking a balance of financial and managerial topics. The Eighth Edition focuses primarily on the use of accounting information in today's business world--beginning with corporations--and represents the most significant revision of the text to date. Content updates reflect current accounting and business practices, while greater attention is given to ethics, service enterprises, and international issues. In addition, the text features a more concise, accessible writing style; a new design to emphasize the user-oriented content; and enhanced technology components for both instructors and students. Accuracy reviewers check every line and work through each exercise in the text and supplements, making Financial and Managerial Accounting the most accurate among similar texts on the market.

Table of Contents

Uses of Accounting Information and the Financial Statements Supplement to Chapter 1: How to Read an Annual Report

Analyzing Business Transactions

Measuring Business Income Supplement to Chapter 3: Closing Entries and the Work Sheet

Financial Reporting and Analysis Supplement to Chapter 4: The Annual Report Project

The Operating Cycle and Merchandising Operations

Inventories

Cash and Receivables

Current Liabilities and the Time Value of Money

Long-Term Assets

Long-Term Liabilities

Contributed Capital

Investments

The Corporate Income Statement and the Statement of Stockholder s ' Equity

The Statement of Cash Flows

The Changing Business Environment: A Manager's Perspective

Cost Concepts and Cost Allocation

Costing Systems: Job Order and Process Costing

Activity-Based Systems: ABM and JIT

Cost Behavior Analysis

The Budgeting Process

Performance Management and Evaluation

Standard Costing and Variance Analysis

Analysis for Decision Making

Pricing Decisions, Including Target Costing and Transfer Pricing

Quality Management and Measurement

Financial Performance Measurement

Future Value and Present Value Tables

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