Financial and Managerial Accounting : The Basis for Business Decisions

by Williams, Jan R.; Haka, Susan F.; Bettner, Mark S.; Carcello, Joseph V.

• ISBN13: 9780072996500
• ISBN10: 0072996501
• Edition: 14th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-25
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

With the fourteenth edition ofFinancial and Managerial Accounting: The Basis for Business Decisions, the Williams author team carries on the tradition of being a solid foundation for students learning basic accounting concepts. Through the revision, the authors have further refined the financial accounting topics, while slightly expanding the managerial accounting material to provide even more balanced coverage.Hallmarks of the text-including the solid Accounting Cycle Presentation, relevant pedagogy, and high quality, end-of-chapter material-have all been updated and enhanced through the revision. A new design enhances the graphical elements of the text, while the integration of several boxed elements provides a more streamlined approach to chapter topics.

Author Biography

Jan R. Williams is Dean of the College of Business Administration and the Pilot Chair of Excellence in Leadership at the University of Tennessee, where he has been a faculty member since 1977.

Table of Contents

Accounting: Information for Decision Making

Basic Financial Statements

The Accounting Cycle: Capturing Economic Events

The Accounting Cycle: Accruals and Deferrals

The Accounting Cycle: Reporting Financial Results

Susquehanna Equipment Rentals

Merchandising Activities

Financial Assets

Inventories and the Cost of Goods Sold

Guitar Universe, Inc.

Plant and Intangible Assets

Liabilities

Stockholders' Equity: Paid-in Capital

McMinn Retail, Inc.

Income and Changes in Retained Earnings

Statement of Cash Flows

Financial Statement Analysis

Home Depot, Inc.

Global Business and Accounting

Management Accounting: A Business Partner

Job Order Cost Systems and Overhead Allocations

Process Costing

Costing and the Value Chain

Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Incremental Analysis

The Gilster Company

Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing

Operational Budgeting

Standard Cost Systems

Rewarding Business Performance

Utease Corporation

Capital Budgeting

2005 Home Depot Financial Statements

The Time Value of Money: Future Amounts and Present Values

Forms of Business Organization

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