TY - BOOK AU - Kremer, Chuck. AU - Rizzuto, Ron. AU - Case, John, TI - Managing by the numbers : b a commonsense guide to understanding and using your company's financials SN - 8176493589 AV - 658.15 KRE U1 - 658.15 PY - 2000/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Perseus Pub. KW - Financial statements KW - Business enterprises KW - Finance N1 - "Developed in partnership with Inc."; "An essential resource for growing businesses."; List of tables and graphs -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Pt. 1. All you really need to know about financial statements. 1. Two words on accounting ; 2. The balance sheet ; 3. The income statement ; 4. Cash flow -- Pt. 2. Understanding the big picture. 5. The three bottom lines ; 6. The financial scoreboard -- Pt. 3. Financial analysis to boost performance. 7. The three financial goals ; 8. Managing for optimum performance: net profit ; 9. Managing for optimum performance: operating cash flow ; 10. Managing for optimum performance: return on assets ; 11. Ratio magic ; 12. Forward-looking financials -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. SOHO equipment: the complete financials -- Appendix 2. Tips on converting your company's financials to the financial scoreboard -- Appendix 3: Our (nonsacred) financial glossary and why you need a sacred one -- Appendix 4. A guide to ratios -- Appendix 5. A history of the Mobley matrix / by Louis B. Mobley -- About the authors ER -