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For new students of accounting, entry-level accounting professionals, and business professionals whose own work relates directly to the numbers on the ledger, a basic understanding of core accounting functions and documents is critical. Accounting Demystified provides a simple and straightforward description of universal elements of the accounting process, plus accessible tutorials in creating, interpreting, and using financial statements. Haber's clear language will let readers:
* understand accounting basics * find errors quickly * prepare accurate financial statements * analyze financial documents * determine the financial health of a business * prepare a financial prospectus for potential investors and lenders
From the classroom to the back room to the board room, Accounting Demystified serves as a valuable primer on the basics of accounting and the purposes they serve.
Customer Reviews:
A sure cure for "accounting phobia"!.......2003-11-25
Dr. Haber's book admirably accomplishes its goal: to make the basics of accounting understandable in plain English. He walks the reader through terminology and numbers, starting with simple concepts and building on them logically and painlessly. Clear examples and even occasional dry humor make this an ideal introduction for the neophyte. A sure cure for "accounting phobia"!
Cool Book MY Mom Bought.......2003-11-24
Senioritis hit me hard and accounting basics was going to sideline me from special activities unless my grades improved.My mom ordered Accounting Demystified. Less than 200 pages and paperback was just my size. It showed me how to do journal entries and how to check my work. For almost everything the glossary was all I needed.
Students' Little Helper.......2003-11-24
I desperately needed help getting through the 800 page beginning accounintg text I was assigned. A friend recommended Accounting Demystified and it saved me from certain failure. It is a fabulous guide; easy to follow, direct, with clear examples of each transaction. My text used tens of pages to explain the basics in convoluted fashion while this slim, concise guide accomplished the goal in just a few pages. It helped me pass the course without wasting hours reading a huge, boring text.
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There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects
Corporate Finance Demystified offers a comprehensive introduction to corporate finance principles, the time value of money, including present value, amortization schedules, and more. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.
Customer Reviews:
Good Supplement but No Substitute.......2007-09-16
I found the book to be worth the money as a supplement, but it did not replace the texbook for my class in corporate finance. Most helpful were the problems at the end of each chapter.
Good for review of the topic.......2007-06-11
I am reviewing Corporate Finance, which I first took a year ago, in preparation for an advanced course that I will soon take. This book is good for my purposes. It is concise and clear, yet still often takes the time to explain, elaborate, and interpret information. However, the presentation is a little bit too concise for an initial presentation, and there are some typos in the quizzes and examples--better proofreading is needed. If you're looking for a fuller explanation, I have found that the textbooks by Stephen Ross are good (eg Fundamentals of Corporate Finance--he has several similarly titled books--the above named is for the first course for undergrad finance majors).
MYSTIFIED not demystified.......2007-02-14
I am a very experience small business person. I picked up this text to obtain an overview of more advanced corporate finance as a precursor to more intensive study. I found the text failed for my purposes.
While the text is promoted as a self-teaching guide, this is not, in my opinion a beginner book. I ended chapters more confused than when I started (NOT due to the complexity of the material or my inability but due to the poor text). For example, there is no glossary to quickly look-up new terms as one might expect for a self-study guide. Far too much of the book is made up of multiple choice "self-tests" in each chapter with only a list of the correct multiple choice answers in the back of the book (no explanations).
An example of the issues with the book is in the fairly basic, Chapter 3. Chapter 3 covers financial statements and apparently corporate taxes (all in six, light format, pages). The chapter introduces basic balance sheets and cash flow statements. The text then discusses taxes but does not really explain why tax rate tiers vary according to corporate income, whether the rates indicated are typical, nor even why taxes are discussed fairly in-depth (I speak relatively here since I generally found little depth in the text) in a basic overview of simple financial statements. The text then sharply transitions in the same chapter to Cash Flow From Assets where several formulas as acronyms are introduced without fully explaining the acronyms (some you can figure out, some remain a msytery). (Again, there is no glossary, and the index self-refers to the acronym itself.) Total coverage of the topic--about 6 pages of text including the example balance sheets and tax tables followed by four pages of "test questions."
Each chapter ends with a self-test presumably to test knowledge. Again, Chapter 3 is an example. I created an Excel spreadsheet on my own to work some of the problems (I really do want to learn this material). However, the questions ask about non-existent information (referring to 2004 figures when the text has examples from 2006-2007). (This may seem like a simple typographical error but is confusing since the answer explanation does not explain the answer. You are left guessing the answer and then trying to decipher both the question and the applying (hopefully) analysis skills). Then, a question introduces marginal tax rate as a question but is never explained in the text. The index, again no glossary, refers to the question itself as the explanation (for comparison, Wikipedia gives a clear, seven paragraph analysis of marginal tax rate).
I had high hopes for this text and was committed to the topic. I was very disappointed. Since I am unfamiliar with the material, the evident errors make me question the quality of the rest of the material (i.e., if the errors are clear in some sections, how can I, as a novice, trust the materials I am unfamiliar with--for example formulas and comparisons?)
Book Description
There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects
Accounting Demystified provides you with a working knowledge of accounting basics, covering financial, cost, budget, and tax accounting. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.
Customer Reviews:
All errors corrected as of June 2007.......2007-07-09
This is the author. And yes, those errors were tacky. But McGraw-Hill issued an error free new edition as of June 2007. Enjoy.
Poorly edited, but gives a good 100K ft overview if you can read around the errors.......2007-05-31
I read the reviews prior to purchasing the book and bought it anyway because I needed high-level overview of accounting for a class I'm taking this summer.
Boy, there are a ton of typos in this book. Leita Hart must be embarassed; it's hard to believe that it was proofed before it was printed. Most of the mistakes are easy to spot, so it shouldn't confuse you too much. If you want a bullet-proof book, that's far more comprehensive, try An Introduction to Accounting by Werner and Jones (you can get the 2nd ed. for cheapish). Another frustration is the poor index - if you want to look something up, forget about trying to find it in the index.
That said, Hart knows how to explain fundamental financial accounting concepts. I did learn quite a bit. Hart should write an introductory accounting textbook - I think she'd do a good job. Of course she'll have to ensure that it's edited and proofed before it goes to print.
Full of typoos.......2007-05-28
Read carefully. As noted by other readers -- this book is full of typoos and at times confuse reader.
Good introduction to really, really basic accounting.......2006-10-24
I like the way this book starts with the big picture before diving into the details. This book is an easy read, but I would have liked much more information... just when it's getting interesting, it's time for the next chapter. It is, however, an interesting presentation of dry material.
I would have rated it 4 stars, but there are some mistakes the editor should have caught that are in some very important descriptions. The most troubling is the description of how debits/credits affect each of the accounts.
Maybe I need a book on arithmetic........2006-10-11
On page 61, I quote: "Revenues increase by 10 times the $30 selling price or $3000." Does 10 times 30 equal 3000? I can't figure out how to make that calculation. Two pages later, I quote: "...I suggest you skip the next chapter because it goes into debits and credits...." This sentence is in chapter 5. Debits and credits are covered in chapter 8. I am confused! The book is easy to read but I can't say it's easy to understand.
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Accounts Demystified: How to Understand Financial Accounting and Analysis
Anthony Rice
Manufacturer: Financial Times Management
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Delight to read.......2003-08-12
I had done a beginners course on accounts before and left that course more confused about the subject than before. I was still confused about debit and credit, double-entries etc. I found this book and it solved my problems. This book will help you as well. It is very clear. It is very structured. Each sentence makes sense. The book is a delight to read (if the term can be used in conjunction with accounts) and I can recommend it without reservations.
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Learn the essentials of management accounting in a flash!
This hands-on self-teaching guide covers the fundamentals of management accounting, including cost accounting, how to develop and use information for costing products and services, decision making, operational budgeting, performance evaluation, and other important subjects and provides an update on recent developments in the field. You will learn the key aspects of management accounting as they apply to both for-profit companies and nonprofits.
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Not quite ready for 290 pages of mgt. accounting?.......2007-05-02
Business Basics Bestseller 1: The Easy, Interesting, Open-book Look at the Game of Business Numbers! 2nd Edition
If you never had this accounting stuff explained to you before, you will like "Business Basics Bestseller 1" as a starting point. This is not a suggestion that you substitute it for this book, just that you check it out as well. The BBB #1 book was written by a guy who is not an accountant -- imagine what that can do for cutting through the jargon accountants love without even knowing it.
BBB #1 will introduce you to the basics of business including the terms behind the numbers and where all the formulas come from before you plow into a true "finance and accounting" text. Search for "Business Basics Bestseller 1" and add it to your consideration. It can be one of your best investments. At less than 150 pages, you can zip through it enjoyably and then go on to revel in the wonders of internal management accounting.
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Asset Management: Equities Demystified
Shanta Acharya , and
Shanta Acharaya
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0471557919 |
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The future of fund management in the era of individual trading
With the globalization of the financial markets, the rise of pension and tracker funds, and the technical feasibility for anyone to trade almost anything at any time, some are questioning the very necessity of highly paid fund managers. In Asset Management, Acharya argues that the industry is essential to the health of both the financial markets and the global economy at large and shows how the social implications of fund management reverberate throughout the world.
Dr. Shanta Acharya (London, UK) was a fund manager for Swiss Bank and Baring Asset Management, following an academic career at Harvard and Oxford. She is currently a freelance writer and researcher.
Over the years, financial professionals around the world have looked to the Wiley Finance series and its wide array of bestselling books for the knowledge, insights, and techniques that are essential to success in financial markets. As the pace of change in financial markets and instruments quickens, Wiley Finance continues to respond. With critically acclaimed books by leading thinkers on value investing, risk management, asset allocation, and many other critical subjects, the Wiley Finance series provides the financial community with information they want. Written to provide professionals and individuals with the most current thinking from the best minds in the industry, it is no wonder that the Wiley Finance series is the first and last stop for financial professionals looking to increase their financial expertise.
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Accounts Demystified (Wyvern Edn Only)
Anthony Rice
Manufacturer: Financial Times Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0273604066 |
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- Totally Spot-On Title, you really don't need much more
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Accounts Demystified: How to Understand and Use Company Accounts (Institute of Management)
Anthony Rice
Manufacturer: Financial Times Management
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ASIN: 0273601547 |
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Totally Spot-On Title, you really don't need much more.......1999-09-02
This book should be back in print.
I used it prior to an MBA course and I could have passed the Core Financial Analysis class on day one.
UK-centric though!!
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Contradictions and Dilemmas: Studies on the Socialist Economy and Society
János Kornai
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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ASIN: 0262111071 |
Book Description
These seven essays by the Eastern block's most important economist address and explore many of the critical social and economic issues inherent in the socialist economy. Published in Hungary in 1983, they are the firsthand observations of an insider who attempts to be as frank and impartial as possible about the experiment in his own country.
The essays distinguish the classical or traditional form of a highly centralized socialist economy from a system, like that of Hungary's, that is in the process of institutional reforms. They focus on a few important characteristics of social economies, rather than providing a broad description and analysis of socialist systems, in order to stimulate thinking along comparative lines. The wider problems and issues related to socialist systems that they address will interest sociologists and political scientists, historians, and philosophers as well as economists.
Kornai points out that because real modern societies are different from the pure models of capitalism and socialism, combinations and mixtures of socialist and capitalist systems, sellers' and buyers' markets, centralized and decentralized management occur widely and intensively in both socialist and highly developed industrial market economies and in the nonsocialist third world countries in some segments and to a certain degree. Looking at these phenomena comparatively reveals both the deep differences and the similarities and analogies between the systems.
The essays are: The Reproduction of Shortage. "Hard" and "Soft" Budget Constraint. Degrees of Paternalism. Economics and Psychology. Comments on the Present State and the Prospects of the Hungarian Economic Reform. Efficiency and the Principles of Socialist Ethics. The Health of Nations.
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Softcover.
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2000 Cumulative Supplement (5th Edition) to Constitutional Law: Principles and Policy--Cases and Materials
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Constitutional Law (with 2000 Supplement)
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Manufacturer: Law Rules Publishing Corporation
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ASIN: 1887426523 |
Customer Reviews:
Constitutional or Unconstitutional - Explained.......2000-08-20
An excellent analysis of how the Justices of the Supreme Court decide whether or not a law (created by Congress or the States) is valid or not. More than just a compilation of majority, concurring and dissenting opinions, this book looks at why the decisions were made, not just what the decisions were. Well worth the money and a fine addition to the library of anyone interested in law or the legislative process.
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From Maize to Melons: Struggles and Strategies of Small Mexican Farmers (Latin America Studies)
Magdalena Barros
Manufacturer: Purdue University Press
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This book describes the struggles and strategies of small Mexican farmers.
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