Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements, Text and Cases (with Thomson ONE Access)

Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers securities analysts bankers and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course materials that provide a framework for using financial statement data in a variety of business analysis and valuation contexts. BUSINESS ANALYSIS & VALUATION: USING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TEXT & CASES 4E allows you to undertake financial statement analysis using a four-part framework--(1) business strategy analysis for developing an understanding of a firms competitive strategy; (2) accounting analysis for representing the firms business economics and strategy in its financial statements and for developing adjusted accounting measures of performance; (3) financial analysis for ratio analysis and cash flow measures of operating; and (4) prospective analysis. Then youll learn how to apply these tools in a variety of decision contexts including securities analysis credit analysis corporate financing policies analysis mergers and acquisitions analysis and governance and communication analysis. This text also offers one Harvard case per chapter as well as an entirely separate section (Section 4) for additional cases!