A simple guide to understanding complex financial statements.

Financial Accounting Essentials You Always Wanted to Know is back with a new and updated 5th edition! This edition includes two new chapters on the Accounting Cycle. It is a starter pack for new managers and leaders who require a foundational understanding of financial accounting terms and who need to understand why preparing a financial statement is so necessary. After reading this book, managers will be equipped with the critical tools to document finances for shareholders and prepare financial statements for their organization

This book will help one to:

• Understand why financial accounting systems are necessary
• Learn financial accounting systems and terms
• Explore the importance of a Financial Statement
• Learn about the concept of Balance Sheet
• Understand what is an Income Statement
• Learn how to create a Statement of Cash Flows

This 5th Edition contains two new chapters on:

• Accounting Cycle
• End of Accounting Cycle

Each chapter provides clear examples of the financial accounting tools and includes practice examples to help train the reader in the usage of these critical tools.

A simple and essential guide to making good financial management decisions

Financial Management Essentials is an essential guide to making good financial management decisions! Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know: 5th Edition provides new managers and leaders with the foundational concepts of financial management. This new and updated edition comes with an exciting new chapter on international finance, including case studies and practical examples. It offers an in-depth study on the type of financial resources companies acquire and how they utilize these assets in their business processes and activities. Each chapter provides real-world examples of financial management practices and includes practice exercises to help train the reader in the usage of these critical tools.

With this book, you will be able to:

• Understand Financial Statement Analysis
• Learn about Cost of Capital
• Learn how to Create a Capital Budget
• Understand how to Manage Working Capital
• Study Stocks and Dividends
• Explore Financial Forecasting

A simple guide to making managerial decisions based oncost data

This new edition includes an exciting new chapter on Customer Profitability, updated chapter contents, and real-world examples that will help learners to understand how to use cost accounting tools to make decisions to benefit their organizations.With this book, readers will be able to:

• Explore the world of Cost Accounting
• Conduct Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis for your company
• Learn to use Activity-based Costing
• Understand concepts of Cost Allocation and Control
• Make decisions using relevant cost information
• Discover the difference between Customer and Product Profitability Analysis

Cost Accounting & Management Essentials is ideal for working professionals moving into management roles. This book will also be useful to senior management and individuals who need to understand cost accounting numbers.

Corporate Finance Essentials You Always Wanted to Know

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• Comprehensive coverage of corporate finance 
• Ideal for aspiring finance managers, entrepreneurs, curious non-finance professionals, and management students
• Real-world examples, solved numerical problems, and case activities for practical application
• Chapter summaries and quizzes for reinforced learning

If you have ever wondered how companies decide where to invest their money, how they raise capital, or why financial mismanagement leads to business failure, Corporate Finance Essentials You Always Wanted to Know is your definitive guide. Authored by Makarand Bhopatkar, a finance educator with over 25 years of experience, this book is crafted for aspiring corporate finance managers, entrepreneurs, curious non-finance professionals, and management students seeking a practical structured introduction to corporate finance.

The book covers the full spectrum of corporate finance decisions; from understanding different business structures and corporate governance to analyzing financing decisions, investment appraisal techniques, working capital management, dividend policy, and financial forecasting. A dedicated appendix on financial mathematics and financial statement analysis provides additional support for readers who need foundational grounding.

Unlike dense academic textbooks, this book presents concepts in simple language supported by illustrative examples and real-world company examples, making it accessible without sacrificing depth. Each chapter ends with a summary and quiz, while selected chapters include case activities to reinforce practical application.

After reading this book, you will be able to:

• Understand corporate structures and the various sources of capital 
• Evaluate financing options and decode optimal capital structure
• Learn capital budgeting and working capital management 
• Analyze dividend distribution and forecast financial statements 
• Navigate international corporate finance

Part of Vibrant Publishers' Self-Learning Management Series, Corporate Finance Essentials You Always Wanted to Know serves as a valuable resource for developing financial acumen that complements your existing expertise and advances your professional career.

• Learn economics in a simplified manner
• Discover the ten guiding principles of economics
• Understand the nuances of demand and supply
• Gain knowledge about different market structures with global examples
• Know everything about firm theories and cost structures
• Get insights into macroeconomics and the role of aggregate demand
  
  Get an all-encompassing guide to the world of economics

Principles of Economics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know is a complete yet compact for anyone wanting to learn the fundamentals of economics. It equips readers not only with theoretical knowledge but also practical tips and strategies. The book’s conversational tone and easy-to-understand language help readers grasp complex concepts with ease.

The book is especially beneficial for someone wanting to understand how the principles of economics can be applied to real-life decision-making in business, life, and policy making.

The complex concepts in this book are simplified to their easiest essentials and explained with practical examples from all over the world, which makes it suitable for students beginning to pursue the subject academically. On the other hand, the practical tips and usable explanations aim to benefit professionals looking to learn more about economics.

The quiz questions at the end of every chapter help readers test their knowledge. The book also includes readily usable downloadable templates for professionals in the field.

This book is part of the Self-Learning Management Series designed to help students, managers, career switchers, and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons.

A go-to guide to understanding the building blocks of Microeconomics

Microeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know has the answers to all your questions. The book shows how the demand of consumers affects the market supply and how price is a major determinant of them. Next, the book goes on to explain consumer behavior with the help of cardinal and ordinal utility approaches. The book dives deep into the functions of markets and the roles that they play in a booming or receding economy. Lastly, it touches upon the topic of international trade and its advantages for a country. It contains plenty of examples that are relevant to the real world which will make it easier for you to grasp the concepts.

Microeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know is a go-to guide for understanding all the crucial concepts that form the building blocks of microeconomics.After reading this book, readers will:

• Understand the basic concepts of Microeconomics
• Learn the relationship between demand and supply
• Get to know the various types of markets
• Discover how prices of goods and services are determined
• Understand the theory of factor pricing
• Appreciate policy decisions related to taxation, interest rate, and international trade

Learn the concepts of macroeconomics and the logic behind various economic policies adopted at national and global levels.


Macroeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know is an introduction to the requisites of macroeconomics, for beginners and veterans alike.

Macroeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know sheds light on the essential concepts of macroeconomics and how they affect the performance and decision-making of economies. It is imperative for entrepreneurs to understand macroeconomic basics to follow policy matters. This book will fulfill this particular need of entrepreneurs and business professionals. It will also help students of the subject brush up on the fundamentals and have a more comprehensive grasp of the advanced topics, and it will help students new to the subject get a headstart and be at par with their peers. It will help the readers by

• Providing them with an understanding of the basic concepts of macroeconomics
• Enlightening them about topics like savings, consumption and investment
• Explaining to them the concepts of money and modern banking
• Shedding light on how macroeconomic policies are formed and how they impact the world

The book also covers topics like external trade, foreign exchange markets, multilateralism in macroeconomics, business policies, and the measurement of national income. It describes the usage of essential formulas for calculations, and provides a summary at the end of every chapter, along with questions to help readers test and enhance their knowledge.

The book is authored to make it easier for people from various walks of life to get a firm grip on macroeconomics and how significantly it impacts our lives and the world we live in.

The author, Dr. Amlan Ray has 27 years of experience working in corporate, consulting, training, and educational institutions (including A.V. Birla and the TATA group).

Personal Finance Essentials You Always Wanted to Know is a guide that will help you understand money and manage it like a pro.

Do you break out into a sweat at the mention of the word ‘financial planning?’  Do you often struggle with meeting your expenses? Do you worry about the future and ensuring your financial stability? And is the time for filing tax returns stressful for you?

Countless others go through the same experience, but it need not be this way. 

This book answers all your pressing questions about finance and many more. It makes an effort to remove the fear that is often associated with the subject of finance by offering all the essentials in a conversational manner to engage the readers. Packed with fun facts and quizzes, it tackles subjects that constitute the world of personal finance which everyone has to deal with, whether we like it or not. With the help of this book, you will:

• Learn how to budget, save, and invest for your future.
• Get an overview of home ownership, taxation, insurance, and retirement planning.
• Calculate your income, expenses, and budget using practical templates.
• Become better at managing your finances.

Personal Finance Essentials is a ready reckoner for individuals who would like to know more but do not know where to start. It could be you and me, or students beginning a course in Finance, or youngsters exploring different lines of education and career. It could also be an organization attempting to help employees understand money management. This book has something for everyone. 

It is a part of the Self-Learning Management Series designed to help students, managers, career switchers, and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons.