Financial statements for managers: Getting down to business ; External financial statements-what the world knows about your company ; Income statement for managers ; Financial condition and cash flow statements for managers -- Management analysis: Operating ratios: indispensable benchmarks ; Evaluating business investment performance ; Capital needs of growth ; Breaking even and making profit ; Sales volume changes ; Sales price and cost changes ; Price-volume trade-offs ; Cost-volume trade-offs ; Survival analysis: turning loss into profit ; Service businesses ; Sales mix and cost allocation -- Management control: Management control and budgeting ; Manufacturing accounting -- Capital investment: Determining future returns for capital investment ; Discounting future returns from capital investment