Provide future business professionals with a practical introduction to financial and managerial accounting without the use of debits and credits. With its unique focus on building students' decision-making skills and emphasis on financial statements, Survey of Accounting, 3rd Edition meaningfully integrates data analytics and the importance of using accounting information in real-world decision-making. Adaptive practice opportunities and engaging real-world industry examples and videos strengthen student understanding of accounting concepts and illustrate how these are relevant to their everyday lives and future careers in business and accounting.

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Survey of Accounting
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Key takeaways
Interpret the purpose and components of financial statements, including the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows, to evaluate a company's financial position and performance. Apply various analytical techniques, such as ratio, horizontal, and vertical analysis, to assess financial health.
Classify and apply managerial cost concepts and costing systems, such as job order costing, to determine product costs and inform internal operational decisions. Utilize cost-volume-profit analysis and budgeting techniques for planning and control.
Apply both financial and managerial accounting information, integrating data analytics, to make informed business decisions across various scenarios, including capital investments, pricing, and incremental analysis. Evaluate the impact of these decisions on organizational outcomes.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Brief Contents
- From the Authors
- Author Commitment
- Data Analytics
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Financial Statements
- Chapter 2: A Further Look at the Balance Sheet
- Chapter 3: The Accounting Information System
- Chapter 4: Accrual Accounting Concepts
- Chapter 5: Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash
- Chapter 6: Merchandising Operations and the Multiple-Step Income Statement
- Chapter 7: Reporting and Analyzing Inventory and Receivables
- Chapter 8: Reporting and Analyzing Long-Lived Assets
- Chapter 9: Reporting and Analyzing Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
- Chapter 10: Financial Analysis: The Big Picture
- Chapter 11: Managerial Accounting
- Chapter 12: Job Order Costing
- Chapter 13: Cost-Volume-Profit
- Chapter 14: Incremental Analysis
- Chapter 15: Budgetary Planning
- Chapter 16: Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting
- Chapter 17: Standard Costs and Balanced Scorecard
- Chapter 18: Planning for Capital Investments
- Chapter 19: Statement of Cash Flows
- Appendix A: Specimen Financial Statements: Apple Inc
- Appendix B: Specimen Financial Statements: Columbia Sportswear Company
- Appendix C: Specimen Financial Statements: Under Armour, Inc
- Appendix D: Double-Entry Accounting System
- Appendix E: Time Value of Money
- Appendix F: Activity-Based Costing
- Appendix G: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis: Additional Issues
- Appendix H: Pricing
- Company Index
- Subject Index
- BEP
- EULA
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