Short Introduction to Accounting – Richard Barker

Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
Introduction
Chapter 1 – A guided tour of the financial statements
Chapter 2 – The need for financial information
Chapter 3 – Keeping track of economic activity
Chapter 4 – Summary of the foundations of accounting
Chapter 5 – The accounts as a lens on growth
Chapter 6 – Measuring value creation
Chapter 7 – Understanding risk
Chapter 8 – Building a corporate valuation model
Appendix 1 – Glossary of accounting terms
Appendix 2 – Further reading
Index