Accounting : the basis for business decisions / W. B. Meigs.

Accounting: Information for decision making -- Basic financial statements -- The accounting cycle: Capturing economic events -- The accounting cycle: Preparing an annual report -- Accounting for merchandising activities -- Forms of business organization -- Financial assets -- Inventories and the cost of goods sold -- Plant assets and depreciation -- Liabilities -- Stockholders' equity: Paid in capital -- Income and changes in retained earnings -- Statement of cash flows -- Financial statement analysis -- Global business and accounting -- Management accounting: A business partner -- Accounting systems for measuring costs -- Costing and the value chain -- Cost-volume-profit analysis -- Incremental analysis -- Responsibility accounting and performance evaluation -- Operational budgeting -- Standards cost systems -- Capital budgeting.