TY - BOOK AU - Needles,Belverd E. AU - Powers,Marian AU - Crosson,Susan V. TI - Principles of accounting SN - 9780618736614 (hbk.) AV - HF5635 .N35 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Houghton Mifflin Co. KW - Accounting N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Uses of accounting information and the financial statements -- Analyzing business transactions -- Measuring business income -- Completing the account cycle -- Financial reporting and analysis -- How to read an annual report -- The operating cycle and merchandising operations -- Inventories -- Cash and receivables -- Current liabilities and the time value of money -- Internal control -- Long-term liabilities -- The corporate income statement and the statement of stockholder's equity -- The statement of cash flows -- Investments -- Financial performance measurement -- The changing business environment: a manger's perspective -- Cost concepts and cost allocation -- Costing systems: job order and process costing -- Activity-based systems: ABM and JIT -- Cost behavior analysis -- The budgeting process -- Performance management and evaluation -- Standard costing and variance analysis -- Analysis for decision making ER -