Survey of Accounting or The Entrepreneurs Guide to Business Law

Survey of Accounting

Author: Carl S Warren

Give your students a solid overview of the basics in financial and managerial accounting with Warren's trusted SURVEY OF ACCOUNTING, Fourth Edition. The book's proven, non-procedural approach provides a simple, straightforward approach to learning accounting that emphasizes the relevance of accounting information and how managers, investors, and other business stakeholders use accounting reports. This straightforward approach ensures a thorough understanding of accounting and accounting systems, ideal for students who have no prior accounting experience. The innovative Integrated Financial Statement framework focuses on understanding the integrated nature of financial statements and the interrelationship among them. A new comprehensive example further illustrates the manufacturing processes, while the CengageNOW Express™ provides a straightforward homework solution that's ideal for your students' accounting success.

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Billed as a one-semester accounting text for all majors, this book emphasizes the use of accounting by managers and investors to make decisions. Topics covered include accounting systems, fixed and intangible assets, liabilities and stockholders' equity, financial statement analysis, product pricing, budgeting and standard cost systems, performance evaluation, and cost allocation and activity- based costing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

1. The Role of Accounting in Business.
2. Basic Accounting Concepts.
3. Accrual Accounting Concepts.
4. Accounting for Merchandise Businesses.
5. Internal Control and Cash.
6. Receivables and Inventories.
7. Fixed Assets and Intangible Assets.
8. Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity.
9. Financial Statement Analysis.
10. Accounting Systems for Manufacturing Businesses.
11. Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume Profit Analysis.
12. Differential Analysis and Product Pricing.
13. Budgeting and Standard Cost Systems.
14. Performance Evaluation for Decentralized Operations.
15. Capital Investment Analysis. Appendix A: Double-Entry Accounting Systems. Appendix B: Process Cost Systems.

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law

Author: Constance E Bagley

A must for business owners, this comprehensive yet succinct legal guide helps entrepreneurs identify legal issues and avoid legal pitfalls. It follows the progression of a start-up business and anticipates its legal concerns every step of the way—through the stages of growth up to an IPO and everything in between. Completely in tune with an increasingly electronic business market, the book offers valuable insight into legalities of the bustling e-commerce trade, including coverage of e-contracts, electronic signatures, trademarks, domain names and other issues involved with intellectual property and cyberlaw. It also covers employee privacy, e-mail monitoring and alternative dispute resolution. And The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law offers practical tips for buying and selling a business, as well as discussions on the implications of gaining a "global" presence.

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Covering the main legal aspects of starting a business in the United States, Bagley (business administration, Harvard Business School) and Dauchy (managing partner, Cooley Godward LLP) proceed from inception to sale or initial public offering. Each chapter examines legal constraints and opportunities, offering advice on business strategy. Topics include incorporation, ownership structure, board formation, contracts and leases, e-commerce, human resources, operational liabilities and insurance, creditors' rights, venture capital, intellectual property and cyberlaw, and global operation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	About the Authors
1	Taking the Plunge	1
2	Leaving Your Employer	9
3	Selecting and Working with an Attorney	31
4	Deciding Whether to Incorporate	49
5	Structuring the Ownership	74
6	Forming and Working with the Board	112
7	Raising Money and Securities Regulation	133
8	Contracts and Leases	176
9	E-Commerce and Sales of Goods and Services	220
10	Marshaling Human Resources	265
11	Operational Liabilities and Insurance	341
12	Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy	384
13	Venture Capital	431
14	Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw	487
15	Going Global	552
16	Buying and Selli ng a Business	585
17	Going Public	649
	Internet Sources	705
	Table of Cases	709
	Index	713