Harold Cecil Edey (19132007) and his colleagues David Solomons (19121995) and William T. Baxter (19072006) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) were instrumental in the development of British accounting thought in the mid-1900s. These three influential scholars...

Preface -- Plan of the book -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- The business finance environment -- Introduction -- A framework for financial decision making -- Financial (accounting) statements and their interpretation -- Investment decisions -- Investment appraisal methods -- Practical aspects...

Introduction -- Finance fundamentals -- Finance personnel and systems -- Cash versus accruals accounting -- Primary financial statements -- Profit and loss (P&L) -- The balance sheet -- Cash flow statement -- Key elements of financial statements -- Revenue recognition -- Opex and capex --...