Here’s a practical handbook for owners and managers of small-to-medium size businesses with advice on controlling the company’s financial resources, purchasing and amortizing capital equipment, projecting operating costs, and meeting ongoing expenses. The authors offer guidance in understanding and analyzing financial statements, the time-value of money, making capital budgeting decisions, and much more. Appendices include a list of online Internet resources and short descriptions of Excel financial and investment functions. The third edition has been updated with new information on SEC reporting requirements, managing dependent-demand inventories, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and more.