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Part 1: FINANCIAL REPORTING AND THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE. 1. Accounting Information: Users and Uses. 2. Financial Statements: An Overview. 3. The Mechanics of Accounting. 4. Completing the Accounting Cycle. 5. Ensuring the Integrity of Financial Information. Comprehensive Problem 1-5. Part 2: OPERATING ACTIVITIES. 6. Selling a Product or Service. 7. Inventory. 8. Completing the Operating Cycle. Comprehensive Problem 6-8. Part 3: INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES. 9. Investments in Property, Plant, and Equipment and in Intangible Assets. 10. Long-Term Debt Financing. 11. Equity Financing. 12. Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. Comprehensive Problem 9-12. Part 4: OTHER DIMENSIONS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING. 13. The Statement of Cash Flows. 14. Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis. Part 5: FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING. 15. Management Accounting and Cost Concepts. 16. Cost Flows and Business Organizations. 17. Activity-Based Costing. Comprehensive Problem 15-17. Part 6: CONTROL IN A MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. 18. Budgeting and Control. 19. Controlling Cost and Profit. Part 7: MAKING DECISIONS USING MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING. 20. Cost Behavior and Decisions using C-V-P Analysis. Comprehensive Problem 18-20. 21. Relevant Information and Decisions. 22. Capital Investment Decisions. Comprehensive Problem 21-22. Part 8: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING. 23. New Measures of Performance. Appendix A: 2006 Wal-Mart Annual Report. Appendix B: Time Value of Money. Glossary. Subject Index. Real World Company Index.

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