Finance+&+Accounting+for+Nonfinancial+Managers+(2011).Pdf

FINANCE

&

ACCOUNTING

for Nonnancial Managers

Fourth Edition

Steven A. Finkler, Ph.D., CPA

Finance & Accounting for

Nonfinancial Managers

4th Edition

Steven A. Finkler, Ph.D, CPA

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 About the Author

Steven A. Finkler, Ph.D., CPA, is Professor Emeritus of Accounting and Financial

Management at the Robert F.

Wagner Graduate School, New York University. At

the Wagner School he directed the Finance Specialization for

over twenty years.

He holds a bachelor’s degree with joint majors in accounting and finance

(summa cum laude) and

a master’s degree in Accounting (with highest honors)

from the Wharton School. His master’s degree in Economics

and Ph.D. in

Business Administration are from Stanford...