Financial executive's handbook / edited by Richard F. Vancil.

pt. I. The financial executive as a member of the top management team. 1. An overview. 2. Strategy formulation and implementation. 3. Corporate organization. 4. Operating in the foreign environment. 5. Executive compensation. 6. Reports to top management -- pt. II. The financial executive as the administrator of a major corporate function. 7. Organization of the financial executive's functions. 8. Training and development of financial executives. 9. Tax planning and management. 10. Legal aspects of corporate affairs. 11. Government contracting. 12. Internal auditing. 13. Use of professional services -- pt. III. Financial and economic analysis. 14. Systems analysis and simulation. 15. Make or buy decisions. 16. Pricing decisions. 17. Analyzing product-line profitability. 18. Analysis of potential acquisitions. 19. Analysis of capital expenditures. 20. Lease, rent, or buy decisions -- pt. IV. Planning and budgeting. 21. Environmental and competitive information. 22. Forecasting and trend analysis. 23. Profit planning and budgeting. 24. Management by objectives. 25. Project scheduling and management. 26. Corporate long range planning. 27. Capital budgeting procedures -- pt. V. Information technology. 28. Evaluation of economic feasibility. 29. Development of system specifications. 30. Information storage and processing. 31. Selection and installation of data processing equipment. 32. Program development and management. 33. Managing the data processing function -- pt. VI. Control, measurement, reporting, and evaluation of operations. 34. Reporting to operating management. 35. Responsibility accounting. 36. Measuring divisional performance. 37. Control of research and development costs. 38. Control of manufacturing costs. 39. Control of administrative costs -- pt. VII. Asset management and control. 40. Cash management. 41. Consumer credit appraisal, administration, and collection. 42. Trade accounts receivable and credit management. 43. Inventory management and control. 44. Fixed assets. 45. Property-Liability insurance -- pt. VIII. Financial structure. 46. Capital structure determination. 47. Relations with capital suppliers. 48. Short-term financing. 49. Long-term debt financing. 50. Dividend policy and equity financing. 51. Financial aspects of acquisitions and mergers. 52. Financing foreign operations -- pt. IX. Financial accounting policies. 53. Nature and objectives of financial statements. 54. Accounting for inventories. 55. Accounting for property, plant and equipment. 56. Intangible assets (other than goodwill). 57. Accounting for business combinations and goodwill. 58. Compensation and employee benefits. 59. Accounting for liabilities and capital. 60. International accounting. 61. Consolidations and intercorporate investments -- pt. X. External relations. 62. Published annual reports. 63. Financial public relations. 64. Relations with government agencies. 65. Corporate contributions. 66. Professional, community and civic activities.