Accounting and the business environment -- Recording business transactions -- The adjusting process -- Completing the accounting cycle -- Merchandising operations -- Merchandise inventory -- Accounting information systems -- Internal control and cash -- Receivables -- Plant assets and intangibles -- Current liabilities and payroll -- Partnerships -- Corporations: paid-in capital and the balance sheet -- Corporations: retained earnings and the income statement -- Long-term liabilities -- The statement of cash flows -- Financial statement analysis -- Introduction to management accounting -- Job order costing -- Process costing -- Cost-volume-profit analysis -- The master budget and responsibility accounting -- Flexible budgets and standard costs -- Acitivity-based costing and other cost management tools -- Special decisions and capital budgeting -- Appendix A: Amazon.com annual report -- Appendix B: Investments and International operations -- Appendix C: Present value tables -- Appendix D: Check figures -- [Glossary] -- Company index.