《财务报表讲义》-课件设计（公开）.pptVIP

2.* The first example computing cash flows has a link to the information in this table. The arrow in the corner is used to return you to the example. Here is an example of a simplified balance sheet. Many students make it through business school without ever seeing an actual balance sheet, particularly those who are not majoring in finance or accounting. Later in the chapter, a hot link is provided to the 2003 annual report for McGraw-Hill. If you don’t have access to the internet for your presentation, I encourage you to bring in some annual reports and let the students see the differences between the simplified statements they see in textbooks and the real thing. This is a good place to talk about some of the specific types of items that show up on a balance sheet and remind the students what accounts receivable, accounts payable, notes payable, etc. are. 2.* Current assets and liabilities generally have book values and market values that are very close. This is not necessarily the case with the other assets, liabilities and equity of the firm. Assets are listed at historical costs less accumulated depreciation – this may bear little resemblance to what they could actually be sold for today. The balance sheet also does not include the value of many important assets, such as human capital. Consequently, the “Total Assets” line on the balance sheet is generally not a very good estimate of what the assets of the firm are actually worth. Liabilities are listed at face value. When interest rates change or the risk of the firm changes, the value of those liabilities change in the market as well. This is especially true for longer-term liabilities. Equity is the ownership interest in the firm. The market value of equity (stock price times number of shares) depends on the future growth prospects of the firm and on the market’s estimation of the current value of ALL of the assets of the firm. The best estimate of the market value of the firm’s assets is mark