Financial & Managerial Accounting, 2002 Edition
Belverd E. Needles, Jr., DePaul University Marian Powers, Northwestern University Susan Crosson, Santa Fe Community College
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 14: The Statement of Cash Flows
Chapter 14 presents the statement of cash flows and explains the changes in cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities of a business. Emphasis is placed on analyzing a company's cash-generating ability and its free cash flow. The indirect approach is used to compute net cash flows from operating activities, but the direct approach is presented as a supplemental objective.