discuss how business owners, managers, and other organizational leaders use the four basic financial statements to make business decisions.

Your discussion should include:

• A description of the four basic financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, statement of stockholders' equity, and statement of cash flows), including a summary of what is reported in each of the four basic financial statements.
• An explanation of the role of the income statement, balance sheet, statement of stockholders' equity, and statement of cash flows in business decision making.
• A description of metric-based analysis, including the types and purposes of metrics used by managers for business decision making.