HLS makes available two online courses from the Harvard Business School, one on accounting and the other on finance. Each course takes approximately 10 hours to complete.
After completing these courses, you will be able to impress your friends and family with casual talk about such things as “off balance sheet activity” and “working capital ratio.” Information & Registration.
In addition, the HLS library makes available several eBooks for learning about accounting and finance principles; examples:
Mastering Financial Accounting Essentials
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:GEN_9780470549551
How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs out of the Numbers
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:NLIB_9780471646938