Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Valuation: A Strategic Perspective (with Thomson One Access Code) - Hardcover

Stickney, Clyde P.; Brown, Paul; Wahlen, James M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324302959 ISBN 13: 9780324302950

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2006

Synopsis

Stickney/Brown/Wahlen is a balanced, flexible, and complete Financial Statement Analysis book that is written with the premise that students learn financial statement analysis most effectively by performing the analysis on actual companies. Students learn to integrate the concepts from economics, business strategy, accounting, and other business disciplines through the integration of a unique six-step process.

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About the Authors

Clyde P. Stickney is the Signal Companies' Professor of Management, Emeritus at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College. He received his DBA from Florida State University and taught at the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the Tuck School in 1977. He has also taught at business schools in Japan, Australia, Finland, and Germany. Prof. Stickney has authored and coauthored books on financial accounting, managerial accounting, and financial statement analysis.

Paul R. Brown, Ph.D., CPA is Professor of Accounting and Executive Director, TRIUM Global Executive MBA at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Texas, Austin and has served on the faculties of the Yale School of Organization and Management and INSEAD. He is the founding editor-in-chief of The Journal of Financial Statement Analysis. The journal is published by Institutional Investor with the objective of enhancing the understanding and interpretation of firm's activities in the context of financial statements. Professor Brown has published extensively in both The Journal of Financial Statement Analysis and a wide range of other academic and professional publications. Recent research has examined regulatory issues related to auditor independence, and the importance of industry-specific factors when assessing firms in the biotechnology and high technology industries. Prior to entering academe, he worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen & Co., and as a staff member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Professor Brown is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Accounting Association.

Dr. James M. Wahlen is the James R. Hodge Chair, Professor of Accounting, and the Chairman of the Accounting Department at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and has served on the faculties of the University of Chicago, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, INSEAD, the University of Washington, and Pacific Lutheran University. Dr. Wahlen's teaching and research interests focus on financial accounting, financial statement analysis, and the capital markets. His research investigates earnings quality and earnings management, earnings volatility as an indicator of risk, fair value accounting for financial instruments, accounting for loss reserve estimates by banks and insurers, stock market efficiency with respect to accounting information, and testing the extent to which future stock returns can be predicted with earnings and other financial statement information. His research has been published in a wide array of academic and practitioner journals in accounting and finance. Dr, Wahlen has public accounting experience in both Milwaukee and Seattle and is a member of the American Accounting Association. He has received numerous teaching awards during his career. Professor Wahlen is also a co-author of FINANCIAL REPORTING, FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS, AND VALUATION: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE; 8E. In his free time, he loves outdoor sports (biking, hiking, skiing, golf), cooking (and, of course, eating), and listening to rock music (especially if it is loud and live).

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0324302959
• ISBN 13: 9780324302950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 1128