Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation: A Strategic Perspective (Book Only) - Hardcover

Wahlen, James M.; Baginski, Stephen P.; Bradshaw, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324789424 ISBN 13: 9780324789423

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2010

Synopsis

Wahlen/Baginski/Bradshaw 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, finance, business strategy, accounting, and other business disciplines through the integration of a unique six-step process.

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About the Author

James M. Wahlen is the James R. Hodge Chair, Professor of Accounting, and the former Chairman of the MBA Program 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill, INSEAD, the University of Washington, and Pacific Lutheran University. Professor 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. He has had 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. In his free time Jim loves outdoor sports (biking, hiking, skiing, golf), cooking (and, of course, eating) and listening to rock music (especially if it is loud and live).

Review

1: Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Valuation. 2: Asset and Liability Valuation and Income Measurement. 3. Income Flows versus Cash Flows: Understanding the Statement of Cash Flows 4: Profitability Analysis. 5: Risk Analysis. 6. Financing Activities 7: Investing Activities 8: Operating Activities 9: Accounting Quality 10: Forecasting Financial Statements. 11: Valuation: Discount Rates and Dividends-Based Approaches. 12: Valuation: Cash-Flow-Based Approaches. 13: Valuation: Earnings-Based Approaches. 14: Valuation: Market-Based Approaches. Appendix A: Financial Statements and Notes for PepsiCo, Inc. and Subsidiaries. Appendix B: Management's Discussion and Analysis for PepsiCo, Inc. and Subsidiaries. Appendix C: Financial Statement Analysis Package (FSAP). Appendix D: Financial Ratios: Descriptive Statistics by Industry. Index.

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0324789424
• ISBN 13: 9780324789423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1296