Corporate Narrative Reporting : Beyond the Numbers

This book presents a comprehensive and expert-led insight into the role, types, practises and determinants of corporate narrative reporting (CNR). It provides a detailed overview of the importance of narrative disclosure in understanding the full annual report and, consequently, company performance and future prospects.

CNR comprises integral information presented in the front half of the annual report, which helps to tell the full story of a business, providing a comprehensive overview and understanding of both its past and future performance. Supported with illustrative tables and figures throughout, this volume contains a plethora of carefully selected chapters, featuring the analytical insight of knowledgeable academics and researchers from all over the world. Using different data collection and analysis methods, it links and advances theory and practice in the disclosure and presentation of non-financial information in annual reports and other disclosure channels.

The book is logically structured into four parts:

• Narrative Reporting: The State of the Art
• Empirical Research on Narrative Reporting
• Narrative Sustainability Reporting
• Narrative Reporting in Times of Crisis

Providing a global insight into CNR in practice, Corporate Narrative Reporting is an invaluable resource for both students and practitioners interested or involved in preparing, reviewing/auditing, analysing and understanding annual reports. It should also be of particular interest to policymakers, regulators and investors.

Mahmoud Marzouk, PhD, is a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of Leicester, and a Lecturer in Accounting and Auditing at Menoufia University, Egypt (on leave). He completed his master's (MRes) and PhD degrees at the University of York. Marzouk has an extensive teaching and research experience in Egypt and the UK. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of corporate risk disclosure and narrative reporting. Marzouk is a Certified Management and Business Educator and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. He has also acted as a reviewer for several journals, and an external examiner and reviewer for a number of UK universities.

Khaled Hussainey is a Professor and Research Lead of Accounting and Financial Management at the Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth. He has over 25 years of teaching and research experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Hussainey has a growing research reputation in the field of accounting and finance. He has been featured in the list of "World Ranking of Top 2% Researchers" in the 2021 database (published: 19 October 2021) created by experts at Stanford University, USA. He has published about 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has written a number of book chapters and edited a textbook on corporate governance in emerging economies.