Financial Reporting and Analysis

Bob Foley

ISBN 10: 1845165047 / ISBN 13: 9781845165048

Published by London Institute of Banking & Finance, 2007

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* How to relate accounting information to actual business decisions * How to recognize economically useful information in statements and reports * Uses international accounting standards * How to analyze weaknesses as well as strengths of published financial statements There are a great many types of financial statement and report from which essential information can be extracted. This advanced level textbook shows how the student can learn to analyze all of them and use them to extract information useful to managers, investors, and other decision makers. The principle of the book is "decision usefulness"--in other words, the immediate economic value of information--but legal and regulatory frameworks are also reviewed. Especially appropriate for advanced students of accounting, financial services, and business studies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Financial Reporting and Analysis
• Publisher: London Institute of Banking & Finance
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845165047
• ISBN 13: 9781845165048
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

There are a great many types of financial statement and report from which essential information can be extracted. This advanced level text shows how the student can learn to analyze all of them and use them to extract information useful to managers, investors, and other decision makers. The principle of the book is “decision usefulness”―in other words, the immediate economic value of information―but legal and regulatory frameworks are also reviewed.