International Financial Reporting and Analysis

This fully revised fifth edition of International Financial Reporting and Analysis maintains its longstanding and popular conceptual approach to financial accounting and international accounting standards. The content has been thoroughly updated to take account of new international requirements in order to reflect the changes in the IASB's programme of new and revised IFRS. New to this edition: - New real life examples describing the accounting practices of companies from around the world - More extracts from published company accounts - Fully updated throughout, including all new and revised IFRS and more rigorous coverage of financial statement analysis - New and improved end of chapter questions and exam board questions - New coverage of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, reflecting the changes in the current economic climate

David Alexander is Professor of Accounting at the University of Birmingham and a former senior examiner for one of the major UK accounting bodies.

Anne Britton was a Professor of Accounting, Associate Dean of the Business School and Head of the School of Accounting and Finance at Leeds Metropolitan University before retirement and is now an academic consultant.

Ann Jorissen is Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.