Accounting Theory

Accounting Theory
Author: Harry I. Wolk
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1412953456

Presents complex materials in a clear and understandable manner. Incorporating the latest accounting standards and presenting the most up-to-date accounting theory from the top academic journals in accounting and finance throughout the world.

Financial Reporting by Multinationals

Financial Reporting by Multinationals
Author: Carol A. Adams
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 570
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

A collection of articles from 1988-1994 issues of professional journals, discussing financial reporting issues that are unique to international business. Part I provides an overview of aspects of international financial accounting including classification, country specific studies, and harmonization (covered in detail by vols. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the series). Part II details four accounting techniques of concern to multinationals: group accounts and consolidation, segmental reporting, foreign currency translation, and accounting for inflation. Part III looks at international financial reporting issues such as financial reporting and stock markets, and financial reporting and other users. For accountants. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Accounting Theory

Accounting Theory
Author: Harry I. Wolk
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 605
Release: 2016-06-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1483375048

This updated Ninth Edition of Accounting Theory: Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Environment continues to be one of the most relevant and comprehensive texts on accounting theory. Authors Harry I. Wolk, James L. Dodd, John J. Rozycki provide a critical overview of accounting as a whole as well as touch on the financial issues in economic and political contexts, providing readers with an understanding of how current United States accounting standards were derived and where we might be headed in the future. Readers will find learning tools such as questions, cases, problems and writing assignments to solidify their understanding of accounting theory and gain new insights into this evolving field.

Corporate Decision-Making with Macroeconomic Uncertainty

Corporate Decision-Making with Macroeconomic Uncertainty
Author: Lars Oxelheim
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2008-09-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019971472X

Macroeconomic turbulence and volatility in financial markets can fatally affect firm's performance. Very few firms make serious attempts to inform market participants and other outsider stakeholders about the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations--manifested as changes in exchange rates, interest rates, inflation rates and stock market returns-- on performance. These stakeholders, as well as financial analysts, must make their own assessments but they generally lack both the required tools and the information to do so. Worse, top management in most firms do not themselves possess the tools to identify whether a change in performance represents a change in the firm's intrinsic competitiveness or a reflection of macroeconomic conditions outside their influence. Corporate Decision-Making with Macroeconomic Uncertainty: Performance and Risk Management develops and presents in an easily comprehensible way the essential elements of a corporate strategy for managing uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment. This Macroeconomic Uncertainty Strategy, or MUST, enhances firm value by allowing management and external stakeholders to become better informed about the development of corporate competitiveness in a turbulent macroeconomic environment. The MUST also provides guidelines for how to develop a successful risk management program. This research based book includes methods to identify the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on cash flows and value, to develop strategies for macroeconomic risk management, to provide informative reports to external stakeholders, to evaluate the relative performance of subsidiaries and business units in multinational companies, and to evaluate performance for purposes of setting executive compensation and of fulfilling the due diligence requirements in an M & A context. The authors' use of value-based management, various performance measurements, the concept of real options, and risk management from the perspective of shareholder wealth maximization, makes the book rich and compelling. They address researchers and students in the field of international business, finance and corporate governance. On the business side, executives with strategic responsibilities, chief financial officers, and bankers who analyze corporate performance and give advice on risk management will benefit from reading this book.