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A Financial Statement Analysis Project For Introductory Financial Accounting, Carolyn Galantine, Marilyn Misch

Carolyn A Galantine CPA., PhD

This paper describes a financial statement analysis project useful in both preparer- based and user-based introductory courses in financial accounting. The project requires students to analyze trends in corporate performance, to evaluate corporate financial decisions, to discuss non-financial statement issues that would be important to potential investors, to compare two companies within an industry, and to make investment recommendations. The project’s requirements are completely detailed on a single page, and the project is applicable to companies in any industry. The project requires only limited introduction in the classroom, is easily adaptable to reflect instructor preferences, and may be used as …

Executive Mba Libguide, Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

Welcome!

This guide is created for Executive MBA students, faculty, and staff and is useful for various learning activities such as finding information on companies, searching for articles on a specific topic, reading comment letters sent to the SEC and accounting standards issued by FASB and IASB, and accessing stock market information. It compiles databases and websites useful for effective research on various business topics. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Horace W. Sturgis Library. We will be happy to help you with planning your research and identifying the most relevant sources of information.

Accounting Research Guide, Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

This guide provides access to useful resources for accounting students. It provides information on such topics as finding information on companies, searching for articles on a specific topic, reading comment letters sent to the SEC and accounting standards issued by FASB and IASB, and accessing stock market information. It compiles databases and websites useful for effective research on accounting topics.

Doctor Of Business Administration (Dba) Libguide, Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

This guide is created for KSU's DBA students and is useful for research and information. I hope it will be useful for providing help in locating scholarly research. The library has excellent electronic resources, as well as traditional print materials available in the library.

Income Strategies Of Listed And Unlisted Companies: An Empirical Study Of Accounting Method Choices, Keith Duncan

Keith Duncan

This paper explores whether the political and contracting environments for listed and unlisted companies gives rise to different wealth incentives for management to judiciously select a portfolio of accounting procedures for the firm. The analysis indicates significant differences in the method choices made by the managers of listed and unlisted firms. For the listed firms, size as a proxy for political costs is negatively related to portfolio choice, supporting the political cost hypothesis. In addition, leverage and directors' percentage ownership are positively related to portfolio choice and thus support the debt contracting cost hypothesis. In contrast, none of the contracting …

Cultivating The Customer Asset, William Bleuel

William H. Bleuel

Improve service by recognizing different stages of customer development.

Issues In Accounting Policy : A Reader, Robert Bloom, Pieter Elgers

Robert Bloom

No abstract provided.

The Schism In Accounting, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

No abstract provided.