Reporting Nonfinancials

Author : Kaevan Gazdar
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0470065680

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Reporting Nonfinancials by Kaevan Gazdar Pdf

According to research carried out by Ernst & Young, 35% of all investment decisions are based on nonfinancial attributes. A substantial body of literature deals with the management and measurement of nonfinancial assets. This book, by contrast, focuses on best practice in disclosure: How do companies present their vital resources in annual, quarterly, and corporate citizenship/sustainability reports and also in other publications and on their web sites? Do they provide a coherent, consistent, and convincing view of resources like management quality, brands, and intellectual capital? And how should they proceed to make stakeholders grasp what makes them a valuable investment, a preferred supplier of goods and services, or an employer of choice, and also a good corporate citizen? These are the core questions addressed in Reporting Nonfinancials. The book presents both best practice in nonfinancial disclosure and a pragmatic framework for action. It shows practitioners how to optimize the impact of their intangibles by first analyzing their companies’ strengths and then improving their disclosure through annual, quarterly, CSR, and other reporting formats. It also helps investors and other stakeholder groups evaluate the quality and relevance of information provided by companies. Thus it is important for both executives and outsiders.

Author : Eliot H. Sherman
Publisher : AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761215424

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Finance and Accounting for NonFinancial Managers by Eliot H. Sherman Pdf

Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, Third Edition, introduces the reader to financial terminology, relates financial measures to operating information, enables the student to understand and apply financial measures to operating performance, and ties all of this to the current business environment. Today’s managers, whether supervisors or senior executives, are expected to understand and use financial and operational measures, prepare and utilize budgets, respond to inquiries about the financial consequences of actions taken by them or by their department or team, and understand and use financial and accounting terminology—the common language of business measurement. Written in a conversational, easy-to-understand tone, the course treats finance and accounting from the perspective of users of financial information—it enhances their ability to communicate effectively with subordinates, other managers, senior executives, and accounting and finance professionals. It offers managers the ability to use and analyze financial information to improve the performance of their operations and to identify—and avoid—potential problems. The third edition includes discussion of the continuing transition of financial reporting to an international standard as well as consideration of the effects on accounting and finance resulting from the Recession of 2007-2009. New sections on how to read an annual report and navigating the shifts in the marketplace are also included. This edition has been updated throughout to provide managers with the most current and complete information available. Selected Learning Objectives Participants will learn how to: Prepare budgets Read, understand, and use financial and operational measures Manage short-term assets Relate department performance to the big picture. This is an ebook version of the AMA Self-Study course. If you want to take the course for credit you need to either purchase a hard copy of the course through amaselfstudy.org or purchase an online version of the course through www.flexstudy.com.

Author : Gene Siciliano
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071824378

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Finance for Nonfinancial Managers, Second Edition (Briefcase Books Series) by Gene Siciliano Pdf

AN INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL REPORTS--WITH NEW TACTICS FOR BUDGETING AND PINPOINTING KEY FINANCIAL AREAS Financial decisions impact virtually every area of your company. As a manager, it's up to you to understand how and why. Finance for Nonfinancial Managers helps you understand the information in essential financial reports and then shows you how to use that understanding to make informed, intelligent decisions. It provides a solid working knowledge of: Basic Financial Reports--All about balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and more Cost Accounting--Methods to assess which products or services are most profitable to your firm Operational Planning and Budgeting--Ways to use financial knowledge to strengthen your company Briefcase Books, written specifically for today's busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page: Key Terms: Clear defi nitions of key terms and concepts Smart Managing: Tactics and strategies for managing change Tricks of the Trade: Tips for executing the tactics in the book Mistake Proofing: Practical advice for minimizing the possibility of error Caution: Warning signs for when things are about to go wrong For Example: Examples of successful change-management tactics Tools: Specific planning procedures, tactics, and hands-on techniques

Author : Julia Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Corporation reports
ISBN : 1885065175

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Corporate Reporting of Nonfinancial Performance Indicators and Operating Measures by Julia Grant Pdf

Author : Hannu Schadewitz
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3838301870

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Financial and Nonfinancial Information in Interim Reports by Hannu Schadewitz Pdf

This study examines the determinants and implications of the information disclosed in interim reports. Nine classes of determinants of disclosure are derived: governance structure, business risk, market risk, capital structure, stock valuation, firm growth, growth potential, firm size, and yearly dichotomy variables for the legislative climate. Two index classes measure disclosure: overall, including both mandatory and voluntary disclosures; and purely voluntary disclosures. Besides the year, overall disclosure is related to the business risk, growth potential, and firm size. In addition to these, a firm's governance structure is significant in the purely voluntary context. In the implications part of the study, the markets' assessment was analyzed via cumulative abnormal returns, earnings response coefficients, and bid-ask spreads. The principal finding is that disclosure enhances the communication of earnings information to the market. This is particularly evidenced when the level of disclosure is as expected. The results add to the existing understanding of determinants and the use of accounting information.

Author : David Leicht
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783656296720

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Integrated Reporting of corporate financial and nonfinancial data: Delivering on its promise to contribute to sustainable development? by David Leicht Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Economics - Other, The Graduate Institute, language: English, abstract: There is wide-spread awareness about the fact that business has caused or aggravated many significant global crises, calling into question the sustainability of our current economy. Proponents of the emerging concept of Integrated Reporting, however, argue that corporations can reverse this trend by reporting their financial information together with information measured in CSR reports about at what costs to environment and society, also called footprint, a corporation has achieved its profits. Such opening up to disclosure, so the argument, creates incentives for corporations to reduce their footprint; and reputation and capital allocation will then reward well-performing, sustainable corporations leading to a dynamic mechanism that will contribute to sustainable development. Such an argumentation is simplistic and does not hold. Property economics establishes that within a property-based economy, corporations are faced with specific economic requirements as a result of the capitalization process, namely requirements to grow and secure profitability across time and competition. Such requirements leave corporations with no option than to subdue social and environmental considerations to their pursuit of profitability. The latter, in return, dictates that corporations use strategies like Integrated Reporting, arguing for voluntary corporate self-regulation in regards to costs imposed on society and environment, in order to shape a regulatory framework that accommodates their ability to respond to economic requirements. Corporations are moreover not likely to voluntarily report on any measure that will threaten their profitability. The concept of Integrated Reporting can not simultaneously be a corporate tool for shaping a specific legal framework that subdues environmental and social considerations; as well as a contribution to sustainable development, at least not as long as the latter is analyzed from an eco-social perspective that requires that economic interests be subdued to social and environmental considerations. Integrated Reporting can, however, play a role in informing society about the footprint of a given corporation if regulation establishes what is to be measured by corporations when disclosing their footprint.

Author : Samuel C. Weaver,J. Fred Weston
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071382595

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Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers by Samuel C. Weaver,J. Fred Weston Pdf

J. Fred Weston provides managers and executives with the information they need to understand essential accounting principles, from vocabulary and financial statements to cash flow and valuation. Covering balance sheets, income statements, reporting measures, and even essential ratios, this practical, in-depth book provides a one-stop, reference for all aspects of finance and accounting, and will help managers take essential steps toward making informed decisions based on the numbers they face every business day.

Author : William G. Droms,Jay O. Wright,G Droms
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780465078974

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Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers by William G. Droms,Jay O. Wright,G Droms Pdf

In the current environment of cut-throat competition, razor-thin profit margins, and increasing scrutiny from stakeholders, mastering the fundamentals of financial management is a must for everyone with a stake in their companies and in their own professional futures. Packed with step-by-step examples and illustrative case studies, and updated to reflect the latest trends in the economy and in financial policy, Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers is a nuts-and-bolts guide for managers, entrepreneurs, seasoned executives, teachers, and students alike. Featuring new commentary on corporate accountability, updated interactive templates, study questions, and an online instructorÕs guide, this new edition covers all the key aspects of financial management.

Author : Robert G. Eccles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Corporation reports
ISBN : 1119199964

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One Report by Robert G. Eccles Pdf

"One Report" refers to an emerging trend in business taking place throughout the world where companies are going beyond separate reports for financial and nonfinancial (e.g., corporate social responsibility or sustainability) results and integrating both into a single integrated report. At the same time, they are also leveraging the Internet to provide more detailed results to all of their stakeholders and for improving their level of dialogue and engagement with them. Providing best practice examples from companies around the world, One Report shows how integrated reporting adds tre.

Author : Hannu Schadewitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Disclosure in accounting
ISBN : 9517911807

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Financial and Nonfinancial Information in Interim Reports by Hannu Schadewitz Pdf

Author : Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin,Hakan Danis,Ender Demir,Adam Zaremba
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030940362

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Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives by Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin,Hakan Danis,Ender Demir,Adam Zaremba Pdf

EBES conferences have been intellectual hub for academic discussion in economics, finance, and business fields and provide network opportunities for participants to make long lasting academic cooperation. This is the 21st issue of the Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics (EBES’s official proceeding series) which includes selected papers from the 34rd EBES Conference – Athens. Due to the COVID-19, the conference presentation mode has been switched to "online/virtual presentation only”. In the conference, 148 papers by 296 colleagues from 40 countries were presented. Both theoretical and empirical papers in this volume cover diverse areas of business, economics, and finance from many different regions. Therefore, it provides a great opportunity to colleagues, professionals, and students to catch up with the most recent studies in different fields and empirical findings on many countries and regions.

Author : Steven A. Finkler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Accounting
ISBN : 0808025767

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Finance & Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers by Steven A. Finkler Pdf

This book is an introduction to the world of financial management. The focus is to familiarize the nonfinancial manager with the important concepts and vocabulary y involved with accounting and finance so that the business leader can develop an ability to ask the right questions, understand the response, and understand the finance and accounting tools that are used in business planning, reporting and strategizing.--COVER.

Author : Muddassar Sarfraz,Muhammad Ibrahim Adbullah,Abdul Rauf,Syed Ghulam Meran Shah
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789851533

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Sustainable Management Practices by Muddassar Sarfraz,Muhammad Ibrahim Adbullah,Abdul Rauf,Syed Ghulam Meran Shah Pdf

This book encapsulates the advanced concept of sustainable management and will enlighten readers to understand this concept for practical applications. The book's salient features are as follows: • Illustrates the basic concepts of human psychology causing risk factors such as burnout; • Differentiates adaptive sustainable measures and management practices; • Emphasizes sustainable agriculture management to confront the current dynamic environment and defines specific rules for enterprise development while coping with global climate change; • Assesses inertia with respect to economic development; • Constructs the linkage between technological strategies and innovation among construction companies; • Demonstrates non-financial reporting through theoretical and empirical evidence; • Elucidates the principles of equality, elaborating the managing of equality and diversity in a Steiner school

Author : Lucrezia Songini,Anna Pistoni,Pierre Baret,Martin H. Kunc
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781838679637

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Non-Financial Disclosure and Integrated Reporting by Lucrezia Songini,Anna Pistoni,Pierre Baret,Martin H. Kunc Pdf

For researchers and managers interested in performance measurement, this volume includes innovative research that sheds light on topics such as the determinants of disclosure quality, the identification of appropriate metrics, the relationship among the different disclosure mechanisms and between voluntary and mandatory disclosure, and many more.

Author : Edward Fields
Publisher : AMACOM
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814436950

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The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers by Edward Fields Pdf

They say that numbers don’t lie, but what if you can’t even read them? Discover how great managers use financial data to guide decisions. Financial analysis reports, budgeting reports, forecasting and measuring reports--sometimes they all run together, don’t they? The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers is here to help. This new edition of a business classic demystifies finance and accounting and gives managers the tools they need to make better decisions. Complete with fresh insights, case studies, and street-level exercises to help non-numbers people master the numbers game, this guide reveals how to: Understand the fundamentals of financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting Interpret balance sheets, income/cash flow statements, and annual reports Sift through conflicting data to find the most relevant figures Locate key information about competitors and suppliers Analyze variances and calculate break-even points and other vital measures The numbers are too important to allow others to translate for you. The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers shows you how to read them yourself. Imagine the impact on future decisions when you grasp not only what the numbers mean but can use that insight to drive your business forward.