Accounting for Value by Stephen PenmanAccounting for Value teaches investors and analysts how to handle accounting in evaluating equity investments. The book's novel approach shows that valuation and accounting are much the same: valuation is actually a matter of accounting for value. Laying aside many of the tools of modern finance--the cost-of-capital, the CAPM, and discounted cash flow analysis--Stephen Penman returns to the common-sense principles that have long guided fundamental investing: price is what you pay but value is what you get; the risk in investing is the risk of paying too much; anchor on what you know rather than speculation; and beware of paying too much for speculative growth. Penman puts these ideas in touch with the quantification supplied by accounting, producing practical tools for the intelligent investor. Accounting for value provides protection from paying too much for a stock and clues the investor in to the likely return from buying growth. Strikingly, the analysis finesses the need to calculate a "cost-of-capital," which often frustrates the application of modern valuation techniques. Accounting for value recasts "value" versus "growth" investing and explains such curiosities as why earnings-to-price and book-to-price ratios predict stock returns. By the end of the book, Penman has the intelligent investor thinking like an intelligent accountant, better equipped to handle the bubbles and crashes of our time. For accounting regulators, Penman also prescribes a formula for intelligent accounting reform, engaging with such controversial issues as fair value accounting.
ISBN: 9780231151184
Publication Date: 2010-12-30
Accounting in a Business Context by Aidan Berry; Robin JarvisNow in its fifth edition, this highly respected and popular text provides non-specialist accounting and finance students on business studies courses with an essential introduction to the role of accounting in a wider managerial setting.Completely updated to reflect recent changes in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Accounting in a Business Context is one of the most comprehensive texts available. The logical step-by-step approach introduces students to accounting initially by considering an accessible cash-based small business, then carefully builds layers of complexity (e.g. buying and selling on credit) to facilitate clear understanding.New to this Edition- Updated to reflect recent changes in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)- Newpedagogical features to aid learning, including "Learning Outcomes' and 'Activity' boxes- Increased use of real-life examples in the case studies- Use of more international companies in case studies and examples- Enhanced online support resources- Exciting new text design
ISBN: 9781408030479
Publication Date: 2011-02-04
MBA Fundamentals Accounting and Finance by Michael P. Griffin; Craig HoveyHow do you make sense of the accounting report or balance sheet you've just been handed? How do these reports help you to understand the company's performance? How do you use the numbers you have been given to make good business decisions in the short- and long-term? "MBA Fundamentals in Accounting and Finance "offers real-world accounting and finance basics that can be applied today. In the business world, we are frequently called on to review and analyze financial data. This convenient and straightforward guide offers everything you need to know about the numbers to ensure your business's growth. Understand the functions of accountingLearn how to read a financial statements, balance sheets, income statements, and moreAnalyze profit and cash flowImprove your forecasting and strategic-planning skills
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Accounting Best Practices by Steven M. BraggPraise for "Accounting Best Practices Sixth Edition" "For a comprehensive, yet easy-to-read guide to fixing thoseall-too-common shortcomings in your accounting department, look nofurther than this excellent book. Steve Bragg provides hundreds offixes, many of them requiring surprisingly little time or costwhile providing a handy guide to common implementation pitfalls . .. I would recommend this invaluable book to anyone who is lookingto enhance their existing processes, whether due to growth in theirbusiness, compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, or just as part of theirongoing improvement process."--Martyn Webster, CPA, Director of FinanceXenoPort, Inc. "This book is critical to running an efficient and accurateaccounting department. The use of RFID technology to trackdocuments is one of many valuable tools in this latest edition. Arequired read for the demanding accounting manager's role."--Jason Charet, CPA "I've used Steve Bragg's "Accounting Best Practices" booksfor years as a source of ideas for improvement. Like the previouseditions, the Fifth Edition has a number of new, actionable bestpractices as well as refinements of those ideas reported inprevious editions. The books are broad enough in their perspectiveso that nearly any organization could find ideas that could payback the cost of the book many times over."--John Temmerman, Controller, Evangelical Lutheran Churchin America "What a great resource I have been in the accounting field forover twenty years, and I was still able to gain insight intoimproving processes within my office. Thanks for putting it all inone book "--Tina M. Thomas, CPA, CTP, Controller, Goodman &Company, LLP
ISBN: 9780470591093
Publication Date: 2010-02-05
Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research by Karim E. Khondkar (Volume Editor)Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research publishes high-quality research encompassing all areas of accounting including financial, auditing, taxation, managerial and information systems, addressing a broad range of issues that affect the users, preparers and assurers of accounting information. Further, this research incorporates theory from, and contributes knowledge and understanding to, applied psychology, sociology, management science, and behavioral economics.
ISBN: 9781785609770
Publication Date: 2016-11-04
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