Synopses & Reviews
Stickney/Brown/Wahlen is a balanced, flexible, and complete Financial Statement Analysis book that is written with the premise that students learn financial statement analysis most effectively by performing the analysis on actual companies. Students learn to integrate the concepts from economics, business strategy, accounting, and other business disciplines through the integration of a unique six-step process.
Synopsis
The premise of the text is that one learns financial statement analysis most effectively by performing the analysis on actual companies. One will learn to integrate concepts from economics, business strategy, accounting, and other business disciplines. The text is designed for financial statement analysis and financial reporting found in accounting, finance, and economics departments.
About the Author
'Clyde P. Stickney is the Signal Companies\' Professor of Management, Emeritus at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College. He received his DBA from Florida State University and taught at the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the Tuck School in 1977. He has also taught at business schools in Japan, Australia, Finland, and Germany. Prof. Stickney has authored and coauthored books on financial accounting, managerial accounting, and financial statement analysis.Paul R. Brown, Ph.D., CPA is Professor of Accounting and Executive Director, TRIUM Global Executive MBA at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Texas, Austin and has served on the faculties of the Yale School of Organization and Management and INSEAD. He is the founding editor-in-chief of The Journal of Financial Statement Analysis. The journal is published by Institutional Investor with the objective of enhancing the understanding and interpretation of firm\'s activities in the context of financial statements.
Professor Brown has published extensively in both The Journal of Financial Statement Analysis and a wide range of other academic and professional publications. Recent research has examined regulatory issues related to auditor independence, and the importance of industry-specific factors when assessing firms in the biotechnology and high technology industries. Prior to entering academe, he worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen and Co., and as a staff member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Professor Brown is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Accounting Association.James M. Wahlen is the James R. Hodge Chair, Professor of Accounting, and the former Chairman of the MBA Program at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and has served on the faculties of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, INSEAD, the University of Washington, and Pacific Lutheran University. Professor Wahlen\'s teaching and research interests focus on financial accounting, financial statement analysis and the capital markets. His research investigates earnings quality and earnings management; earnings volatility as an indicator of risk; fair value accounting for financial instruments; accounting for loss reserve estimates by banks and insurers; stock market efficiency with respect to accounting information; and testing the extent to which future stock returns can be predicted with earnings and other financial statement information. His research has been published in a wide array of academic and practitioner journals in accounting and finance. He has had public accounting experience in both Milwaukee and Seattle and is a member of the American Accounting Association. He has received numerous teaching awards during his career. In his free time Jim loves outdoor sports (biking, hiking, skiing, golf), cooking (and, of course, eating) and listening to rock music (especially if it is loud and live).'
Table of Contents
'1: Overview of Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Valuation. 2: Asset and Liability Valuation and Income Measurement. 3: Income Flows versus Cash Flows: Key Relationships in the Dynamics of a Business. 4: Profitability Analysis. 5: Risk Analysis. 6: Quality of Accounting Information and Adjustments to Reported Financial Statement Data. 7: Revenue Recognition and Related Expenses. 8: Liability Recognition and Related Expenses. 9: Intercorporate Entities. 10: Forecasting Financial Statements. 11: Valuation: Discount Rates and Dividends-Based Approaches. 12: Valuation: Cash-Flow-Based Approaches. 13: Valuation: Earnings-Based Approaches. 14: Valuation: Market-Based Approaches. Appendix A: Financial Statements and Notes for Pepsico, Inc. and Subsidiaries. Appendix B: Management\'s Discussion and Analysis for Pepsico, Inc. and Subsidiaries. Appendix C: Output of FSAP for Pepsico. Appendix D: User Manual for FSAP Financial Analysis Spreadsheets.\n
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