Financial Reporting and Analysis: Using Financial Accounting Information (with ThomsonONE - Business School Edition Printed Access Card) / Edition 11

by Charles H. Gibson

Overview

Discover the significance of financial statements in business today as you learn to prepare and use financial information using actual examples from well-known companies in Gibson's FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS: USING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING INFORMATION, Eleventh Edition. This well organized, inviting text emphasizes the analysis and interpretation of the end result of financial reporting--financial statements. You will build skills by analyzing real financial information working with actual reports, 10Ks, proxy statements, other exhibits, and cases drawn from current companies. Nike serves as a continuing focus company throughout the text so you understand the meaning of its statements within a competitive context. All presentations incorporate the most recent changes in accounting standards and financial reporting, such as the financial reporting in the field of hospitality. With this edition, you will gain access to the Thomson ONE: Business School Edition--the same online financial analysis tool used by Wall Street professionals every day. Because the book organizes learning around numerous industries, you will leave the course prepared for success, no matter what area of business you pursue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780324657425
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	04/15/2008
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	676
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Charles H. Gibson is a certified public accountant with more than 25 years of teaching experience as well as four years of industry experience in practice with a Big Five accounting firm. His teaching has encompassed a variety of accounting courses, including financial, managerial, tax, cost, and financial analysis. Dr. Gibson has written more than 60 articles in such journals as the JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY, ACCOUNTING HORIZONS, JOURNAL OF COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING, CPA JOURNAL, OHIO CPA, MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, RISK MANAGEMENT, TAXATION FOR ACCOUNTANTS, ADVANCED MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, TAXATION FOR LAWYERS, CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW, and JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. He is a co-author of the Financial Executives Research Foundation Study entitled "Discounting in Financial Accounting and Reporting." Gibson is a member of the American Accounting Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Internal Auditors, and Financial Executives Institute. He has been particularly active in the American Accounting Association and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Financial Reporting. 2. Introduction to Financial Statements and Other Financial Reporting Topics. 3. Balance Sheet. 4. Income Statement. 5. Basics of Analysis. 6. Liquidity of Short-Term Assets; Related Debt-Paying Ability. 7. Long-Term Debt-Paying Ability. 8. Profitability. 9. For the Investor. 10. Statement of Cash Flows Summary Analysis: Nike, Inc. 11. Expanded Analysis. 12. Special Industries: Banks, Utilities, Oil and Gas, Transportation, Insurance, Real Estate Companies. 13. Personal Financial Statements and Accounting for Governments and Not-for-Profit Organizations. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.