For courses in Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis, Introduction to Business, or MBA finance courses. Understanding the Corporate Annual Report: Nuts, Bolts, and A Few Loose Screws provides a clearly written, step-by-step guide to understanding corporate annual reports. Authors Fraser and Ormiston instruct readers on how to ignore the PR letters from the corporate management team, engaging graphics, and other "garnishes" that typically accompany current annual reports in order to focus on what really counts--a company's performance and financial health! Throughout the text, the authors examine management's attempts to manipulate earnings and other performance measures, and they explain what the numbers in the report really mean.

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Recent changes in the regulatory environment have had a majorimpact financial reporting and corporate governance issues. As the complexity of the reporting environment continues toincrease, students will need to understand how to read andinterpret financial reports so they can make smart decisions. With Introduction to the Corporate Annual Report: A BusinessApplication, your students will have a systematic process thatexposes them to the many elements of the annual report andfinancial reporting. This workbook links theory and practicein an easily managed format and makes the study and analysis of acorporate annual report a fun, active, and rewarding learningexperience. The workbook's instructions are self-directing andcomplete.