Corporate Financial Accounting and Reporting is a comprehensive accounting textbook directed at those using financial reports. Its aim is to help current and future managers gain a thorough understanding of companies' published reports and is unique in the fact that it covers all three years of a traditional financial accounting course. The text is divided into 3 parts: the first covers the foundations of accounting, the second part considers the components of financial statements in more depth and the third part explores how investors analyse financial statements.

Recognising the increasingly international nature of accounting, this book provides full coverage of international accounting standards with the European Union's Company Law Directives providing its legal framework Corporate Financial Accounting and Reporting is designed for international MBA programmes and specialist postgraduate programmes in international business/finance in Europe. It can also be used in international business programmes at the undergraduate level. top Features Comprehensive coverage: includes some topics which do not usually appear in introductory texts and explains others in more detail than is customary. Clarity: the book is suitable for a range of students from around the world and has been extensively class tested in Europe. International approach: covers the most common accounting practices in the financial statements of both European and non-European companies as well as relevant EU and IAS requirements.