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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784366403321

Autore

Chorafas Dimitris N

Titolo

IFRS, fair value and corporate governance [[electronic resource] ] : the impact on budgets, balance sheets and management accounts / / Dimitris N. Chorafas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Burlington, MA, : Elsevier, 2006

ISBN

1-280-64245-9

9786610642458

0-08-046166-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (497 p.)

Disciplina

657

657.0218

Soggetti

Accounting - Standards

Financial statements - Standards

Fair value - Accounting

Corporate governance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; IFRS, Fair Value and Corporate Governance; Contents; Preface; Selected Abbreviations; New Rules of Competition and Accounting Standards; The International Accounting Standards Board and Corporate Governance; Dynamics of International Financial Reporting Standards; The Controversy over IAS 39; IAS 39 and the Recognition of Derivatives Risk; Project Management for Implementation of IFRS; An IFRS Task Force Case Study. Top Management Responsibility; Management Accounting and Corporate Governance; Budgeting: A Case Study on Financial Planning; Valuing Assets: The Challenge of Being 'Right'

Business Ethics Add Value to Financial Disclosures Forward-Looking Statements, Models, Earnings, and Goodwill; Balance Sheets and Income Statements as Management Tools; Economic Capital Is on Both Sides of the Balance Sheet; The Real-Time Management Report; Internal Control, Stress Testing, and Effective Risk Management; The Role of the Audit Committee; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Written for managers and professionals in business and industry, this book helps the reader in: * Understanding what is and is not IFRS * Learning the complexities of IFRS implementation* Appreciating the contribution of IFRS to corporate governance The changeover from the mosaic of different heterogeneous national accounting standards to the International Financial Reporting Standards has not been easy. For many companies IFRS, and most particularly the concept of fair value in IAS 39, has amounted to a phase shift - which is prerequisite to achieving compliant financial