MSc in Economics and Business Administration in General Management and Analytics
Advanced Topics in Corporate Financial Reporting
About the course
What you will learn
Learning objectives
- Be familiar with the purposes and objectives of financial reporting.
- Understand the rules governing reporting for topics covered in the class, particularly how accounting for transactions impact the principal financial statements and supplemental information in footnotes to financial statements.
- Understand the factors influencing the standard setting process, and limitations to financial reporting standards.
- Appreciate the incentives that managers face when making accounting choices and the likely impacts of those choices.