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International Financial Reporting & Analysis, 10th Edition

David Alexander, Ann Jorissen, Giovanna Michelon

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For over twenty-five years, the authors of International Financial Reporting and Analysis have delivered comprehensive insight into financial reporting complexities. This tenth edition is fully updated, with a focus on changes under IFRS 18 as well as ethics, sustainability and corporate governance.

Timely real-world examples and activities provide a global perspective, helping students interpret and apply IFRS Accounting and Sustainability Disclosure Standards in practice.

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David Alexander

David Alexander is Emeritus Professor of International Accounting at the University of Birmingham, UK, and continues an active research agenda.

Ann Jorissen

Ann Jorissen University of Antwerp Ann Jorissen is Professor of Accounting at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She is past-president of the European Accounting Association (2013–2015), she was a member of the IFRS Advisory Council (2015–2020) and is currently a member of the EFRAG Academic Panel since 2017. She published in A.O. Accounting, Organizations and Society, The European Accounting Review, Accounting and Business Research, Journal of Public Policy and Accounting, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Accounting and Finance, Accounting in Europe, Human Relations, Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice and Family Business Review.

Giovanna Michelon

Giovanna Michelon is Professor of Accounting at the School of Accounting and Finance of the University of Bristol (UK), where she is Head of Accounting and teaches corporate governance and accountability. Starting her career at the University of Padova (Italy) where she obtained her PhD, she held visiting positions at Concordia University (Canada), University of Central Florida (USA), ESSEC Business School and Université Toulouse Capitole (France). Giovanna is a well-established international scholar with more than 40 publications in leading academic journals, including the prestigious Science. Her work has explored how corporate governance drives corporate social responsibility activities and reporting, and the role of sustainability information for market participants and other stakeholders. Her recent interests lie in investigating the dynamics of shareholder activism on sustainability issues, the role that finance plays for sustainability, and how sustainability reporting and disclosure regulation affects firm’s behaviour and impacts. Giovanna is a member of the European Accounting Association Management Committee, Co-editor of Accounting Forum, a Council member of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research and a member of the ACCA Global Forum for Governance, Risk and Performance. Giovanna has collaborated with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) on issues related to non-financial reporting as well as with the European Commission Joint Research Centre on the Sustainable Finance Initiative.

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  • Fully aligned with current IFRS Accounting and Sustainability Disclosure Standards, including key updates from IFRS 18, supported by recent company reports.
  • Coverage on non-financial reporting covers ethics, corporate governance and sustainability.
  • End-of-chapter questions include recent ACCA and CIMA problems to prepare students for exam success.
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  • Build your skills as you go with integrated activities and feedback throughout the text.
  • Gain a global perspective through examples from companies around the world.
  • Test your understanding using comprehensive, exam-style exercises.
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Table of Contents

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Part One: Framework, Theory and Regulation
1. A Brief Introduction to International Financial Reporting
2. From Harmonization to IFRS Accounting Standards as Globally
Accepted Accounting Standards
3. The IASB Conceptual Framework and Accounting Theory
4. Accounting and Economic Perspectives on Income and Capital
5. Current Values, Mixed Values Measurement and CPPP Accounting
6. Fair Values, Value in Use and Fulfilment Value
7. Presentation and Disclosure in Published Financial Statements
8. The Accounting Profession

Part Two: Annual Financial Statements
9. Tangible Fixed (Non-Current) Assets
10. Intangible Assets
11. Impairment and Disposal of Assets
12. Leases
13. Inventories
14. Accounting for Financial Instruments
15. Revenue
16. Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
17. Income Taxes
18. Employee Benefits and Share-Based Payment
19. Insurance Contracts
20. Statement of Cash Flows
21. Financial Disclosure Issues

Part Three: Consolidated Accounts and the
Multinational
22. Business Combinations
23. Consolidated Financial Statements
24. Accounting for Associates, Joint Arrangements and Related Party Disclosures
25. Foreign Currency Translation

Part Four: Financial Analysis
26. Industry and Accounting Analysis
27. Introduction to Interpretation of Financial Statements and Techniques of Financial Analysis
28. Financial Analysis of Listed Companies and IAS/IFRS Accounts
29. Company Valuation

Part Five: Sustainability Reporting
30. Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
31. CSR, Sustainability Reporting and SRI

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For over 25 years, International Financial Reporting and Analysis has helped students make sense of an evolving financial reporting landscape, combining conceptual understanding with an international perspective and real-world application of IFRS Standards. Fully updated, the tenth edition provides comprehensive coverage of changes under IFRS 18 alongside key developments in ethics, sustainability and corporate governance. Timely real-world examples and activities throughout help students interpret and apply IFRS Accounting and Sustainability Disclosure Standards to real business scenarios. International Financial Reporting and Analysis is available with MindTap, a flexible Cengage Learning Platform that provides students with all the tools they need to succeed, including an interactive eBook, engaging multimedia, practice questions, assessment materials, revision aids and analytics to help you track their progress.