Session 3: Basic Cost Terms and Concepts Article: Earnings management through real activities manipulation, Sugata Roychowdhury (2006) The research paper “Earnings management through real activities manipulation” by Sugata Roychowdhury analyses evidence on real activities manipulation in corporate earnings management to meet operational targets. Roychowdhury presents “abnormal real activities” in operations management by examine cash flows from operation (CFO), production costs and discretionary
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Asam, Accts. 3121 Writing Assignment 1. October, 8th 2012 The issue here is about how to treat an extensive advertising campaign cost for reporting purposes in Target Inc. The Controller (CFO), Steve Smith is holds that it should be reported as an expense for the current period, basing his argument on the conservative principle of accounting which had been in place in the company. However, the Vice President and the CEO disagree with him and insists that the expense be reported as part
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The article “Institutional monitoring and opportunistic earnings management” was written by Richard Chung, Michael Firth and Jeong-Bon Kim, published in the Journal of CORPORATE FINANCE on 22 June 2001.The Article examines the role of large institutional shareholding in monitoring , checking and influencing management decisions. Corporate manager may have incentive to increase or decrease reported profit by earnings management and this study majors focuses on the presence of large institutional shareholding
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Research on Earnings Management in Listed Companies Name: Jing LI Table of Contents 1.Overview of earnings management theories 3 2.Motivations for earnings management in listed companies 7 3. Means to do earnings management 12 4.Conclusion 17 1.Overview of earnings management theories 1.1 Meaning of Earnings Management To research on earnings management, we must understand the meaning of earnings management. In financial accounting
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Earnings Management Study Oil & Gas Industry Abstract This study mainly focused on the earnings management in oil and gas industry and we used Jones model to detect discretionary accruals in the subject companies. Specifically, we examined three oil and gas sample companies that have been required to restate their financial reports due to the oil reserve overestimation. After running the regression and
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Managers’ Ethical Evaluations of Earnings Management and Its Consequences* ERIC N. JOHNSON, University of Wyoming GARY M. FLEISCHMAN, University of Wyoming SEAN VALENTINE, University of North Dakota KENTON B. WALKER, University of Wyoming 1. Introduction and motivation The purpose of this study is to investigate, in an experimental setting, how favorable versus unfavorable organizational consequences influence managerial responses to an employee’s earnings management behavior. We focus on the following
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retained earnings. The ending balance in retained earnings is needed in preparing the balance sheet. The cash shown on the balance sheet is needed in preparing the statement of cash flows. The four financial statements from the summarized accounting data are: 1. An income statement presents the revenues and expenses and resulting net income or net loss of a company for a specific period of time. 2. A retained earnings statement summarizes the changes in retained earnings for a specific
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impacted by each event, and then communicate/report this information to interested parties in the form of financial reports. There are four basic financial reports that are typically used to report a business’ activities: Income statement, Retained earnings statement, Balance sheet, and Statement of cash flows. Each of these reports has a separate purpose, but is also interrelated. The income statement results in the net income, or net loss, of a company by presenting the revenues first and then the
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Financial Statements Balance sheets, income statements, retained earnings statement, and statement of cash flows are the four basic financial statements. The balance sheet reveals what a business owns and what it owes. Income statements reveal how much cash comes in and how much goes out. Retained earnings are the net income retained in the corporation. Statements of cash flow reveal how company’s exchange money with other companies and the outside world. Balance Sheets The balance sheet
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loan at prime rate of 1.5% (good rate) o Pledge against all assets as guarantee Owners/Management Performance • Paul Mackay o Business Economics Degree o Entrepreneur o Quite involved in his business at the store o Financial ratios show how poorly his business has been managed ! Lacks efficiency ! Needs to focus on months that sell the most Industry (2002 numbers): Net Earnings R.O.E. Current Ratio Acid Test Age of Receivables Age of Inventory
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