NOT IN USE - Custom ACCY 500: Accounting Measurement, Reporting, and Control (University of Illinois)

by Simko, Hanlon

ISBN: 978-161853-495-8 | Copyright 2020

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Financial Accounting for Executives & MBAs, 5e (pg. 1.2)
Chapter 1 The Economic Environment of Accounting Information (pg. 1.2)
Financial Accounting and Its Relevance (pg. 1.4)
Why Accounting Information Is Important (pg. 1.5)
Financial Accounting: What Is It? (pg. 1.6)
Review Problem 1.1 (pg. 1.7)
Financial Statements (pg. 1.7)
Review Problem 1.2 (pg. 1.13)
Qualitative Attributes of Accounting Information (pg. 1.13)
Amazon’s Accounting Methods and the Role of the Independent Auditor (pg. 1.14)
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (pg. 1.16)
Role of Financial Accounting in Investment Decisions: An Overview (pg. 1.19)
Review Problem 1.3 (pg. 1.21)
Changing Economic Landscape (pg. 1.21)
Data Analytics and Technological Enhancements (pg. 1.22)
Seven Accounting Myths (pg. 1.23)
Review Problem 1.4 (pg. 1.24)
Executive Summary (pg. 1.24)
Key Concepts and Terms (pg. 1.25)
Appendix 1A: Agency Costs and the Separation of Management and Capital Providers (pg. 1.25)
Conflicts Between Managers and Shareholders (pg. 1.26)
Conflicts Between Debtholders and Shareholders (pg. 1.27)
Appendix 1B: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: Purpose, Concepts, and Elements (pg. 1.27)
Questions (pg. 1.28)
Exercises (pg. 1.31)
Problems (pg. 1.32)
Corporate Analysis (pg. 1.36)
Solutions to Review Problems (pg. 1.37)
Chapter 2 From Business Events to Financial Statements (pg. 1.38)
Balance Sheet Equation (pg. 1.40)
Defining Some Accounting Terms (pg. 1.43)
Review Problem 2.1 (pg. 1.43)
Preparing Financial Statements from Business Events (pg. 1.43)
Recording Transactions. (pg. 1.43)
The Russian River Valley Winery (pg. 1.45)
Projected Business Events (pg. 1.47)
Review Problem 2.2 (pg. 1.57)
Preparing the Financial Statements (pg. 1.57)
Articulation of the Financial Statements (pg. 1.61)
Accounting Policy Decisions at Russian River Valley Winery (pg. 1.62)
Review Problem 2.3 (pg. 1.63)
Evaluating Business Performance and Making Financial Decisions (pg. 1.63)
Evaluating Firm Profitability (pg. 1.64)
Return on Equity Analysis (pg. 1.65)
Evaluating Financial Risk (pg. 1.67)
Review Problem 2.4 (pg. 1.67)
Managerial Discretion and Accounting Methods (pg. 1.68)
Operating Revenues at B.J.’s Wholesale Club (pg. 1.68)
Operating Expenses at Salesforce.com (pg. 1.69)
Executive Summary (pg. 1.70)
Key Concepts and Terms (pg. 1.71)
Questions (pg. 1.71)
Exercises (pg. 1.72)
Problems (pg. 1.74)
Corporate Analysis (pg. 1.80)
Solutions to Review ProblemS (pg. 1.81)
Chapter 3 Measuring Performance: Cash Flow and Net Income (pg. 1.84)
Analyzing and Computing Cash Flow Information (pg. 1.86)
Statement of Cash Flow (pg. 1.86)
Presenting Cash Flow Information (pg. 1.87)
Review Problem 3.1 (pg. 1.89)
Computing Cash Flow Under the Indirect Method (pg. 1.89)
The following balance sheet and income statement data were tak (pg. 1.96)
Analysis of the Statement of Cash Flow (pg. 1.96)
Cash Flow Ratios (pg. 1.99)
Review Problem 3.3 (pg. 1.100)
Alternative Measures of Cash Flow (pg. 1.100)
Review Problem 3.4 (pg. 1.102)
Identifying and Understanding Sustainable Earnings (pg. 1.103)
Special Items and Extraordinary Items (pg. 1.104)
Discontinued Operations (pg. 1.106)
Earnings per Share (pg. 1.106)
Review Problem 3.5 (pg. 1.108)
Pro Forma Earnings (pg. 1.108)
Executive Summary (pg. 1.110)
Key Concepts and Terms (pg. 1.111)
Appendix 3A: Converting Indirect Method Cash Flows to Direct Method Cash Flows (pg. 1.111)
Review Problem 3.6 (pg. 1.113)
Questions (pg. 1.113)
Exercises (pg. 1.115)
Problems (pg. 1.118)
Corporate Analysis (pg. 1.124)
Case (pg. 1.125)
Solutions to Review Problems (pg. 1.127)
Financial & Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers, 4e (pg. 2.638)
Chapter 13 Managerial Accounting: Tools for Decision Making (pg. 2.638)
Uses of Accounting Information (pg. 2.640)
Financial Accounting (pg. 2.640)
Managerial Accounting (pg. 2.641)
Mid-Chapter Review 1 (pg. 2.643)
Strategic Cost Management (pg. 2.643)
Mid-Chapter Review 2 (pg. 2.644)
Missions, Goals, and Strategies (pg. 2.644)
An Organization’s Mission and Goals (pg. 2.644)
Strategic Position Analysis (pg. 2.645)
Managerial Accounting and Goal Attainment (pg. 2.647)
Planning, Organizing, and Controlling (pg. 2.648)
Mid-Chapter Review 3 (pg. 2.649)
Changing Environment of Business (pg. 2.649)
Global Competition and Its Key Dimensions (pg. 2.649)
Big Data and Analysis (pg. 2.650)
Robotics and Cognitive Technologies (pg. 2.650)
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) (pg. 2.651)
Mid-Chapter Review 4 (pg. 2.651)
Ethics in Managerial Accounting (pg. 2.651)
Codes of Ethics (pg. 2.652)
Corporate Governance (pg. 2.653)
Sustainability Accounting and Corporate Social Responsibility (pg. 2.654)
Mid-Chapter Review 5 (pg. 2.654)
Cost Drivers (pg. 2.655)
Structural Cost Drivers (pg. 2.655)
Organizational Cost Drivers (pg. 2.656)
Activity Cost Drivers (pg. 2.657)
Chapter-End Review (pg. 2.658)
Guidance Answers . . . You Make the Call (pg. 2.658)
Key Terms (pg. 2.658)
Multiple Choice (pg. 2.659)
Questions (pg. 2.659)
Mini Exercises (pg. 2.660)
Exercises (pg. 2.662)
Cases and Projects (pg. 2.663)
Solutions to Review Problems (pg. 2.665)
Chapter 14 Cost Behavior, Activity Analysis, and Cost Estimation (pg. 2.668)
Cost Behavior Analysis (pg. 2.670)
Four Basic Cost Behavior Patterns (pg. 2.670)
Factors Affecting Cost Behavior Patterns (pg. 2.672)
Mid-Chapter Review 1 (pg. 2.673)
Total Cost Function for an Organization or Segment (pg. 2.673)
Relevant Range (pg. 2.674)
Additional Cost Behavior Patterns (pg. 2.676)
Committed and Discretionary Fixed Costs (pg. 2.678)
Mid-Chapter Review 2 (pg. 2.678)
Cost Estimation (pg. 2.679)
High-Low Cost Estimation (pg. 2.679)
Scatter Diagrams (pg. 2.681)
Least-Squares Regression (pg. 2.681)
Mid-Chapter Review 3 (pg. 2.684)
Additional Issues in Cost Estimation (pg. 2.684)
Changes in Technology and Prices (pg. 2.684)
Matching Activity and Costs (pg. 2.685)
Identifying Activity Cost Drivers (pg. 2.685)
Mid-Chapter Review 4 (pg. 2.685)
Alternative Cost Driver Classifications (pg. 2.685)
Manufacturing Cost Hierarchy (pg. 2.686)
Customer Cost Hierarchy (pg. 2.687)
Chapter-End Review (pg. 2.688)
Guidance Answers . . . You Make the Call (pg. 2.689)
KEY RATIOS (pg. 2.689)
Key Terms (pg. 2.690)
Multiple Choice (pg. 2.690)
Questions (pg. 2.691)
Mini Exercises (pg. 2.692)
Exercises (pg. 2.694)
Problems (pg. 2.697)
Cases and Projects (pg. 2.699)
Solutions to Review Problems (pg. 2.702)
Chapter 15 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Planning (pg. 2.704)
Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis (pg. 2.706)
Key Assumptions (pg. 2.707)
Profit Formula (pg. 2.708)
Mid-Chapter Review 1 (pg. 2.710)
Contribution and Functional Income Statements (pg. 2.710)
Contribution Income Statement (pg. 2.710)
Functional Income Statement (pg. 2.711)
Analysis Using Contribution Margin Ratio (pg. 2.711)
Mid-Chapter Review 2 (pg. 2.712)
Break-Even Point and Profit Planning (pg. 2.712)
Determining Break-Even Point in Units (pg. 2.712)
Profit Planning (pg. 2.714)
Cost-Volume-Profit Graph (pg. 2.715)
Profit-Volume Graph (pg. 2.716)
Impact of Income Taxes (pg. 2.716)
Mid-Chapter Review 3 (pg. 2.718)
Multiple-Product Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis (pg. 2.718)
Determining Break-Even and Target Profit Sales Dollars (pg. 2.718)
Sales Mix Analysis (pg. 2.720)
Mid-Chapter Review 4 (pg. 2.722)
Analysis of Operating Leverage (pg. 2.722)
Chapter-End Review (pg. 2.724)
Appendix 15A: Profitability Analysis with Unit and Nonunit Cost Drivers (pg. 2.724)
Multi-Level Contribution Income Statement (pg. 2.724)
Variations in Multi-Level Contribution Income Statement (pg. 2.726)
Appendix 15A Review (pg. 2.727)
Guidance Answers . . . You Make the Call (pg. 2.727)
Key Ratios (pg. 2.728)
Key Terms (pg. 2.728)
Multiple Choice (pg. 2.728)
Questions (pg. 2.730)
Mini Exercises (pg. 2.730)
Exercises (pg. 2.732)
Problems (pg. 2.736)
Cases and Projects (pg. 2.740)
Solutions to Review Problems (pg. 2.742)
Chapter 16 Relevant Costs and Benefits for Decision Making (pg. 2.746)
Identifying Relevant Costs (pg. 2.748)
Relevance of Future Revenues (pg. 2.749)
Relevance of Outlay Costs (pg. 2.749)
Irrelevance of Sunk Costs (pg. 2.750)
Sunk Costs Can Cause Ethical Dilemmas (pg. 2.750)
Relevance of Disposal and Salvage Values (pg. 2.751)
Relevance of Opportunity Costs (pg. 2.751)
Mid-Chapter Review 1 (pg. 2.752)
Differential Analysis of Relevant Costs (pg. 2.752)
Mid-Chapter Review 2 (pg. 2.753)
Applying Differential Analysis (pg. 2.753)
Multiple Changes in Profit Plans (pg. 2.754)
Mid-Chapter Review 3 (pg. 2.755)
Special Orders (pg. 2.755)
Mid-Chapter Review 4 (pg. 2.758)
Outsourcing Decisions (Make or Buy) (pg. 2.758)
Mid-Chapter Review 5 (pg. 2.762)
Sell or Process Further (pg. 2.762)
Mid-Chapter Review 6 (pg. 2.764)
Use of Limited Resources (pg. 2.764)
Single Constraint (pg. 2.764)
Multiple Constraints (pg. 2.765)
Theory of Constraints (pg. 2.766)
Limitations of Decision Analysis Models (pg. 2.767)
Chapter-End Review (pg. 2.767)
Guidance Answers . . . You Make the Call (pg. 2.767)
Key Terms (pg. 2.768)
Multiple Choice (pg. 2.768)
Questions (pg. 2.769)
Mini Exercises (pg. 2.769)
Exercises (pg. 2.772)
Problems (pg. 2.776)
Cases and Projects (pg. 2.780)
Solutions to Review Problems (pg. 2.783)
Paul J. Simko

Paul J. Simko

Paul J. Simko is Associate Dean of the MBA for Executives Program and Associate Professor of Business at the University of Virginia's Darden School.

He received Bachelor of Science and Master in Accountancy degrees from the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Simko was previously on the faculty at Emory University, and has served as a Visiting Professor at Indiana, INSEAD, the Helsinki School of Economics, and the Indian School of Business. He was a Senior Analyst with Citicorp and is a Certified Public Accountant, and he remains a frequent consultant to government agencies and public and private corporations. Professor Simko has received numerous recognitions for his research and teaching. His research has appeared in such journals as The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Financial Analysts Journal, and the Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance.


Michelle L. Hanlon

Michelle L. Hanlon

Michelle L. Hanlon is the Howard W. Johnson Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She earned her doctorate at the University of Washington.

Prior to joining MIT, she was a faculty member at the University of Michigan. Professor Hanlon has taught financial accounting to undergraduates, MBA students, executive MBA students, and Masters of Finance students. Professor Hanlon also teaches Taxes and Business Strategy to MBA students. She is the winner of the 2013 Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching at MIT Sloan.

Professor Hanlon’s research focuses primarily on the intersection of taxation and financial accounting. Her recent work examines the capital market effects of the accounting for income tax, the reputational effects of corporate tax avoidance, and the economic consequences of U.S. international tax policies for multinational corporations. She has published research studies in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, the Review of Accounting Studies, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Public Economics, and others. She has won several awards for her research and has presented her work at numerous universities and conferences. Professor Hanlon has served on several editorial boards and currently serves as an editor at the Journal of Accounting and Economics. 

Professor Hanlon has testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means about the interaction of financial accounting and tax policy. She served as a U.S. delegate to the American-Swiss Young Leaders Conference in 2010 and worked as an Academic Fellow at the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee in 2015.


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