Executive summary. This report is prepared from the standpoint of a shareholder who is interested in the financial performance of Next plc with the particular concern for dividends‚ earnings and share price. The main findings of this report are the following: • accounting policies adopted by Next plc correspond to the required standards and‚ in our views‚ prove to be relevant‚ reliable‚ understandable and consistent. • Analysis of investment ratios‚ gearing ratio and profitability ratios
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How is XBRL implementing financial reporting technology in India? Extensible Business Reporting Language is one of a family of “XML” languages that is a standard means of communicating information between business and via the Internet. XBRL can be used to express a wide range of reports and disclosures including financial statements‚ internal management information‚ credit filings and statistical reports. XBRL international is a non-profit consortium whose members include approximately 300 leading
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5 Reporting and Disclosure Discussion Questions 1. Transparent financial reporting means that timely and accurate disclosures are made on all important matters affecting a company’s financial position and performance. It implies openness‚ communication‚ and accountability. Transparent financial reporting protects investors because nothing is hidden from them. Investors can better assess the risks of owning securities when information is truthful and complete. Transparent financial reporting
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development of Integrated Reporting is designed to enhance and consolidate existing reporting practices‚ to move towards a reporting framework that provides the information needed to assess organizational value in the 21st century. The traditional reporting model was developed for an industrial world. Although it continues to play a valuable role with respect to stewardship of financial capital‚ it nonetheless focuses on a relatively narrow account of historical financial performance of the value-creation
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used in the best interest of its citizens. Financial statements are the traditional way in which a government’s performance is reported. Traditional financial statements provide fiscal information and indicate if a profit was made. However‚ according to Mead profit is not the main objective for governments. “Most governmental entities do not have a profit motive‚ although they try to ensure that sufficient resources are raised to cover their costs. Making ends meet is important because it helps
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Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency Rodrigo S. Verdi The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 1303 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia‚ PA 19104 Email: rverdi@wharton.upenn.edu Phone: (215) 898-7783 Abstract This paper studies the relation between financial reporting quality and investment efficiency on a sample of 49‚543 firm-year observations between 1980 and 2003. Financial reporting quality has been posited to improve investment efficiency‚ but there has been
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Sustainability Reporting / GRI Elaboration within the seminar “International Sustainability Management” Faculty II - Informatics‚ Economic and Legal Sciences Department of Business Administration and Education Ecological Economics Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner Meike Bukowski‚ M.A. Dipl.-Soz.Wiss. David Sichert Written by: Submission date: 30th March 2012 Contents Contents List of Figures II List of Abbreviations II 1 Introduction 1 2 Sustainability
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DOES THE “MANAGEMENT APPROACH” CONTRIBUTE TO SEGMENT REPORTING TRANSPARENCY? Advanced Accounting ACC 610 January 4TH‚ 2010 1. INTRODUCTION: An operating Segment is a component of an entity that may earn revenues or incur expenses‚ whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker (COMD) and for which discrete financial information is available. Generally‚ financial information is required to be reported on the basis that it is used internally for evaluating
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Executive summary: Sustainability reporting‚ alternatively known as CSR reporting‚ is the annual process whereby companies - public‚ private; large and small - report on their sustainability performance. Reports typically cover social‚ environmental‚ economic and ethical performance and incorporate information on a company ’s environmental impact or carbon footprint‚ staff satisfaction‚ community investment etc. Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly important as a tool companies can
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Accounting Standards for the Public Sector Objective The objective of this Standard is to establish principles for reporting financial information by segments. The disclosure of this information will: (a) help users of the financial statements to better understand the entity’s past performance and to identify the resources allocated to support the major activities of the entity; and (b) enhance the transparency of financial reporting and enable the entity to better discharge its accountability
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