The purpose of this class is to advance your understanding of how …
The purpose of this class is to advance your understanding of how to use financial information to value and analyze firms. We will apply your economics/accounting/finance skills to problems from today’s business news to help us understand what is contained in financial reports, why firms report certain information, and how to be a sophisticated user of this information.
This six-week summer course teaches basic concepts of corporate financial accounting and …
This six-week summer course teaches basic concepts of corporate financial accounting and reporting. This information is widely used in making investment decisions, corporate and managerial performance assessment, and valuation of firms. Students perform economics-based analysis of accounting information from the viewpoint of the users of accounting information (especially senior managers) rather than the preparer (the accountant). This course is restricted to MIT Sloan Fellows in Innovation and Global Leadership.
Our goal is to help you develop a framework for understanding financial, …
Our goal is to help you develop a framework for understanding financial, managerial, and tax reports. The course goal is divided into five subordinate challenges that can help you organize the way you learn accounting:
The record keeping and reporting challenge The computation challenge The judgment challenge The usage challenge The search challenge
The course adopts a decision-maker perspective of accounting by emphasizing the relation between accounting data and the underlying economic events generating them. Restricted to first-year Sloan MBA students. Acknowledgements Acknowledgment is hereby given to Professor G. Peter Wilson for his authorship of the following content in this course:
The Five Challenges (see Syllabus and Lecture 1) “What Do Intel and Accountants Have in Common?” (see Lecture 1) A Conceptual Framework for Financial Accounting (see Lecture 1)
Studies basic concepts of financial and managerial accounting. Viewpoint is that of …
Studies basic concepts of financial and managerial accounting. Viewpoint is that of the users of accounting information (especially managers) rather than the preparer (the accountant).
Principles of Macroeconomics 2e covers the scope and sequence of most introductory …
Principles of Macroeconomics 2e covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to increase clarity, update data and current event impacts, and incorporate the feedback from many reviewers and adopters.Changes made in Principles of Macroeconomics 2e are described in the preface and the transition guide to help instructors transition to the second edition.
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain …
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain how banks act as intermediaries between savers and borrowers Evaluate the relationship between banks, savings and loans, and credit unions Analyze the causes of bankruptcy and recessions
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