Financial Accounting for MBAs

by John J. Wild, Peter D. Easton

Financial Accounting for MBAs is the first NEW financial accounting textbook written expressly for MBAs in over a decade. Authored by leading academics, Financial Accounting for MBAs prepares today's MBA students to be informed consumers of financial accounting data so that they can make the best business decisions possible.

Key features include:
Written for the MBA student,
Uses real company and industry data throughout, including assignments,
Introduces 'Focus Companies',
Examines accounting from an analysis and decision-making perspective,
Limits accounting mechanics,
Uses an expanded 'Accounting Equation' to assess financial statement effects,
Presents materials as independent modules for teaching flexibility.

Genres: Finance, Business, Textbooks

Hardcover

First published July 2, 1904

About the author

John J. Wild is a distinguished professor of business and accounting at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Business.

His research interests include financial accounting and reporting, business analysis and valuation, international financial markets, corporate governance, and earnings quality. Professor Wild’s research articles appear in The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, and other academic journals.

He has received numerous teaching awards from the Wisconsin School of Business as well as from Michigan State University. He has also taught at the University of Manchester, England.

He is past associate editor of Contemporary Accounting Research and serves on several editorial boards. Professor Wild is a frequent speaker at universities and national and international conferences, and is the author of several best-selling books in accounting and business.

Professor Wild earned his Ph.D. in business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Reviews

[Diego]

We didn’t use all of this, but I didn’t particularly like the problem examples, as equations and examples in the book are not clearly displayed. You have to search for certain equations. But alas it worked but not without some extra work.

[Deborah]

This book is difficult to understand for beginner students with no accounting experience. The links to videos are somewhat helpful. The example problems are what got me through. The most frustrating part of this experience was that chapter 2 questions would require information from chapter 4. It was not linear but bounced around a lot, saying things like we'll cover this in more depth later on. If the book had been ordered differently I might have had better luck.

[Reham Al-misily]

I need it

[Kathleen Boyle]

Pretty engaging...for a financial accounting book!