Convergence guidebook for corporate financial reporting
First Statement of Responsibility
Bruce Pounder
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hoboken, N.J.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
John Wiley
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 239 p. 24 cm
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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Accounting
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Corporations
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Financial statements
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HF
Book number
5626
Classification Record Number
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P64
2009
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
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Pounder, Bruce
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction to the convergence of financial reporting standards -- How convergence will impact the United States -- Prepare for the impact of convergence now -- Conceptual frameworks -- Principles-based standards -- Different standards for different companies? -- Financial statements : a first look -- Fair value and related measurement issues -- Major asset classes -- Other balance sheet items -- Reporting financial performance -- Business combinations, intercompany investments, and segment reporting -- Financial statements : what is ahead -- Overview of U.S. labor markets for financial reporting talent -- Obsolescence of knowledge, skills, and abilities -- Commoditization of talent -- Toward a global labor market for financial reporting talent -- Transformation of the talent supply pipeline -- Overview of the challenges of convergence -- The enterprise challenge : strategies for choosing standards and implementing your choice -- Departmental challenge : tactics for managing talent -- Personal challenge : career choices for a hypercompetitive labor market.