How to use financial reporting to create shareholder value. Creating shareholder value is fundamental to management performance and performance evaluation. Speaking to current and future executives, this is the first text to combine this essential concept with the financial reporting process—the primary provider of the measures of shareholder value creation and its determinants. Thoughtful, creative, and easy to understand. Financial Reporting for Managers: A Value–Creation Perspective links shareholder value creation and the financial accounting statements to the market value of the firm in a way that can easily be understood by beginners and professionals alike. In simple, powerful terms, the book lays out the pathways leading from good decisions by management to strong financial statements, and higher shareholder value and stock prices. With this book, you will learn about: Shareholder value and its importance to a company’s...