Accounting for M&A: Uses and Abuses of Accounting in Monitoring and Promoting Merger

ISBN-13: 9780367344832 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 306 str.

Amir Amel-Zadeh; Geoff Meeks

Opis

Drawing on a wide range of international examples, this readable book is targeted not just at accounting specialists, but at anyone who is comfortable reading the serious financial press, is intrigued by what is going on in the massive M&A market, and concerned to achieve better informed M&A.

Spis treści

1 Introduction PART I Accounting procedures 2 An outline of issues in accounting for M&A 3 Seventy years of accounting standards for M&A 4 Developing new accounting standards for M&A: a standard-setters’ perspective 5 Stewardship and value-relevance in accounting for the depletion of purchased goodwill PART II Managing perceptions of performance around M&A 6 Stock prices and earnings management around M&A transactions 7 Earnings forecasts accompanying a bid 8 Managing earnings through M&A PART III Using accounts to measure the impact of M&A on performance 9 Measuring post-acquisition performance: introduction 10 An early attempt to use accounting data to estimate the impact of M&A on financial performance 11 The impact of M&A on performance: alternative measures of rates of profit 12 Operating performance improvements after corporate takeovers: fact or fallacy? 13 The financial performance of acquired companies in the Chinese stock market PART IV Concluding remarks 14 Continuing challenges in accounting for M&A