Ketz, J. Edward
Hidden Financial Risk: Understanding Off-balance Sheet Accounting
- ISBN 13:
- 9780471433767
- author:
- Ketz, J. Edward
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2003
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 188 mm X 262 mm
- Genre:
- Business & Management
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Understanding and preventing accounting fraud is crucial in today's business world. This book provides an insider's guide to off-balance sheet accounting, with a focus on special purpose entities.
It examines the incentives for managers to deceive investors and creditors about financial risk, and shows how investors can protect their investments in a world filled with accounting and auditing frauds.
Written by J. Edward Ketz, PhD, this book is based on his extensive experience as an MBA Faculty Director and Associate Professor of Accounting at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.