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Recommended reading and selected references

 

Allen, David, "An introduction to strategic financial management : the key to long term profitability", London : Kogan Page, 1997.

Bain, J., "Relation of Profit Rate to Industry Concentration: American Manufacturing, 1936-1940", Quarterly Journal of Economics 65, August 1951, pages 293-324.

Baker, H.K. and J.A. Haslem, "Information Needs of Individual Investors" Journal of Accountancy, November 1973, pages 64-69.

Basu, S., "Information Content of Price-Earnings Ratios", Financial Mangement, Summer 1975, pages 53-64.

Beaver, William, "Financial Reporting: An Accounting Revolution", Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1981.

Beaver, William and D. Morse, "What Determines Price-Earnings Ratios?", Financial Analysts Journal, July-August 1978, pages 65-78.

Bentley, T.J., "Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)", Management Accounting (England), March 1977.

Benesh, Gary A. and Pamela P. Peterson, "On the Relation Between Earnings Changes, Analysts' Forecasts and Stock Price Fluctuations", Financial Analysts Journal 42, November-December 1986, pages 29-39.

Bernstein, Leopold A. and Joel G. Siegel, "The Concept of Earnings Quality", Financial Analysts Journal, July-August 1979, pages 72-75.

Black, Fischer, "The Magic in Earnings: Economic Earnings versus Accounting Earnings", Financial Analysts Journal, November-December 1980, pages 19-24.

Bloch, H., "Advertising and Profitability: A Reappraisal", Journal of Political Economy, March/april 1974, pages 269-286.

Branch, B., "Research and Development and Profits: A Distributed Lag Analysis", Journal of Political Economy, Spetember/Octover 1974, pages 481-482.

Branch, B., "The Laws of the Marketplace and ROI Dynamics", Financial Management, Summer 1980, pages 58-65.

Bremser, W.G., "The Earnings Characteristics of Firms Reporting Discretiaonary Accounting Changes", The Accounting Review, July 1975, pages 563-573.

Brown, Philip and Ray Ball, "Some Preliminary Findings on the Association between the Earnings of a Firm, Its Industry and the Economy", Journal of Accounting Research: Empirical Research in Accounting, Selected Studies, 1967, pages 55-77.

Brown, Philip, Geroge Foster and Eric Noreen, "Security Analyst Multi-Year Earnings Forecast and the Capital Market", American Accounting Association, Sarasota, Fl, 1985.

Chambers, A.E. and S.H. Penman, "Timeliness of Reporting and the Stock Price Reaction to Earnings Announcements", Journal of Accounting Research, Spring 1984, pages 21-47.

Cheney, Harlan L., "the Value of Industry Forecasting As an Aid to Portfolio Management", Appalachian Financial Review, Spring 1970, pages 331-339.

Cheney, R.E., "How Dependable Is the Bottom Line?", Financial Executive, January 1971, pages 10-15.

Coggin, T.D. and J.E. Hunter, "Analysts EPS Forecasts Nearer Actual Than Statistical Models", The Journal of Business Forecasting, Winter 1982-1983, pages 20-23.

Dawson, James P., Peter M. Neupert and Clyde P. Stickney, "Restating Financial Statements for Alternative GAAPs: Is It Worth the Effort?", Financial Analysts Journal, November-December 1980, pages 38-46.

Easton, Peter d. and Joseph Magliolo, III, "Accounting Earnings and Security Valuation: Empirical Evidence of the Fundamental Links/Discussion", Journal of Accounting Research (Supplement), 1985, pages 54-80.

Edwards, James Don and John B. Barrack, "Last-in, First-out Inventory Valuation As a Way to Control Illusory Profits", MSU Business Topics, Winter 1975, pages 19-27.

Fabozzi, Frank J. and Robert Fonfeder, "Have You Seen Any Good Quarterly Statements Lately?" Journal of Portfolio Management, Winter 1983, pages 71-74.

Foster, George, "Financial Statement Analysis", Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1978.

Garrison, Sharon Hatten, Wallace N. Davidson, Jr., and Michael A. Garrison, "Financial forecasting and planning : a guide for accounting, marketing, and planning managers", New York : Quorum, 1988.

Gibson, Charles H., "Financial Statement Analysis: Using Financial Accounting Information", PWS-Kent, Boston, 1989.

Gibson, C.H. and P.A. Boyer, "How about Earnings Per Share?", CPA Journal, February 1979, pages 36-41.

Givoly, Dan and Josef Lakonishok, "The Quality of Analysts' Forecasts of Earnings", Financial Analysts Journal 40, September-October 1984, pages 4-47.

Gleckman, Howard, "Beware of Artifical Sweeteners in This Year's Earnings", Business Week, Fbruary 8, 1988, pages 22-23.

Goodman, Sam R., "Increasing corporate profitability : financial techniques for marketing, manufacturing, planning and control", New York : Wiley, c1982.

Hurdle, G., "Leverage, Risk, Market Structure and Profitability", Review of Economics and Statistics, November 1974.

Kellogg, Irving and Loren B. Kellogg, "Dig Beneath Gloss in Annual Reports", Pensions and Investment Age, Jule 13, 1988, pages 13-14.

Leftwich, R., "Market failure Fallacies and Accounting Information", Journal of Accounting and Economics, December 1980, pages 193-211.

Lev, Baruch, "Financial Statement Analysis: A New Approach", Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1974.

Myers, John H., "The Critical Event and Recognition of Net Profit", The Accounting Review, October 1959, pages 528-532.

Nichols, Donald R., "A Study of the Market Valuation of Extraordinary Items Reported in Financial Statements", Financial Review, Fall 1977, pages 1-17.

O'Connor, M.C., "On the Usefulness of Financial Ratios to Investors in Common Stock", Accounting Review, April 1973, pages 339-352.

O'glove, Thornton L. with Robert Sobel, "Quality of earnings : the investor's guide to how much money a company is really making", New York : Free Press, c1987.

Palmer, Jay, "Shipshape Financials", Barron's October 22, 1990, pages 20-22.

Pares, A., "Return on Equity Decomposition (ROED) and Its Importance to Financial Statement Analysis", Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Autumn 1980, pages 365-375.

Porter, M., "Industry Structure and Competitive Strategy: Keys to Profitability", Financial Analysts Journal, July/August 1980, pages 30-42.

Schwartz, K.B., "Accounting Changes by Corporations Facing Possible Incolvency", Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Fall 1982, pages 32-43.

Seigel, Joel G., The 'Quality of Earnings' Concept: A Survey", Financial Analysts Journal, March/April 1982, pages 60-68.

Smith, J.L., "Improving Reported Earnings", Management Accounting, September 1981, pages 49-52.

Walker, E.W. and J.W. Petty, III, "Financial Differences Between Large and Small Firms", Financial Mangement, Winter 1978, pages 61-68.

Welsch, J.A. and J.F. White, "Return on Investment or Liquidity? A Manager's Dilemma", Journal of Small Business Management, April 1978, pages 14-21.

Wenglowski, Gary M., "Industry Profit Analysis - A Progress Report and Some Predictions", The Economic Framework for Investors, The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, Charlottesville, VA, 1975, pages 19-30.

Wessel, Robert H., "Principles of financial analysis." Macmillan, New York, 1961

Worthy, F.S., "Manipulating Profits: How it's Done", Fortune, June 15, 1984, pages 50-54.

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