
Financial Shenanigans
Howard Schilit(Author)
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 16. April 2002
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-07-138626-5 (ISBN)
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Description
Techniques to uncover and avoid accounting frauds and scamsInflated profits . . . Suspicious write-offs . . . Shifted expenses . . . These and other dubious financial maneuvers have taken on a contemporary twist as companies pull out the stops in seeking to satisfy Wall Street. Financial Shenanigans pulls back the curtain on the current climate of accounting fraud. It presents tools that anyone who is potentially affected by misleading business valuationsfrom investors and lenders to managers and auditorscan use to research and read financial reports, and to identify early warning signs of a company's problems. A bestseller in its first edition, Financial Shenanigans has been thoroughly updated for today's marketplace. New chapters, data, and research reveal contemporary "shenanigans" that have been known to fool even veteran researchers.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
45 charts and tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
633 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-138626-5 (9780071386265)
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Howard Schilit | Jeremy Perler | Yoni Engelhart
Financial Shenanigans, Fourth Edition: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports
How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports
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04/2018
4th Edition
McGraw-Hill Education
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Howard Schilit | Jeremy Perler
Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports, Third Edition
Book
06/2010
3rd Edition
McGraw-Hill Professional
€37.19
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Person
Dr. Howard Schilit is a pioneer in the field of detecting accounting tricks in corporate financial reports that mislead investors. He is the author of Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports, now in its 3rd Edition. Howard was the founder and CEO of CFRA, a global forensic accounting research organization. He has been a leading spokesman before the US Congress, the SEC, and global media outlets about the causes and early warning signs of accounting tricks in public filings. Dr. Schilit began his career as an Associate Professor of Accounting at American University and continues to teach and lecture all over the world. Dr. Schilit holds his doctorate in Accounting from the University of Maryland.