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Informationen zum Autor Shankar Jaganathan is passionate about economic history,sustainability practices and corporate governance. A chartered accountant and law graduate, he has varied experience incorporate,academic and social sectors in a career spanningtwenty-five years. A select list of the entities and institutions heis/was associatedwith includes Wipro, Azim Premji Foundation,Indian Institute ofScience, Union Bank of India, Oxfam India and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. He currently divides his time between corporate consulting for rapidly growingentities,teaching, research and writing. He is also an independent director on the boards of Indian corporates and NGOs, and teaches atleadingmanagement schools. Zusammenfassung Spanning over two millennia of time and five continents of space, this book narrates the unfolding of financial and business reporting. It traces the origin of the 'company' as a form of organization and the evolution of bookkeeping and depicts events that led to the disclosure of the balance sheet, cash flow statements and the practice of auditing Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I The Background 1. Birth of the Company: Not Indebted for Life 2. Accounting Comes of Age: From Counting to Accounting Part II The Accounting Edifice 3. The First Battle for the 'State of Affairs': To Bare or not to Bare 4. The Second Battle for Source of Profit: A Defeat for Mystery and Secrecy 5. The Third Battle for 'Comprehension': Completing the Communication Loop 6. The Fourth Battle for Credibility: Believe Me, Trust Me Part III Reaching out to the Shareholders 7. Governance: Wanted Sad, Discreet and Honest Individuals 8. Touching the Intangible: Feeling, not Touching Matters 9. Annual Report: From Rearview Mirror to Windscreen Part IV Indian Corporate Disclosures 10. Disclosures in Free India: Wipro, Disclosures from 1947 to 2007 11. Setting New Disclosure Standards: The Soft Edge of the 1990s 12. The Indian G-A-P: Towards Excellence in Disclosures ...
