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Important for Exchange Students: As the Full-Time and Part-Time MBA Programs utilize a modular course structure, the dates on which students begin and end the exchange are flexible. Please find here a chronological overview of the preliminary course offering for Fall and Spring.
Cases in International Accounting
Learning Outcomes - Understand the institutional and conceptual foundations of financial reporting under IFRS - Become familiar with most of the important accounting rules for publicly traded parent companies - Identify economic consequences and incentives in the context of applying these rules and managing earnings - Apply knowledge of the rules and incentives to analyze financial reporting choices and adjust the financials accordingly
(Please note that exchange students obtain a higher number of credits in the BSc-program at WHU than listed here. For further information please contact directly the International Relations Office.)
Course Content
The course "Cases in International Accounting" is a case study seminar that starts where "International Accounting" left off. The course focuses on the IFRS provisions for specific financial reporting issues in the context of certain industries and real companies. After learning, in "International Accounting", about the most important IFRS issues facing companies and firms and auditors in practice, you will be working in teams to gain a closer and more detailed understanding of selected topics and their application problems, incentive effects, and earnings management potential in practice. Instead of "consuming" ready-made case studies with fixed solutions, you will be preparing your own case studies based on real or fictitious companies operating in specific industries and encountering specific financial reporting issues under IFRS.
Class Dates
Date
Time
Learning Outcomes
Literature
Picker/Leo/Loftus/Wise/Clark/Alfredson, Applying International Financial Reporting Standards, 3. Aufl. 2012
Palepu/Healy/Bernard/Peek, Business Analysis and Valuation (IFRS edition), 3. Aufl., 2013
German: Pellens/Fülbier/Gassen/Sellhorn, Internationale Rechnungslegung, 8. Aufl., Stuttgart 2011
Secondary literature:
Announced in class
Learning Methods
Form of examination
20% individual presentation of case study + participation in discussion of other group presentations;
10% peer evaluation sheet evaluating (confidentially) your group members