This diagram explains the necessity of financial accounting: it promotes the exchange of resources. (Diagram by Prof. S. P. Kothari. Background photograph courtesy of OCW.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. S. P. Kothari
MIT Course Number
15.511
As Taught In
Summer 2004
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This six-week summer course teaches basic concepts of corporate financial accounting and reporting. This information is widely used in making investment decisions, corporate and managerial performance assessment, and valuation of firms. Students perform economics-based analysis of accounting information from the viewpoint of the users of accounting information (especially senior managers) rather than the preparer (the accountant). This course is restricted to MIT Sloan Fellows in Innovation and Global Leadership.