Corporate Narrative Reporting: Beyond the Numbers

The book provides a comprehensive and expert-led insight into corporate narrative reporting (CNR), its role, types, practices, and determinants. It highlights the importance of narrative disclosure in understanding annual reports and company performance and future prospects. CNR comprises integral information presented in the front half of the annual report, providing a comprehensive overview and understanding of a business's past and future performance. The book is logically structured into four parts and is an invaluable resource for students, practitioners, policymakers, regulators, and investors.

Format: Hardback
Length: 386 pages
Publication date: 13 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive and expert-led book delves into the realm of corporate narrative reporting (CNR), offering a profound exploration of its role, types, practices, and determinants. It provides a detailed overview of the significance of narrative disclosure in comprehending the entirety of the annual report, thereby gaining insights into company performance and future prospects. CNR encompasses essential information presented in the front half of the annual report, effectively telling the complete story of a business and providing a comprehensive overview of its past and future performance.

Supported by illustrative tables and figures throughout, this volume comprises a wealth of carefully selected chapters, featuring the analytical insights of knowledgeable academics and researchers from across the globe. Employing diverse data collection and analysis methods, the book establishes connections and advances theory and practice in the disclosure and presentation of non-financial information in annual reports and other disclosure channels.

The book is logically structured into four parts:

Narrative Reporting: The State of the Art
Empirical Research on Narrative Reporting
Narrative Sustainability Reporting
Narrative Reporting in Times of Crisis

By providing a global perspective on CNR in practice, Corporate Narrative Reporting serves as an invaluable resource for students, practitioners, and professionals engaged in the preparation, review, auditing, analysis, and understanding of annual reports. It holds particular relevance for policymakers, regulators, and investors.

Weight: 907g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367558444