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DESCRIPTION:Financial literacy: What do financial statements tell us about 
 firms?\nDecision makers both within and outside of firms in business life 
 need relevant and reliable information to make decisions. Accounting provi
 des information to decision makers to make the best informed decisions pos
 sible. In this live session\, participants will explore the main financial
  statements (e.g.\, balance sheet\, income statement\, and cash flows stat
 ement)\, the types of information these statements provide\, how these sta
 tements are linked\, and more importantly\, what financial statements tell
  us about firms’ strategies. Further\, participants will have the opportun
 ity to apply their knowledge via a case study of a firm in the entertainme
 nt industry. Join Professor Urcan to experience this free class and experi
 ence what high engagement looks like within Gies Business.\nOktay Urcan is
  professor of accountancy and a Fred &amp\; Virginia Roedgers Faculty Fell
 ow in Accountancy. He joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign i
 n 2014 after being an assistant professor for seven years at London Busine
 ss School. He has made the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent at the Uni
 versity of Illinois several times and received the Raymond A. Hoffman Facu
 lty Excellence Award in Accountancy in 2016. He received his BA in managem
 ent from Bogazici University in 2002 and his PhD in accounting from the Un
 iversity of Texas at Dallas in 2007. Professor Urcan has 15 years of exper
 ience teaching MBA studies and corporate clients. He is currently teaching
  a MOOC based on financial literacy course for thousands of\nlearners arou
 nd the world using Coursera platform. He also currently teaches ACCY 500\,
  506\, and 532\, in the iMSA program.\nRegister Today\n&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Mock Live Class with Professor Oktay Urcan
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h3>Financial literacy: What do financial stat
 ements tell us about firms?</h3>\n<p>Decision makers both within and outsi
 de of firms in business life need relevant and reliable information to mak
 e decisions. Accounting provides information to decision makers to make th
 e best informed decisions possible. In this live session\, participants wi
 ll explore the main financial statements (e.g.\, balance sheet\, income st
 atement\, and cash flows statement)\, the types of information these state
 ments provide\, how these statements are linked\, and more importantly\, w
 hat financial statements tell us about firms’ strategies. Further\, partic
 ipants will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge via a case study
  of a firm in the entertainment industry. Join Professor Urcan to experien
 ce this free class and experience what high engagement looks like within G
 ies Business.</p>\n<p>Oktay Urcan is professor of accountancy and a Fred &
 amp\; Virginia Roedgers Faculty Fellow in Accountancy. He joined the Unive
 rsity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2014 after being an assistant profes
 sor for seven years at London Business School. He has made the List of Tea
 chers Ranked as Excellent at the University of Illinois several times and 
 received the Raymond A. Hoffman Faculty Excellence Award in Accountancy in
  2016. He received his BA in management from Bogazici University in 2002 a
 nd his PhD in accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2007. P
 rofessor Urcan has 15 years of experience teaching MBA studies and corpora
 te clients. He is currently teaching a MOOC based on financial literacy co
 urse for thousands of\nlearners around the world using Coursera platform. 
 He also currently teaches ACCY 500\, 506\, and 532\, in the iMSA program.<
 /p>\n<p><a class="button orange" href="https://choose.illinois.edu/registe
 r/?id=fde97ae6-9f84-422b-8cf3-6d6f9a9c136f" style="color: rgba(255\, 255\,
  255\, 1)">Register Today</a></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>
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