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Using “Statement of Intermediate Balances” As Tool for International Financial Statement Analysis in Airline Industry

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  • C. Richard Baker
  • Yuan Ding

    (GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC - HEC Paris - Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Hervé Stolowy

    (GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC - HEC Paris - Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Since September 11, 2001 and during the ensuing economic slowdown, a number of airline companies have experienced significant financial difficulties, including bankruptcies and near bankruptcies. In an economic setting where many airlines are struggling to achieve or maintain profitability, it is important for accountants, auditors, and financial analysts to be able to analyze the relative performance of such companies. In thisindustry, income statements are normally prepared ‘‘by nature'' rather than ‘‘by function.'' This differs from the usual presentation found in the income statements of many companies around the world, in particular most American companies. This paper demonstrates how to perform a comparative financial statement analysis when an income statement is prepared ‘‘by nature,'' through application of a tool called the ‘‘Statement of Intermediate Balances.'' This tool is illustrated using three companies chosen from different continents: Southwest Airlines, a low cost U.S. air carrier, Air France, the leader in Europe, and China Eastern Airlines, one of the biggest Chinese air carriers

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  • C. Richard Baker & Yuan Ding & Hervé Stolowy, 2005. "Using “Statement of Intermediate Balances” As Tool for International Financial Statement Analysis in Airline Industry," Post-Print halshs-00004729, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00004729
    DOI: 10.1016/S0897-3660(05)18009-X
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    Cited by:

    1. Faruk Dayi & Yusuf Esmer, 2017. "Measuring Financial Performance of Airline Passenger Transport Company in European," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 5808033, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    2. Andersson, Tord & Haslam, Colin & Lee, Edward & Katechos, George & Tsitsianis, Nick, 2010. "Corporate strategy financialized: Conjuncture, arbitrage and earnings capacity in the S&P500," Accounting forum, Elsevier, vol. 34(3), pages 211-221.

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