Core Concepts of Financial Analysis: A User Approach

GaryGirouxisSheltonProfessorofAccountingatTexasA&MUniversity.HereceivedhisPh.D.fromTexasTechUniversityandhasbeenatTexasA&Mforabouttwenty-fiveyears.Heteachesfinancialanalysisandotherfinancialandgovernmentalcoursesintheundergraduateprogram.HealsoteachesresearchmethodsinthePh.D.program.Dr.Girouxhaspublishedoverfiftyarticles,includingpublicationsinAccountingReview,JournalofAccountingResearch,Accounting,OrganizationsandSociety,JournalofAccountingandPublicPolicy,andnumerousotherjournals.Heistheauthorofthreeearlierbooks,includingDollars&Scholars,Scribes&Bribes:TheStoryofAccounting.Hisprimaryresearchareasaregovernmentalandfinancialaccounting.Healsoisinterestedinaccountingandbusinesshistory.Hehasanumberofoutsideinterests,includingcollectingrevenuedocumentsandstamps,reading,golf,andscubadiving.HeandhiswifeNaomitravelregularly,inpartbasedoninternationalresearchprojectsandpresentations.