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Narratives and Numbers: From Acontextual to Contextualized Financial Analysis

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  • Brendan Mcsweeney

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The paper considers the analysis of externally available data from corporations—usually called ‘financial analysis’. It challenges the value of analysis that merely uses financial data. It argues that the insights obtainable from interpretation of such data alone—no matter how sophisticated the techniques employed—are necessarily thin. Key limits of such acontextual analysis and the merits of an approach that incorporates theories about, and data from, the analysand's contexts are illustrated through a discussion of a number of case studies.

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  • Brendan Mcsweeney, 2001. "Narratives and Numbers: From Acontextual to Contextualized Financial Analysis," Accounting Forum, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(3), pages 246-263, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accfor:v:25:y:2001:i:3:p:246-263
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-6303.00065
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    1. José Corpataux & Olivier Crevoisier & Thierry Theurillat, 2009. "The Expansion of the Finance Industry and Its Impact on the Economy: A Territorial Approach Based on Swiss Pension Funds," Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 85(3), pages 313-334, July.
    2. Klein Jr., Vitor Hugo & Reilley, Jacob T., 2024. "The temporal dynamics of enterprise risk management," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).

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