Introducing Xbrl Decision Making in a Digital Economy

This book explores the extensible business reporting language of XBRL, hailing it as the most important innovation to hit Accounting since the spreadsheet. It recognizes extensible markup language (XML) as the primary means for moving data between computer systems and identifies the role XBRL will play in moving business reporting data and interfacing with other XML based systems. Chapter topics cover an introduction to digital financial reporting, XML basics, what XBRL is, what other XML specifications can do for business, using XBRL, international XBRL, and the future of XBRL. For CEOs; CFOs; VPs of Finance, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Investor Relations, Financial Research, Regulatory Compliance, and Business Improvement; senior-level financial executives; Financial Managers and Analysts; Audit Managers, VPs of Information Technology; Credit/Equity/Risk Managers; audit, tax, and consulting partners; and e-business and technology leaders.Hannon, Neal J. is the author of 'Introducing Xbrl Decision Making in a Digital Economy', published 2003 under ISBN 9780130609021 and ISBN 0130609021.