Beschreibung:
El¿bieta Bukalska is an Associate Professor in the Department of Corporate Finance and Accounting, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
The book develops both direct and indirect measures of Chief Financial Officers' (CFOs) attitudes towards risk. This study firstly provides theoretical issues on financial management and the results of previous research, while the second part is empirical, showing the methodology and results of the authors' research.
Introduction 1. The role of the Financial Director in financial management 2. The Financial Director characteristics and financial decisions 3. Research design and sample characteristics 4. The CFO profile and attitude towards financial decisions 5. CFO characteristics and corporate financial decisions 6. Chief Financial Officer - Report from the field Summary