BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:\nDecision makers both within and outside of firms in business life need relevant and reliable information to make decisions. Accounting provides information to decision makers to make the best informed decision s possible. In this live session\, participants will explore the main fina ncial statements (e.g.\, balance sheet\, income statement\, and cash flows statement)\, the types of information these statements provide\, how thes e statements are linked\, and more importantly\, what financial statements tell us about firms’ strategies. Further\, participants will have the opp ortunity to apply their knowledge via a case study of a firm in the entert ainment industry. Join Professor Urcan to experience this free class and e xperience what high engagement looks like within Gies Business.\n \;\n \nRegister Here! \;\nOktay Urcan \;is professor of accountancy and a Fred &\; Virginia Roedgers Faculty Fellow in Accountancy. He joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2014 after being an assista nt professor for seven years at London Business School. He has made the Li st of Teachers Ranked as Excellent at the University of Illinois several t imes and received the Raymond A. Hoffman Faculty Excellence Award in Accou ntancy in 2016. He received his BA in management from Bogazici University in 2002 and his PhD in accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas i n 2007. Professor Urcan has 15 years of experience teaching MBA studies an d corporate clients. He is currently teaching a MOOC based on financial li teracy course for thousands of learners around the world using Coursera pl atform. He also currently teaches ACCY 500\, 506\, and 532\, in the iMSA p rogram.\n\n\n\n\n DTEND:20230125T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260612T140402Z DTSTART:20230125T000000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Mock Live Class with Professor Oktay Urcan | Financial literacy: Wh at do financial statements tell us about firms? UID:RFCALITEM639168518425974954 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Decision makers both within and outside of firms in business life n eed relevant and reliable information to make decisions. Accounting provid es information to decision makers to make the best informed decisions poss ible. In this live session\, participants will explore the main financial statements (e.g.\, balance sheet\, income statement\, and cash flows state ment)\, the types of information these statements provide\, how these stat ements are linked\, and more importantly\, what financial statements tell us about firms’ strategies. Further\, participants will have the opportuni ty to apply their knowledge via a case study of a firm in the entertainmen t industry. Join Professor Urcan to experience this free class and experie nce what high engagement looks like within Gies Business.

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O ktay Urcan \;is professor of accountancy and a Fred &\; Vi rginia Roedgers Faculty Fellow in Accountancy. He joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2014 after being an assistant professor for seven years at London Business School. He has made the List of Teachers Ra nked as Excellent at the University of Illinois several times and received the Raymond A. Hoffman Faculty Excellence Award in Accountancy in 2016. H e received his BA in management from Bogazici University in 2002 and his P hD in accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2007. Professor Urcan has 15 years of experience teaching MBA studies and corporate clien ts. He is currently teaching a MOOC based on financial literacy course for thousands of learners around the world using Coursera platform. He also c urrently teaches ACCY 500\, 506\, and 532\, in the iMSA program.

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