The relevance of non-financial key performance indicators

The limitations of financials statements in assessing firm performance have long been known to the academic and practitioner accounting communities. Recent years have witnessed a sharp increase in the frequency and scope of non-financial Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) disclosed by companies and u...

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Main Authors: FANG, Bingxu, MOHANRAM, Partha, VYAS, Dushyant
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soa_research-29782022-03-04T05:30:10Z The relevance of non-financial key performance indicators FANG, Bingxu MOHANRAM, Partha VYAS, Dushyant The limitations of financials statements in assessing firm performance have long been known to the academic and practitioner accounting communities. Recent years have witnessed a sharp increase in the frequency and scope of non-financial Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) disclosed by companies and used by market participants. In this study, we investigate the relevance of various voluntarily reported non-financial KPIs. We find that KPIs are positively associated with future profitability, sales growth, and current stock returns; however, the stock market underreacts to the information embedded in KPIs for firms operating in opaque information environments. 2020-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1951 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2978/viewcontent/KPI_Project_Report_Jan_2020___White_Paper__1_.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Accountancy eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Accounting
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FANG, Bingxu
MOHANRAM, Partha
VYAS, Dushyant
The relevance of non-financial key performance indicators
description The limitations of financials statements in assessing firm performance have long been known to the academic and practitioner accounting communities. Recent years have witnessed a sharp increase in the frequency and scope of non-financial Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) disclosed by companies and used by market participants. In this study, we investigate the relevance of various voluntarily reported non-financial KPIs. We find that KPIs are positively associated with future profitability, sales growth, and current stock returns; however, the stock market underreacts to the information embedded in KPIs for firms operating in opaque information environments.
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author FANG, Bingxu
MOHANRAM, Partha
VYAS, Dushyant
author_facet FANG, Bingxu
MOHANRAM, Partha
VYAS, Dushyant
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title The relevance of non-financial key performance indicators
title_short The relevance of non-financial key performance indicators
title_full The relevance of non-financial key performance indicators
title_fullStr The relevance of non-financial key performance indicators
title_full_unstemmed The relevance of non-financial key performance indicators
title_sort relevance of non-financial key performance indicators
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2020
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1951
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