International Journal of Management IT and Engineering

  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

EVA disclosure practices in corporate annual reports – the Indian context

  • Author:
  • R.K. Jain, Anshu Jain
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 550 to 560

*Associate Professor, Gargi College, Delhi University, Delhi

**Research Scholar, Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan

Abstract

This paper aims to study the extent to which EVA disclosure is practiced by the Indian Corporate sector. This study is based on the information available for the top Indian corporate houses in Manufacturing, Banking and IT sector, amongst the ET500 companies for FY 2012.

The study also aims at distinguishing the mode of communication used by the companies while sharing EVA with the stakeholders, and traces its application for the decision making. Towards the end of this paper,some thoughts have also been shared towards the pattern existing for the leading companies declaring EVA.

Keywords

Economic Value Added (EVA), Trends of EVA reporting, Extent of disclosure, Medium of disclosure, Applications of EVA