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New trends in online annual reports
in 2003
By:Dominic
Jones Related: 10
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EVEN after years of putting
the thing online, companies still aren't sure what to
do with their online annual reports. How much extra
time and money should you put into it? Should you do
something elaborate or keep it simple? What are others
doing and what will they be doing this year?
Recently we completed a survey of 100
of the world's biggest companies drawn from the S&P
Global 1200. The survey included 37 US-based companies,
28 from Europe, 10 from the United Kingdom, 10 from
Japan, nine from Canada, and six from Australia.
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The
results provide a view of practices before
and after Enron.
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We wanted know what annual report information
these companies provide and how their publishing practices
compare to a set of best practices.
Except for a few minor changes to the
constituents, this survey was almost identical to one
we did a year earlier. The earlier survey covered reports
published before the watershed Enron affair broke. Our
latest survey, completed this past December, looked
at reports published in the wake of Enron. Consequently,
they give us a picture of corporate reporting in
two very different periods.
Here are some of the key trends we noticed
in the results of this year compared to last:
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