Author: R. H. ParkerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780815322726
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Milestones in the British Accounting Literature
Author: R. H. ParkerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780815322726
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A History of Corporate Financial Reporting in Britain
Author: John Richard EdwardsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351373471
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
A History of Corporate Financial Reporting provides an understanding of the procedures and practices which constitute corporate financial reporting in Britain, at different points of time, and how and why those practices changed and became what they are now. Its particular focus is the external financial reporting practices of joint stock companies. This is worth knowing about given the widely held view that Britain (i) pioneered modern financial reporting, and (ii) played a primary role in the development of both capital markets and professional accountancy. The book makes use of a principal and agent framework to study accounting’s past, but one where the failure of managers always to supply the information that users’ desire is given full recognition. It is shown that corporate financial reporting did not develop into its current state in a straightforward and orderly fashion. Each era produces different environmental conditions and imposes new demands on accounting. A proper understanding of accounting developments therefore requires a careful examination of the interrelationship between accountants and accounting techniques on the one hand and, on the other, the social and economic context within which changes took place. The book’s corporate coverage starts with the legendary East India Company, created in 1600, and continues through the heyday of the statutory trading companies founded to build Britain’s canals (commencing in the 1770s) and railways (commencing c.1829) to focus, principally, on the limited liability company fashioned by the Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 and the Limited Liability Act 1855. The story terminates in 2005 when listed companies were required to prepare their consolidated accounts in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, thus signalling the effective end of British accounting.
The Development of Accounting in an International Context
Author: T.E. CookePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134731744
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This volume brings together contributions from the world's most renowned scholars in accounting and celebrates the academic achievements of Bob Parker. Reflecting his multi-faceated contribution to the history of accountancy, the volume studies the development of accounting in an international context.
Insights from Accounting History
Author: Stephen ZeffPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136968415
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 749
Book Description
Stephen Zeff has been a prolific researcher on the history of accounting and auditing in the twentieth century. He has written numerous papers on the history of standard setting and regulation, of accounting and auditing practice, of the accounting profession, of accounting thought, and of the intellectual contributions of major authors (such as Hatfield, Canning, Paton and MacNeal). This volume brings together the greatest hits of Zeff's academic career, including several articles that were published in out-of-the way places, for easier use by students and researchers of the field. In an introduction, Zeff discusses the evolution of his research interests and explains the factors led to the writing of the papers and their intended contribution to the literature. The book also includes a complete list of his publications.
Harold Cecil Edey
Author: Martin E. PerssonPublisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1789736692
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Harold Cecil Edey was instrumental in the development of British accounting thought in the mid-1900s, and his scholarship influenced a generation of students. This edited collection of his unpublished manuscripts sheds light on his contribution to modern accounting thought.
Accounting at War
Author: Warwick FunnellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317508475
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Accounting is frequently portrayed as a value free mechanism for allocating resources and ensuring they are employed in the most efficient manner. Contrary to this popular opinion, the research presented in Accounting at War demonstrates that accounting for military forces is primarily a political practice. Throughout history, military force has been so pervasive that no community of any degree of complexity has succeeded in. Through to the present day, for all nation states, accounting for the military and its operations has primarily served broader political purposes. From the Crimean War to the War on Terror, accounting has been used to assert civilian control over the military, instill rational business practices on war, and create the visibilities and invisibilities necessary to legitimize the use of force. Accounting at War emphasizes the significant power that financial and accounting controls gave to political elites and the impact of these controls on military performance. Accounting at War examines the effects of these controls in wars such as the Crimean, South African and Vietnam wars. Accounting at War also emphasizes how accounting has provided the means to rationalize and normalize violence, which has often contributed to the acceleration and expansion of war. Aimed at researchers and academics in the fields of accounting, accounting history, political management and sociology, Accounting at War represents a unique and critical perspective to this cutting-edge research field.
Memorial Articles for 20th Century American Accounting Leaders
Author: Stephen A. ZeffPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317282671
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
This collection of memorial articles and selected obituaries highlights the careers and contributions to accounting practice, the accounting profession, and the accounting literature of leading American figures in the 20th century. The memorial articles do much more than recite their subject’s career. More importantly, they discuss and assess their subject’s role in influencing the course of accounting practice and the profession as well as the evolution of their influential writings, revealing the names of the accounting leaders and leading thinkers of the past century. Memorial Articles for 20th Century American Accounting Leaders is useful in providing students and young researchers with a rich source of intelligence on the leaders who have established norms of practice, advanced the profession, and set the terms of debate in the literature – leaders who are cited and even quoted but who are known mostly as names without a full-bodied treatment of their backgrounds and broader roles in shaping the accounting literature.
Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
Book Description
Subject Guide to Children's Books in Print 1997
Author: Bowker Editorial StaffPublisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835238007
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 2776
Book Description
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