Product Description: How do you find out whether a company is stable? How can you tell if its dividends show a fair yield? How do you know if it is as profitable as might be expected? This book attempts to explain these, and other questions about the contents of a company's annual report...read more

Product 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Papers from a 1994 seminar celebrate five hundred years of Luca Pacioli's influence on accounting, presenting broad reviews of historical developments from the 1600s to the present. Topics include a recent history of financial reporting in the UK and the US; a history of management accounting; th...read more

Product Description: Since its genesis after the 1947 Companies Act, the concept of a "true and fair view" has produced much debate among professionals. The authors bring together the explanatory and often contentious opinions of key international accountants and lawyers...read more

Product Description: In recent years there has been increasing interest shown in the history and development of accounting practices; accounting records are an important source of historical data, and they can also provide evidence of varied organizational structures and systems of management control...read more

Product Description: During recent years the West Pacific Rim has been the scene of dramatic economic growth, in stark contrast to other areas of the world's economy. It has attracted huge interest on the part of international investors. Yet there has been little up-to-date information on the financial reporting practices followed by companies in the region...read more