Download or read book Accounting Theory written by Thomas G. Evans and published by South Western Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-read accounting theory text contains two distinct, but integrated parts. Part One focuses on two interwoven topics: accounting theory formulation and standard setting in a chronological format. This section analyzes the major historical efforts attempted in the development of an accounting theory. The Conceptual Framework project is studied, and the FASB and how it influences current standard setting is examined. Part Two covers contemporary financial reporting issues as they relate to the FASB's Conceptual Framework. Controversial accounting areas, such as cash flows, accounting for pensions, post-employment benefits and stock options, are studied within the context of the definitions of assets and liabilities provided by the Conceptual Framework. Interesting and challenging cases provide the reader with practical experience in applying accounting theory.
Download or read book Accounting Theory and Practice written by M. W. E. Glautier and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Accounting written by Elaine Conway and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the developing challenges and opportunities within the business and finance world which are likely to impact the accounting profession in the near future. It outlines a number of approaches to ensure that the accountants of the future are equipped with a useful awareness of some of the key topic areas that are quickly becoming a reality and helps bridge the gap between academia and practice. The chapters are standalone introductory pieces to provide useful précis of key topics and how they apply to the accounting profession in particular. It aims to deliver key readings on ‘hot topics’ not addressed in other texts which the accounting profession is tackling or are likely to tackle soon. Hence the book provides accounting students and researchers a solid grounding in a broad range of highly relevant non-technical accounting themes, looking at the bigger environment in which future accountants will be operating, involving considerations of strategic corporate governance issues and highlighting competences beyond the standard technical accounting skill sets.
Download or read book Financial Accounting Theory written by Stewart Jones and published by . This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly updated to address the issues faced in the current volatile accounting climate both regionally and internationally, this new edition provides students with detailed coverage of contemporary accounting principles, regulations, theory and research practices. In keeping with the current IASB Framework, the latest edition incorporates new topic coverage on sustainability reporting, fair value reporting and ethics as well as many recent developments in accounting regulation. Financial Accounting Theory, third edition, provides students with an appreciation of the origin and significance of financial accounting theory, explores application of this theory in the current accounting environment and provides a forum for discussion on the possible future directions financial accounting theory, research and practice might take. Chapters: 1. The history and development of accounting. 2. The nature and uses of accounting. 3. Traditional approaches to the formulation of an accounting theory. 4. The regulatory approach to the formulation of an accounting theory. 5. A conceptual framework for financial accounting and reporting. 6. The structure of accounting theory. 7. Fairness, disclosure and future trends in accounting. 8. Research perspectives in accounting. 9. Accounting: a multiple paradigm science. 10. The events and behavioural approach. 11. The predictive and positive approaches. 12. Current-value accounting. 13. Alternative asset-valuation and income-determination models. 14. International accounting and shift to IFRS. 15. Social Accounting and sustainable reporting. 16. Ethics.
Download or read book Modern Corporate Finance written by Donald R. Chambers and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The second edition of Modern Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice combines a forward-looking vision of corporate finance with the tried and true practices of the past. This text emphasizes the modernist movement in finance, which is based on systematic methodology with an emphasis on deductive reasoning and empirical validation. The modernist movement produces a market-value-based approach to finance that emphasizes shareholder wealth maximization, options, and agency relationships. This movement has expanded without question, the frontiers of knowledge in finance. Until Modern Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice, instructors have lacked a framework from which to teach these concepts at the introductory level."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Corporate Financial Reporting written by Andrew Higson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-12-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `This is a book which should be read by all students, whether undergraduate and postgraduate. It also provides a succinct guide for the manager who wishes to come to grips with this topic, or the accountant nostalgic to recollect the non too praiseworthy and indecisive history of this topic′ - Managerial Auditing Journal Corporate Financial Reporting critically examines contemporary corporate financial reporting. The complexity of the reporting process and the myriad of issues facing the directors, accountants and auditors can only be successfully understood from a firm conceptual base. Recent financial scandals clearly highlight the interrelationships between all the themes explored in this book, from financial reporting to auditing, from management′s motivations to fraud. Special features of this book include: - A critical examination of accounting ′theory′ - Senior practitioners′ insights on ′a true and fair view′ - An exploration of ′the financial reporting expectations gap′ - A discussion of the nature of ′corporate performance′ - An examination of corporate fraud - An examination of the implications of ′real-time′ reporting by companies - Discussion questions at the end of each chapter The book will be relevant to advanced undergraduate as well as postgraduate and MBA students.
Download or read book Accounting Theory written by Harry I. Wolk and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents complex materials in a clear and understandable manner. Incorporating the latest accounting standards and presenting the most up-to-date accounting theory from the top academic journals in accounting and finance throughout the world.
Download or read book Accounting Theory And Practice written by Dr. Mayank Malviya and published by Academic Guru Publishing House. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Accounting Theory and its Practice” is a comprehensive book that explores the dynamic interplay between accounting theory and its real-world application. Authored by renowned experts in the field, this book offers valuable insights into the theoretical foundations of accounting and how these theories are put into practice in diverse business contexts. The book delves into the conceptual underpinnings of accounting, providing readers with a solid understanding of the fundamental principles that govern financial reporting and analysis. It discusses various accounting theories, including normative theories (which prescribe how accounting should be done), positive theories (which seek to explain how accounting is actually practiced), and critical theories (which analyze the broader socio-political implications of accounting practices). This multi-dimensional approach helps readers appreciate the complexity and depth of the accounting discipline. One of the strengths of “Accounting Theory and its Practice” is its focus on the practical application of accounting theories. It highlights the role of accounting standards, such as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), in shaping financial reporting practices across the globe. The book also offers real-world examples and case studies that illustrate how accounting theories are translated into financial statements and disclosures, demonstrating the relevance of theory in day-to-day accounting tasks. The book delves into contemporary accounting issues, including sustainability reporting, the impact of digital technologies on accounting practices, and the evolving role of accountants in an increasingly complex and globalized business environment. It provides a holistic view of accounting’s role in decision-making processes, showing how it informs financial decisions, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.
Download or read book Accounting as Social and Institutional Practice written by Anthony G. Hopwood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounting as Social and Institutional Practice is the first major collection of critical and socio-historical analyses of accounting. It gathers together work by scholars of international renown on the social and institutional nature of accounting to address the conditions and consequences of accounting practice. Challenging conventional views that accounting is a technical practice, and that it comprises little more than bookkeeping, this collection demonstrates the importance of analysing the multiple arenas in which accounting emerges and operates. As accounting continues to gain in importance in so many spheres of social life, an understanding of the conditions and consequences of this calculative technology is vital. Its relevance extends far beyond the discipline of accounting. This book will be of considerable interest for specialists in organisational analysis, sociologists, and political scientists, as well as the general reader interested in understanding the increasing significance of accounting in contemporary society.
Download or read book Contemporary Research in Accounting Auditing and Finance written by Mehmet Serdar Erciş and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The business world needs to follow developments in the areas of accounting, auditing and finance in order to be able to adapt to globalization, technological advances and changing human needs. This book explores current issues in accounting, auditing and finance from a scientific point of view, and makes various suggestions for their solutions. In this context, the contributions here take into account the latest developments in the field and utilise a wide range of resources. The reader will learn about participation banks, audit risk, financial manipulation, forensic accounting, accounting errors, the effects of blockchain technologies, electronic finances, efficient markets hypothesis, integrated reporting, production costs, Islamic banking, enterprise risk management systems, and TAS16.
Download or read book Contemporary Accounting Theory written by Eldon S. Hendriksen and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Accounting Theory written by William Robert Scott and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott reveals vast amounts of financial accounting information drawn from recent research that has until now been hidden in academic journals. He provides a clear, easy-to-use framework for students to (1) place this information in a financial accounting context, (2) explain and analyze the information intuitively and (3) to reveal the informationOs relevance in understanding the practice of accounting.
Download or read book Accounting Accountants and Accountability written by Norman Macintosh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the business world, recent years have seen a growing acknowledgement of the value of intangible assets rather than physical assets. This has precipitated a crisis in the accounting industry: the accounting representations relied upon for years can no longer be taken for granted. Here, Norman Macintosh argues that we now need to understand accounting in a different manner. Offering several different ways of looking at accounting and accountants, he draws upon the work of eminent thinkers such as Barthes, Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard and Bahktin. In doing this, he develops revolutionary insights into the nature of accounting, pioneering the introduction of contemporary poststructuralist ideas into accounting theory and practice. With a wide range of examples and case studies and now available in paperback for the first time, this revolutionary new work will be essential reading for academic and professional accountants along with all those with an interest in the future of accounting.
Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Sustainability Accounting Assurance and Reporting written by Stewart Jones and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume draws together contemporary topics, themes and methodologies in the field of sustainability reporting and assurance to reveal how sustainability information is actually used, interpreted and processed by internal and external users.
Download or read book Earnings Management written by Joshua Ronen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of earnings management, aimed at scholars and professionals in accounting, finance, economics, and law. The authors address research questions including: Why are earnings so important that firms feel compelled to manipulate them? What set of circumstances will induce earnings management? How will the interaction among management, boards of directors, investors, employees, suppliers, customers and regulators affect earnings management? How to design empirical research addressing earnings management? What are the limitations and strengths of current empirical models?
Download or read book Research Methods in Accounting written by Malcolm Smith and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a clear and concise overview of the conduct of applied research studies in accounting, Malcolm Smith presents the principal building blocks of how to implement research in accounting and related fields.
Download or read book Contemporary Accounting Thought written by Michael John Renny Gaffikin and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
