Richard Mattessich’s Accounting and Analytical Methods (1964) and Yuji Ijiri’s Theory of Accounting Measurement (1975) are two classic works of American accounting literature written by eminent schola
This volume contains accounting scholar A.C. Littleton's (1886-1974) mostly unpublished essays on accounting theory. He discusses the measurement function and purpose of accounting, the application
Management Accounting at the Hudson's Bay Company: From Quill Pen to Digitization describes the 1670 to 2005 evolution of management accounting at the longest surviving commercial company in the world
Offering case studies from Japanese companies, this work explains how the Japanese style of cost accounting differs from the Western approach and demonstrates how Japanese cost accounting is integrate
This set of volumes places the labor markets, workplaces, jobs and workers of Europe in comparative perspective. It focuses on the politics, economics, sociology, and history of work and workers in Eu
This volume explores accounting history, mostly from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, with chapters devoted to Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada and the United States. Brief sections cover practice
Previts (Case Western Reserve U., US), Walton (ESSEC Business School, France), and Wolnizer (U. of Sydney, Australia) present six country reports on the international history of financial reporting th
"Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought" works to inform readers of the historical foundations on which the profession is based, the historical antecedents of today's accounting institutions
For more than 70 years, William Paton contributed his considerable energy and knowledge to the development of accounting thought. He was one of the early accounting educators to express the high purpo
This monograph revisits papers published by the authors (both of the U. of Missouri) in the journal Research in Accenting Regulation over a ten-year period that summarized the key trends in accounting
Drawing upon established academic theory, the study argues that the Big Four, as part of a globalizing transnational capital class, has dominated indigenous firms by bringing to China an ideology that
