"As the monetary cost of fraud escalates globally, and the ensuing confidence in financial markets deteriorates, the international demand for quality in financial statements intensifies. But what constitutes quality in financial statements? This book examines financial statement fraud, a topical...

Introduction / Robyn Pilcher -- Differential reporting : what does it really mean for the public sector? / Robyn Pilcher & David Gilchrist -- Depreciation in local government : still the problems continue / Robyn Pilcher -- The consequences of the current public sector reporting framework for...

"This is the first detailed view of the managerial accountant's role and responsibilities in organization setting. Its aim is to foster role development: the opportunity to work at an advanced level of practice. Accounting studies develop technical skills associated with topics, and, responding...

Setting the scene -- Nature and purpose of corporate financial statements -- Companies, shareholders and capital markets -- Early issues in financial reporting -- Financial reporting to c.1800 : the theory -- Financial reporting to c.1800 : the practice -- Nineteenth century issues -- Regulation...

In Audit Analytics in the Financial Industry, editors Jun Dai, Miklos A. Vasarhelyi and Ann F. Medinets bring together a cast of expert contributors to explore ways to integrate Audit Analytics techniques into existing audit programs for the financial industry.Separated into six parts, the...

The causes of the 2008 financial crisis : the prospects of IFRS adoption in the US / Victoria Krivogorsky -- Corporate characteristics motivating convergence : international sample / Victoria Krivogorsky -- Change in business objective : shareholder value vs. stakeholder value primacy concepts /...

Establishing the need for the managerial accountant's compass -- Pan-theoretical approach to the managerial accountant's compass -- Concepts and classifications discourse of the managerial accountant's compass -- Importance of information and communication to the managerial accountant's compass...