accountants, bookkeepers and others seeking a knowledge of accounting techniques. Also, the gendered male orientation of teaching … institutions and instructional texts in accounting is shown not to have entirely excluded women from acquiring knowledge of the … accounting craft. …

In the French language, the word comptabilite (accounting) first appeared in the middle of the eighteenth century. It … stabilised, the growing use of the word by an increasing population and the development of accounting activities created a need … for adjectives to be added. Commercial, industrial and agricultural accounting, general and auxiliary accounting appeared …

, an analysis of accounting demonstrates the extent to which the philanthropic nature of savings banks led to the …

-professional accounting education in eighteenth-century Ireland, Irish Accounting Review 13, no. 2: 63-74, suggests that the teaching of … bookkeeping in hedge schools in Ireland during the eighteenth century is indicative of a pre-professional period of accounting …

Philanthropic work involved large numbers of middle-class women in the performance of accounting functions during the … reformer Octavia Hill. It is revealed that in her early life Octavia Hill practised accounting as the manager of a craft … workshop, college secretary and manager of a household. She also taught bookkeeping. Octavia Hill's application of accounting …

and accounting arrangements. The study concludes with some observations of relevance to the business strategy and small …

Edwards and Newell (1994: 407) noted that 'the application of accounting techniques in business management continues to … conclusions such as 'accounting systems for managerial decisions and control can be traced back to the origins of hierarchical … the case was drawn from translations of medieval management, accounting and legal treatises and is presented under six …

democracy and free market, operated within the field of accounting and business studies at the pinnacle of the dictatorship … Italian accounting and business research are investigated and discussed. …

accounting development in Britain in the early twentieth century. Through an examination of their writings and advocacies, an … account is provided of their pioneering work in applying cost accounting to farm activity in Britain. Some contrary positions …