The 16th volume scrutinizes the role and influence of accounting within the social struggles of our time, in fields such as ethics, sustainability, and education. The research reveals the ability of using the discipline as a tool for affirmation and empowerment within governance, politics, and...

Libraries and bookshops around the world have displayed over the years numerous books on bookkeeping and accountancy. In the very first chapter of this book, therefore, the question is asked: why then write yet another book? The traditional approach has been to introduce double entry bookkeeping...

Praise for previous editions of Accounting Best Practices'For a comprehensive, yet easy-to-read guide to fixing those all-too-common shortcomings in your accounting department, look no further than this excellent book. Steve Bragg provides hundreds of fixes, many of them requiring surprisingly...

Value creation is at the heart of an economic enterprise, defining its capability to serve customers and generate profits and growth. This fact has led to an ever-increasing set of tools and techniques that start with customers, focusing on serving their preferences from the very inception of a...

This book critically analyses the extensive forms of societal regulatory requirements using forms of Accounting Control, particularly those that are exerted over public sector organisations and the strategies of Controlling Accounting that are used by these organisations to minimise the effects...

Since 2005, all EU listed companies have been reporting under IFRS in their group accounts. The UK's Accounting Standards Board is proposing that in the next few years all UK companies, other than the smallest, will move to some form of IFRS-based financial reporting. The US is also undergoing a...

Latin America is set to play an important role in the global economy; yet international research communities lack a systematic understanding of Latin American accounting issues. We aim with this volume to offer external audiences a sample of research conducted in Latin America to further...

Volume 20 of Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting brings together a range of articles exploring the professional responsibilities of accountants, codes of conduct which affect them, and securities regulations