Accounting Books

New and Published Books

1. The Marketing / Accounting Interface

   Edited by Robin Roslender, Richard M.S. Wilson

   Series: Key Issues in Marketing Management

   When marketing managers and financial managers join forces within any business, the result can often be poor communication on financial criteria and goals. The risk of this situation occurring is inevitably present when those with different professional backgrounds and roles are working in...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Intellectual Capital Accounting

   Practices in a Developing Country

   By Indra Abeysekera

   Series: Routledge Studies in Accounting

   This book examines and explains the intellectual capital reporting practices, with a human capital focus, of firms located in the developing nation of Sri Lanka. The study ascertains the following: first, to what extent the industry groups, based on the number of shareholders, differ in their ICR...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Accounting and Order

   By Mahmoud Ezzamel

   Series: Routledge Studies in Accounting

   This book draws on ancient Egyptian inscriptions in order to theorize the relationship between accounting and order. It focuses especially on the performative power of accounting in producing and sustaining order in society. It explores how accounting intervened in various domains of the ancient...

   Published April 24th 2012 by Routledge
4. Environmental Management Accounting

   Case Studies of South-East Asian Companies

   By Christian Herzig, Tobias Viere, Stefan Schaltegger, Roger L. Burritt

   Sustainable development will not happen without substantial contributions from and leading roles of companies and business organizations. This requires the provision of adequate information on corporate social and ecological impacts and performance. For the last decade, progress has been made in...

   Published March 7th 2012 by Routledge
5. Events Management

   An Introduction

   By Charles Bladen, James Kennell, Emma Abson, Nick Wilde

   Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This major new introductory textbook is the first to fully explore the multi-disciplinary nature of events management and to provide all the practical skills and professional knowledge students need to succeed in the events industry...

   Published February 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. Audit Education

   Edited by Karen Van Peursem, Elizabeth Monk, Richard M.S. Wilson, Ralph Adler

   Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

   Audit professionals are valued members of society and are expected to be both skilled and ethical in their decision-making. The role of the auditor extends far beyond that of counting beans by demanding a social and political awareness, a technical knowledge, ethical principles and relationship...

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
7. Personal Transferable Skills in Accounting Education

   Edited by Kim Watty, Beverley Jackling, Richard M.S. Wilson

   Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

   The development of generic skills (often referred to as ‘soft skills’) in accounting education has been a focus of discussion and debate for several decades. During this time employers and professional bodies have urged accounting educators to consider and develop curricula which provide for the...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Power of Accounting

   What the Numbers Mean and How to Use Them

   By Lawrence Lewis

   The Power of Accounting: What the Numbers Mean and How to Use Them provides a highly readable text for non-financial managers. It explores accounting’s uses and limitations in the management process. The text is intended for users of accounting information as opposed to preparers. It focuses on...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
9. Teaching IFRS

   Edited by Richard M.S. Wilson, Ralph Adler

   Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

   The increasing pace of global conformance towards the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) highlights the need for accounting students as well as accounting practitioners to be conversant with IFRS. Teaching IFRS offers expert descriptions of, and insights into, the IFRS...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Interface of Accounting Education and Professional Training

    Edited by Elaine Evans, Roger Juchau, Richard M.S. Wilson

    Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

    Over many decades the global development of professional accounting education programmes has been undertaken by higher education institutions, professional accounting bodies, and employers. These institutions have sometimes co-operated and sometimes been in conflict over the education and/or...

    Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge