Profitability, Accounting Theory and Methodology
Profitability, Accounting Theory and Methodology

Author: Geoffrey Whittington

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-06-11

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 1134223765

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An important scholar in the history of accounting, Geoffrey Whittington's numerous articles cover a broad spectrum of the field and are both sharply insightful and extremely significant. He has made important contributions to the topics of inflation accounting, accounting theory and methodology and standard-setting, and he has conducted a number of valuable empirical studies. This remarkable collection pulls together essays and articles and encompasses his work on empirical studies based on company accounts, specification of empirical models, price change accounting, taxation and regulation, and regulation of accounting and auditing. Accompanied by a new introduction and conclusion, this significant volume will be extremely useful for historians of accounting as well as accountancy practitioners and researchers.

The Theory and Measurement of Business Income
The Theory and Measurement of Business Income

Author: Edgar O. Edwards

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-07-28

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0520340620

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"This is a well-written book; the complex ideas are clearly expressed and the arguments well stated. There is some apparent rediscovery (and renaming) of old ideas, but the process is made palatable and worthwhi le by the crispness of the discussion and the un wavering penetration to the root of each issue as it arises. Most difficult problems in the social sciences, the authors note, have no definitive solutions, but simply outcomes. This book deserves a niche among the classic works in the business income literature as a significant milestone on the road to whatever outcome the future holds."--The Journal of Business "Professors Edwards and Bell give us a most satisfying study of different concepts of business income. It is rare to find authors so much at home in both economics and accounting. As they themselves suggest, time may show that their programme needs amendment; but they state the problem clearly and provide an excellent starting point. In passing, they give help on many other questions--when to replace plant, how to measure depreciation, which rate of compound interest to use in budgets, and so on. Beyond doubt their book is the most wise and original contribution to accounting theory since Professor Bonbright wrote 'The Valuation of Property' a quarter of a century ago."--The Economist

The Development of Accounting Theory (RLE Accounting)
The Development of Accounting Theory (RLE Accounting)

Author: Michael Gaffikin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-02-05

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1134707231

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This book is a resource book for the comprehensive study of the development of accounting thought. It is designed to facilitate the study of the original works and stimulate further study of important accounting theory forbears. It covers: accounting theory accounting concepts of profit financial accounting and the foundations of accounting measurement accounting evaluation and economic behaviour.

Research Methods in Accounting
Research Methods in Accounting

Author: Malcolm Smith

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2003-05-27

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780761971474

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Providing a clear and concise overview of the conduct of applied research studies in accounting, Malcolm Smith presents the principal building blocks of how to implement research in accounting and related fields.

Profit
Profit

Author: Harry Norris (A.C.A.)

Publisher:

Published: 1945

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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Maximizing Profitability
Maximizing Profitability

Author: Lisa Lang

Publisher:

Published: 2006-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780977760404

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Maximizing Profitability: The Theory of Constraints Approach to Maximizing Profits? is workbook with audio CD. If you have read Throughput Accounting or any of the other books on the subject, but still aren't quite sure what to do next, then this is for you. This workbook and audio CD will walk you through how to start using throughput accounting immediately so that you can maximize your profits NOW! In 3 hours you have all the basics needed to get started! In this audio CD training guide, Dr. Lisa discusses how to focus your existing resources to maximize profitability. She discusses: ? How to increase profitability with no corresponding increase in expenses or capital investment? How to make management decisions that are aligned with profitability goalsThe value includes:? Improved understanding of what drives your profitability ? Improved understanding of how to make product/service mix decisions to maximize profitability? Improved understanding of how to make investment decisions to maximize profitability? And, understanding of how to make many other day-to-day business decisions to maximize profitability? 4 metrics and 3 decision rules that can be immediately put to useIncluded: 1 Audio CD, 1 Workbook, 1 Quick Reference Sheet

Accounting for M&A
Accounting for M&A

Author: Amir Amel-Zadeh

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-04-29

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1000066525

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Spending on M&A has, in aggregate, grown so fast that it has even overtaken capital expenditure on increasing and maintaining physical assets. Yet McKinsey, the leading management consultancy, reports that "Anyone who has researched merger success rates knows that roughly 70% fail". The idea that businesses might be using huge and increasing sums of shareholders’ money for an activity that more often than not leads to failure calls into question the information on which M&A decisions are based. This book presents statistical studies, case material, and standard-setters’ opinions on company accounting before, during, and after M&A. It documents the manipulation of annual accounts by acquirers ahead of share for share bids, biased forecasts of post-merger earnings by bidders, and devices to flatter earnings when recording the deal. It explores the challenges for standard-setters in regulating information flows during and after M&A, and for account-users wishing to learn from financial statements how a deal has affected performance. Drawing on a wide range of international examples, this readable book is targeted not just at accounting specialists but at anyone who is comfortable reading the serious financial press, is intrigued by what is going on in the massive M&A market, and is concerned with achieving better-informed M&A. As such it might be of particular interest to business executives, lawyers, bankers, and investors involved in M&A as well as graduate students interested in researching or learning about the role of accounting in M&A.