The Accountant's Guide to the Universe
The Accountant's Guide to the Universe

Author: Craig Hovey

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-11-09

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781429950107

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They said it couldn't be done, but The Accountant's Guide to the Universe is the first entertaining book on accounting written for a general audience. The book opens with a wild premise: Heaven and Hell have been outsourced to a giant company in a distant galaxy and they are now in charge of determining who goes where after death. The entire universe is scoured for an objective system that can be adapted to the task, and it is found, in the form of accounting, in the least civilized backwater of the universe, Earth! The book is also a morality tale. It demonstrates how financial scandals (a la Bernie Madoff and many others) can be pulled off with "creative accounting," and how much a person adds or subtracts from the universe by their actions. Written for anybody who has taken an accounting class, practices it for a living, or is simply interested in seeing how a system designed to record finances can also be used to judge the entire universe will be enlightened by The Accountant's Guide to the Universe.

The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers
The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers

Author: Baruch Lev

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-06-14

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1119191084

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An innovative new valuation framework with truly useful economic indicators The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers shows how the ubiquitous financial reports have become useless in capital market decisions and lays out an actionable alternative. Based on a comprehensive, large-sample empirical analysis, this book reports financial documents' continuous deterioration in relevance to investors' decisions. An enlightening discussion details the reasons why accounting is losing relevance in today's market, backed by numerous examples with real-world impact. Beyond simply identifying the problem, this report offers a solution—the Value Creation Report—and demonstrates its utility in key industries. New indicators focus on strategy and execution to identify and evaluate a company's true value-creating resources for a more up-to-date approach to critical investment decision-making. While entire industries have come to rely on financial reports for vital information, these documents are flawed and insufficient when it comes to the way investors and lenders work in the current economic climate. This book demonstrates an alternative, giving you a new framework for more informed decision making. Discover a new, comprehensive system of economic indicators Focus on strategic, value-creating resources in company valuation Learn how traditional financial documents are quickly losing their utility Find a path forward with actionable, up-to-date information Major corporate decisions, such as restructuring and M&A, are predicated on financial indicators of profitability and asset/liabilities values. These documents move mountains, so what happens if they're based on faulty indicators that fail to show the true value of the company? The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers shows you the reality and offers a new blueprint for more accurate valuation.

The Accountant's Guide to Legal Liability and Ethics
The Accountant's Guide to Legal Liability and Ethics

Author: Marc J. Epstein

Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13:

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"In today's highly competitive accounting environment, liability is one of the biggest fears. Accountants are potentially subject to more claimants in the course of any one transaction than doctors. A major liability loss can severely damage or cause the complete failure of your accounting firm - large or small. The Accountant's Guide to Legal Liability and Ethics reveals the magnitude of the liability issues you face daily as an accountant and tells you of the dangers. Practical and easy to read, this guide breaks through the rhetoric to show you the broad spectrum of liability." "You'll discover the way courts really look at GAAS and GAAP; how to identify which areas of your practice are particularly vulnerable based on previous court actions and rulings; what to look for in a policy when purchasing professional liability insurance; and the foundation for developing an ethical framework that will guide accountants through these dangerous waters." "While concerns over liability mount in almost every profession across the country, it undoubtedly weighs heavily on the accountant. The authors provide you with new insights and new dimensions in practicing your profession and help you overcome these concerns."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Accounting for the Environment
Accounting for the Environment

Author: Rob Gray

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2001-07-25

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 0857022725

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`This book is a good comprehensive text and comes highly recommended to anyone currently involved in, looking to get involved in, or just interested in environmental management, environmental accounting and reporting′ - Pacific Accounting Review This is the long-awaited 2nd edition of the benchmark publication that helped shape the developing agenda of environmental accounting. This excellent new edition provides an overview of the subject ranging from environmental management to sustainability, and integrates the major advancements that have occurred since the first edition - in both research and practice. It introduces and explains environmental issues as they relate to accountants today. This new work also places an increased emphasis on the emerging research literature in the field and reveals a consciousness of the difficulties of developing an environmental agenda in business. It makes an excellent stand-alone text for lower level students, a firm base from which the advanced student or researcher can explore research and more complex issues, and a useful guide for practitioners seeking to understand and implement environmental practice.

Strategic Management Accounting, Volume III
Strategic Management Accounting, Volume III

Author: Vassili Joannidès de Lautour

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-10-16

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 3030201570

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This book responds to key issues in strategic management control by studying the interplay between ethics, social and environmental performance and governance. Grounded in research but written with practitioners and students in mind, it addresses the most up-to-date issues pertaining to ethical insights into management accounting and accountability.

Mutual Fund Industry Handbook
Mutual Fund Industry Handbook

Author: Lee Gremillion

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-06-22

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1118428722

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"The Mutual Fund Industry Handbook is a remarkably important work . . . I am profoundly impressed by the broad and comprehensive sweep of information and knowledge that this book makes available to industry participants, college and business school students, and anyone else with a serious interest in this industry." -- From the Foreword by John C. Bogle President, Bogle Financial Markets Research Center Founder and former chief executive, The Vanguard Group A Foreword by John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group and one of the most respected leaders in the mutual fund industry, sets the stage for this authoritative book that explains the complexities of the phenomenal industry in simple terms. Investors like the fact that mutual funds offer professional management, easy diversification, liquidity, convenience, a wide range of investment choices, and regulatory protection. Mutual Fund Industry Handbook touches on all of those features and focuses on the diverse functions performed in the day-to-day operations of the mutual fund industry. You'll learn about: Front-office functions-analysis, buying, and selling. Back-office functions, including settlement, custody, accounting, and reporting. Commission structures-front-end loads, back-end loads, or level loads. The various fund categories used by the Investment Company Institute, Morningstar, and Lipper. The roles played by fund managers, investment advisors, custodial banks, distributors, transfer agents, and other third-party service providers. If you want a definitive reference on the mutual fund industry, this is the book for you.

Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations
Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations

Author: Judith Seddon

Publisher: Law Business Research Ltd.

Published: 2017-01-27

Total Pages: 701

ISBN-13: 1912377543

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Global Investigations Review's The Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations covers what to do at every stage during the lifecycle of a corporate investigation - from discovery of the initial problem to conclusion and beyond. Using US and UK practice and procedure to illustrate, the guide tracks the development of a serious allegation (whether originating inside or outside a company) as it develops - looking at the key risks that arise and the challenges it poses, along with the opportunities that may exist for its resolution. It offers expert insight into fact-gathering (including document preservation and collection, and witness interviews); structuring the investigation (the complexities of cross-border privilege issues); and strategizing effectively to resolve cross-border probes and manage corporate reputation. Further content provides detailed comparable surveys of the relevant law and practice in 12 jurisdictions that build on many of the vital issues highlighted. It is practical guide for external and in house legal counsel, compliance officers and accounting practitioners wishing to benchmark their practice against leaders in the field. Edited by Judith Seddon, Eleanor Davison, Christopher J Morvillo, Michael Bowes QC and Luke Tolaini, the book has 47 chapters contributed by leading practitioners and firms across the world such as Baker & McKenzie LLP, Clifford Chance LLP, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. "e;Global Investigations Review's The Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations is the most comprehensive publication currently on the market in relation to cross-border, multifaceted corporate investigations. It does what it says on the tin - 'How does one conduct such an investigation? And what does one have in mind at various times?' - and it does it rather well."e; Tapan Debnath, Legal Counsel, Nokia

A Guide to Federal Contracting
A Guide to Federal Contracting

Author: Dan Lindner

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-08-14

Total Pages: 661

ISBN-13: 1636710530

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A Guide to Federal Contracting: Principles and Practices demystifies the federal buying process, providing in one volume a succinct yet thorough treatment of federal contracting requirements or regulations. Bringing together concepts of business, law, politics, public and social policy, pricing, and contract placement and administration, Dan Lindner draws on 40 years of federal government experience to cover the vast spread of this important process that impacts our daily government operations. This completely updated second edition incorporates the nearly 16 regulatory changes that have occurred since the first edition was published and adds new subsections on Product Planning and Placement, Major Systems Acquisition, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Other Transaction Agreements, Corporate Budget, and Work Breakdown Structure.