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This book, first published in 1988, is an English translation of the sixteenth-century Spanish treatise Tratado de Cuentas or On Accounts by Diego del Castillo. The broad purpose of this work is to make this treatise and the issues it raises in...

In 1869 H.J. Mettenheimer wrote the Auditor's Guide Being a Complete Exposition of Bookkeeper's Frauds - the first book about auditing from the earliest period of American accountancy. The sole remaining copy was found to have been destroyed, leaving...

The articles in this book, first published in 1986, cover the developments of the first three decades of the Securities Acts, and examines appraisals of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. With the rise in interest in the evolution of regulatory...

Underlying this book, first published in 1988, is the belief that it is insightful to examine accounting not as merely a technical process, nor as a technical process with social and political consequences, but as an activity which is both social and...

This book, first published in 1982, gathers together a series of articles and editorials written in response to the Accounting Research Program of the early 1960s. Accounting Research Study No. 1 and No. 3 sprang from the American Institute of Certified...

This book, first published in 1954, collects together the papers presented to the Sixth International Congress on Accounting. They focus on the problems of the post-war changes in the value of money, and how to deal with this in accounting statements;...

This book, first published in 1982, collects papers about market price valuations capable of different interpretations. Many give quite explicit support for the selling price case. Others are incapable of reasonable interpretation other than in support...

This book, first published in 1988, analyses the early development of the US public accounting profession. It gathers in one place writings - contemporary accounts, recollections and historical studies - that portray the early decades of the profession...

This book, first published in 1879 and reissued by Garland in 1984, analyses through the evidence from the original trial the collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878, and the reasons behind it. A history of gross mismanagement had been concealed by...

This 1897 book, first reissued in 1984, is a key historical document from the early years of accounting, and carefully explains the various points of double entry bookkeeping. Originally intended as a new method of instruction for students of accounting,...

This book, first published in 1984, is concerned mainly with papers published in various Transactions of the Chartered Accountants Students' Societies of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Many of these lectures were given by eminent accountants from throughout the...

This book, first published in 1995, collects together 26 of Leonard M. Savoie's key speeches, all previously unpublished. Savoie was a titan in accounting education and these chapters are of valuable historical importance to the field. Section 1 consists...

This accessible and original book relates the fascinating story of successful women across the Americas: women who are managers, business owners, university professors and administrators, doctors, lawyers and government ministers. Based on extensive...

In recent years China has achieved impressive economic growth, and also made remarkable progress in human development. However, contemporary China is still faced with the great challenge of widespread poverty. This not only constitutes a barrier against...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781118196663Author Jared LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Bloomberg PressPublisher Bloomberg PressWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 254mm *...

The Making of Modern Economics presents a bold and engaging history of economics - the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today's rigorous social science. This comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the major economic...

Resolve cross-cultural communication issues with your business suppliers, customers, and staff! Because of the rapid growth of multinational corporations and the World Wide Web, global interdependence is no longer a matter of ideology or choice, but an...

This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780821410073Author Govan MbekiFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Ohio University PressPublisher Ohio University Press

This book explores the meaning and practice of empowering methodologies in organizational and social research. In a context of global academic precarity, this volume explores why empowering research is urgently needed. It discusses the situatedness of...

Covering all the current theories about training and development and the latest thinking about workplace learning interventions, this concise, practical guide will be an essential source for HR practitioners and line managers seeking improve...

The industrialization of information resources has been a growing trend across the world in recent years, especially in China, where the information resource industry (IRI) has expanded exponentially for over more than a decade. While analysing the...

This edited book presents some unexplored issues of economic inequality, including case studies of various countries. Inequality is a chronic and divisive factor of society. Inequality exists as an integral attribute of human development. Communities,...

Strategic communication is a pre-requisite for the achievement of organisational goals and an effective strategic communication plan is vital for organisational success. However, systems and models dominant in the west may not necessarily be best suited...

This book develops a novel industry emergence framework to explain the features, interaction, and synchronization of key elements for the birth and growth of new industries.Organized around seven elements-firm strategy, technology, investment, supply...

Since the 1980s, governments have often sought to encourage entrepreneurship on the assumption that it creates small businesses which are the primary drivers of job creation. Largely because of this assumption, entrepreneurship has become a valid subject...

These proceedings consist of selected papers, accepted after a rigid review process covering several issues in strategic decision making, management, accounting, policy studies, knowledge management, innovation management, applied economics,...

This third volume in the Routledge Focus on Women Writers in Organization Studies series challenges us to think again about the implications of gender, embodiment and fluidity for organizing and managing. The themes of this book disrupt our understanding...

When it comes to digital innovation, much research has been done with regard to the optimization of teams, but little attention has been given to leadership structures. This book presents a comprehensive research background on innovation leadership and...

The follow-up to the acclaimed Organizations in the Computer Age this book, originally published in 1996, reveals that since computers had become increasingly linked in networks which span the world, information could be transmitted instantaneously to...

Local government plays a critical role in the provision of governance, infrastructure, and services for local communities. Over the past 30 years this sector has undergone significant reforms because of various superordinate governments policy changes...

Global crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate breakdown offer existential threats to our world. This book brings together a global team of world renowned scholars to address the urgent need for collaboration across the social sciences in order...

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, and regular corporate scandals, there has been a growing concern with the moral and ethical foundations of business. Often these concerns are limited to narrow accounts of governance codes, regulatory procedures...

The discipline of law and economics has earned a reputation for developing plausible and empirically testable theories on the social functions and the impact of legal institutions. Property rights are a field in which this has been very successful. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032242774Author Piet de VriesFormat PaperbackPage Count 518Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 174g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032242347Author Ismail ErturkFormat PaperbackPage Count 458Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 174g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032242682Author Emma BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 174g

The field of Human Resource Development (HRD) has grown in prominence as an independent discipline from its roots in both management and education since the 1980s. There has been continual debate about the boundaries of HRD ever since. Drawing on a wide...

The Meta-Analytic Organization: Introducing Statistico-Organizational Theory develops new organizational theory based upon ideas from statistics and methodology. There have been previous organizational theories based on academic disciplines such as...

This eye-opening book shows how the rights of workers to safe and healthful workplaces are under greater attack today than at any time since the passage of the landmark Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. This collection is organized around three...