Paton, William Andrew, 1889-1991;May, George Oliver, 1875-1961
A recollection of the author's contacts with his friend George Oliver May. These personal insights provide an added dimension to the previous article, "May and Paton: Two Giants Revisited," authored by Henry Francis Stabler and Norman X. Dressel.
The development of accounting principles and the evolution of accounting systems are highly dependent on the socio-economic environment. Although the socio-economic environment of the Golden Age of Greece (5th to 4th Century B.C.), known as the...
Scott, DR (1887-1954). Cultural Significance of Accounts;Accounting -- Research
Cushing's [1989] recent analysis of Kuhn's [1970] characterization of the state of crisis within a discipline's research agenda suggests that the accounting discipline is showing symptoms of such a crisis. In this paper, DR Scott's [1931] classical...
Textile industry -- Accounting;Cost accounting -- History
Several authors have suggested that a particular managerial component was needed before cost accounting could be fully used for accountability and disciplinary purposes. They argue that the marriage of managerialism and accounting first occurred in...
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; Harvard University -- Students -- Attitudes; Mississippi -- Race relations
Questions from the audience at a speech that Ross Barnett gave at Harvard University, along with Barnett's answers and notations of frequent laughter from the audience
