This study reviews the literature and the practice of accounting for research and development (R&D) costs from the first reference in 1917 to the current treatment. The conceptual treatment of R&D is compared to current financial accounting rules...
Announcements include table of contents for Abacus, Accounting and Business Research winter 1990 and spring 1991, Accounting and Finance Nov. 1990, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 1991, Vol. 4 no. 1, Journal of Accounting Education...