Anecdotes;Accounting -- History -- Bibliography;Accounting -- History -- Correspondence
Subtitles are: Contact Notes; Historical Antecedents; Historical Potpourri; History in Print; Letters; Out of the Past; Research Resources; Through the Ages.
This paper concentrates on accounting aspects arising from the development of the railways. Railways in nineteenth century Britain had a major influence in reshaping some of the legislative procedures in parliament, the development of the capital...
Abstract: Confusion as to the real nature of commercial goodwill is well-entrenched in the literature, as evidenced by accountants' attention to valuation formulae rather than the underlying assets. The paper traces conceptual clarification of...