Corporations -- France -- Accounting;Accounting -- Law and legislation -- France
The first official French Accounting Plan, adopted in 1947, had a marked influence in several countries. Its impact can still be felt today and many of its features have been retained in the 1982 French Accounting Plan. The article highlights the...
n order to better understand the development of accounting research, this paper examines the work of the leading authors of The Accounting Review (Leading Authors) during 1946-1965. An earlier study [Fleming, Graci and Thompson, 1990] concluded...
Bibliographical citations -- Evaluation;Accounting -- Research -- Methodology;Empiricism
Little or nothing is said of empiricism in U.S. accounting literature during the first half of the twentieth century in accounting history literature. The objectives of this study are threefold: (1) to determine if an empirical accounting...
The most recent effort at restating the auditor's standard report, SAS 58, is the most comprehensive statement of the auditor's role that has ever been adopted. It is an acknowledgment that the previous report had become an ineffective...
Financial statements, consolidated -- Great Britain -- History;Holding companies -- Great Britain -- History;PK Limited;RB Limited
The most recent effort at restating the auditor's standard report, SAS 58, is the most comprehensive statement of the auditor's role that has ever been adopted. It is an acknowledgment that the previous report had become an ineffective...
Quakers -- Massachusetts -- West Falmouth;Church finance -- Accounting;Account books -- History
The village of West Falmouth, Massachusetts was settled in the 1660s by William Gifford and other Quakers who came there to avoid persecution. They lived relatively isolated from other settlers in the region. The accounting records of Prince...
Consolidation and mergers of corporations -- Accounting;Accounting -- Standards -- United States
This paper traces the development of pooling of interests accounting for business combinations from 1945 to 1991. The history of the pooling concept is reviewed chronologically with particular emphasis on the events of 1969-1970 that were related...
Books reviewed are: A REVIEW ESSAY: Professional Foundations and Theories of Professional Behavior (Kedslie, M. J. M., Firm Foundations: The Development of Professional Accounting in Scotland 1850-1900) by Tom Lee; Henry Benson, GBE, FCA, Lord...
Announcements include Hourglass award and table of contents for Accounting and Business Research winter 1990, summer 1991, and autumn 1991, Accounting and Finance May 1991, The Accounting Review April 1988, and Contemporary Accounting Research...
