Ashanti (Kingdom) -- Politics and government;Finance, public -- Ashanti (Kingdom)
Ashanti was an empire which flourished in the forest region of present-day Ghana in the 16th and 17th centuries. Ashanti was a monarchy with a bureaucracy financed through taxes. The system of tax collection was one of apportionment among the...
This paper traces the development of pension accounting theory and practice to 1930. It analyzes the early development of pension accounting theory and practice, examines explanations of the nature of pension costs, and reports the results of a...
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...
Glass manufacture -- France -- History;Cost accounting -- France -- History;Bookkeeping -- France -- History;Manufacture Royale des Glaces
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
In 1820, the Manufacture Royale des Glaces, founded in 1665 and also named Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, opted for double entry bookkeeping and cost accounting. At that time, both economic (industrial revolution) and juridical (abolition of the...