Richard P. Brief, Editor, Selections from Encyclopaedia of Accounting 1903 Reviewed by Edward N. Coffman; F. L. Clarke, The Tangled Web of Price Variation Accounting Reviewed by Robert Bloom; D.A.R. Forrester, Editor, Frank Sewell Bray,Reviewed by...
This article outlines the lives and background of the main writers who were active in the 18th century period of ’scottish Ascendancy’ in accounting texts. The impressive publications produced by this group are detailed and the question of why...
Tithes -- History;Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
This article shows that the concept of income measurement goes back at least to Biblical times. The institution of tithing is examined and is seen to imply a concept of income.
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918;Endowments -- Accounting;Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Accounting;Waqf -- History
The objective of this paper is to analyze Ottoman waqfs (foundations) to determine the internal control principles followed. In order to achieve this task, extensive references have been made to an actual waqf deed, The Waqfiyah of Ahmed Pasa. The...
Cost Accounting -- History;Church, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton), 1866-1936
The influence of engineers on the development of cost accounting in the closing decades of last century has been well recognized. The influence of economists, the retarding effects of an obsession with industrial secrecy, and some curious effects...
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Literary prizes -- United States; Encyclopaedia Britannica;
