Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company;Corporate governance -- United States;
Presenting evidence from a 19th century corporation, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company (C&O), the paper shows that issues of corporate governance have existed since the first corporations were established in the U.S. The C&O used a stockholder...
Accounting -- Societies, etc.;Learned institutions and societies -- Australia;International Accountants Corporation and Bookkeepers Institute of Australasia;International Institute of Accountants
In 1928, the beginnings were laid for the International Accountants Corporation and Bookkeepers Institute of Australasia. This was followed in a few years by the International Institute of Accountants. This was an ambitious move to internationalize...