Sweeney, Henry W. (Henry Whitcomb), b. 1898-;Schmalenbach, E. (Eugen), 1873-1955;Mahlberg, Walter;Accounting -- Effect of inflation on
In his book Stabilized Accounting of 1936, Henry Sweeney differentiated his indexation model for accounting for inflation from the French and German inflation-accounting models of the 1920s by describing the European methods as "usually quite...
Cost accounting -- History;Renold Chains Limited;Church, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton), 1866-1936;Robotics
Knowledge of accounting history can be a great aid in solving accounting problems of today and tomorrow. One example of this is the use of a cost diagram of Church and Renold and the writings of Church to solve the problem of accounting for robots.
Bibliographical citations -- Evaluation;Agency (Law);Commercial agents -- Study and teaching
With the advent of new bibliographic data sources and new analytical techniques, accounting historians may now trace the development of accounting thought with the aid of bibliometric analysis. The objective of this paper is to discuss a social...
Accounting -- Effect of inflation on;Income accounting
The paper reviews events and trends since 1961,when the author incautiously forecast a possible decline in the importance of income measurement. He finds that little has changed in the intervening 25 years, and the forecast has not been borne out...
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...
Announcements include: advertisements for the following monographs, Selected Classics in the History of Bookkeeping, Accounting History Classics Series, Working Paper Series, price list for Academy publications, and table of contents for Accounting...
Numbers -- Egypt -- History;Numbers in the Bible;Accounting -- Egypt -- History
In this paper the capacity limits of technological devices used in ancient Egypt are used to explain the Biblical phrase that in accounting for grain the Egyptians ran out of numbers.
Rubber industry and trade -- Bolivia;Plantations -- Bolivia;l'Anson, Henri
In January, 1900, Henry I'Anson applied, successfully, for the position of accountant at a rubber plantation in Bolivia. He and his wife journeyed there by steamship, steam launch, and canoe, to find a less than hospitable welcome. I'Anson's...
The common abbreviation for the accounting term debit is a puzzling one—Dr. Today, particularly with our depersonalized treatment of the accounting or bookkeeping debit, there is no obvious clue as to why there is an r in debit at all. An...
Northern Steamship Company;Depreciation allowances -- History
In 1889 a New Zealand company had to write down its paid-up capital by 27 percent, because, the Chairman stated, previous management had failed to allow for depreciation as an expense. An investigation was conducted to see if this capital reduction...
Announcements include: advertisements for the following monographs, Selected Classics in the History of Bookkeeping, Accounting History Classics Series, Working Paper Series, price list for Academy publications, and table of contents for Accounting...
This paper explores the "intellectual roots" of some of today's major contributors to accounting research. Specifically, twenty-four present-day contributors were identified through their publication records and editorial service. For each of these...
Managerial accounting -- History;Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915;Fayol, Henri, 1841-1925;Production control -- History
This paper outlines a classical management model of control based upon concepts identified in the writings of Frederick Taylor and Henry Fayol. The classical model's constituent concepts are found to be replicated in early accounting literature....
Interest -- Accounting;Interest -- Germany -- History
Debate still continues in the United States of America over the inclusion of interest as an element of cost. The practice was accepted as early as 1558 in Germany, and has been integrated into accounting theory by Schmalenbach in this century.
Financial statements -- Canada -- History;Business law -- Canada -- History;Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
A chronology of significant events in the development of corporate financial reporting standards and practices is presented. The introductory comments to the various sections direct attention to some of the main patterns and trends in that...
East India Company;Corporations -- Accounting -- England;Financial statements -- England -- History
The first archival period (1600-1663) of the (English) East India Company is marked by an absence of accounting materials. A small number of financial statements have escaped peril, however, and found their way to the India Office Library and...
Financial statements -- Brazil;Accounting -- Effect of inflation on;Inflation (Finance) -- Brazil
Accounting for inflation is one of the more controversial topics in financial reporting. This paper traces the evolution of the system of inflation accounting used in one of the most highly inflationary economies in the world—Brazil. The history...
