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Ifrs Made Easy

by Steven M. Bragg

The definitive guide to all things IFRS

IFRS Made Easy provides complete, easy-to-navigate coverage of all International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) with concise explanations and hundreds of supporting...

Accounting Accountants and Accountability

by Norman Macintosh

In the business world, recent years have seen a growing acknowledgement of the value of intangible assets rather than physical assets. This has precipitated a crisis in the accounting industry: the accounting...

Accounting and Business Economics: Insights from National Traditions

by Yuri Biondi & Stefano Zambon

The recent financial crisis has sparked debates surrounding the nature and role of accounting in informing capital markets and regulatory bodies about the financial performance and position of a firm. These...

Accounting with Heart: China's Role in International Finance and Business

by Wang Jun

In the Western world, examination of business and finance can often be a dry enterprise. Wang Jun shows, through this extraordinary collection of writings, both the breadth of his world view and the connections...

The Failure and the Future of Accounting: Strategy, Stakeholders, and Business Value

by David Hatherly

David Hatherly rethinks accounting in the light of the financial crisis which exposed its limitations. Financial institutions reported increasing profits and healthy balance sheets whilst their business models...

Auditor Independence: Auditing, Corporate Governance and Market Confidence

by Ismail Adelopo

Auditors' independence has been called into question in the light of their being complicit in some of the corporate misbehaviour exposed in recent years. Here, the author examines the historical role of auditing...

Law, Corporate Governance, and Accounting

by Victoria Krivogorsky

The growing internationalization of markets, the relaxation of constraints on capital flows between countries, and the creation of different economic unions -- the European Union in particular -- initiated the...

The Vest Pocket Guide to Ifrs

by Steven M. Bragg

Quick answers to your IFRS questions

Presented in a question and answer format, The Vest Pocket IFRS provides a brief explanation of each IFRS topic, the issues involved, and the solution. Coverage includes calculations,...