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Accounting: Texts and Cases (Int'l Ed) (Asia Higher Education Business & Economics Accounting) - Softcover
Synopsis
Accounting: Text & Cases is a product of lifelong dedication to the discipline of accounting. Covering both financial and managerial accounting as well as broader managerial issues, the book incorporates a breadth of experience that is sure to enrich your course and your students. The approximately 109 cases that make up most of the end of chapter material are combination of classic Harvard style cases and extended problems, with 12 complete new cases added to the 13th edition.The text is covered as two parts. Part 1 deals with chapters 1 -14 which cover financial accounting, while part 2 covers Chapters 15-28 which in essence is associated with management accounting. The tale end of part 2 also focuses on broader issues of control and corporate strategy. Both parts have been updated to reflect the current changes relevant to Accounting.
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From the Publisher
Two new co-authors, David Hawkins and Ken Merchant, add fresh content and perspective to the book. Both bring successful textbook experience to the 10th edition, as David has worked for 4 editions on CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS, and Ken is author of a new title on MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS.
Up-to-date coverage of strategic cost management issues
Two - three problems per chapter
Many new managerial cases
Strong decision making approach, which has been a hallmark of this book since its inception
Excellent diversity in cases
Preeminent authorship
Integration of strategic cost management
Well known, solid history
About the Author
Robert N. Anthony is the Ross Graham Walker Professor Emeritus of Management Control at Harvard Business School. Professor Anthony has been a director of Carborundum Company and Warnaco, Inc., both Fortune 500 companies; for 25 years he has been a trustee of Colby College, including five years as chairman of the board. He has consulted for many companies and government agencies, including General Motors Corp., AT&T, the General Accounting Office, and the Cost Accounting Standards Board. Among Professor Anthonys awards are the Distinguished Accounting Educator of the Year Award from AAA, Accounting Educator of the Year Award from Beta Alpha Psi, the Meritorious Service Award from the Executive Office of the President, the Distinguished Public Service Medal of the Department of Defense, Comptroller Generals Award of the U.S. General Accounting Office and Distinguished Service Award of the Harvard Business School Association.
David Hawkins is a Full Professor at Harvard University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1962. He would certainly be considered "old guard" at Harvard, where the accepted practice was to have a Harvard Ph.D., develop new courses, and eventually write innovative textbooks. Although this is no longer the norm at Harvard Business School, David maintains a strong reputation across the country as an innovative instructor and a good textbook author.
Kenneth A. Merchant holds the Chair of Accounting at the University of Southern California.
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- PublisherMcGraw Hill / Asia
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0071289097
- ISBN 13 9780071289092
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages960
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