Financial Accounting Theory - Softcover

Deegan, Craig; Unerman, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077108965 ISBN 13: 9780077108960

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa, 2005

Synopsis

This text is written in an appropriate style to provide material in an accessible way to both students and lecturers, and presents ‘real-life’ illustrations. These examples are reproduced from relevant newspaper articles and are totally European and UK in focus. This book is ideal for students who are in the final years of their undergraduate degrees in accounting.

About this title

Product Description:

Provides material in an accessible way to both students and lecturers, and presents 'real-life' illustrations. This book is suitable for students who are in the final years of their undergraduate degrees in accounting. It features examples that are reproduced from relevant newspaper articles and are totally European and UK in focus.

About the Author:

Craig Deegan, BCom (University of NSW), MCom (Hons) (University of NSW), PhD (University of Queensland), FCA, is Professor of Accounting at RMIT University in Melbourne. Prior to this appointment, and between 1996 and 2001, he was Professor of Accounting and Faculty Director of Research and Research Higher Degrees at the University of Southern Queensland. He has taught at Australian universities for two decades in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and has presented lecturers internationally, including in New Zealand, the United States, France, England, Wales, Scotland, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea and China.Prior to his time in the university sector, Craig worked as a chartered accountant in practice. He is an active researcher with numerous publications in Australian and international professional and academic journals (any NZ ones, and he regularly provides consulting services to corporations, government, and industry bodies. Craigs main research interests are in the area of social and environmental accountability and reporting, and between 1997 and 2003 he was Chairperson of the Triple Bottom Line Issues Group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He has been the recipient of various teaching and research awards, including teaching prizes sponsored by KPMG, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. In July 1998 he was the recipient of the Peter Brownell Manuscript Award, an annual research award presented by the Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand (now known as the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand). In 1998 he was also awarded the University of Southern Queensland Individual Award for Research Excellence.Craig is also the author of the leading financial accounting theory textbook, Financial Accounting Theory, which is widely used throughout Australia as well as a number of other countries such as the UK, US, The Netherlands and South Korea.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0077108965
• ISBN 13: 9780077108960
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472