Comparative International Accounting - Softcover

Nobes, Prof Christopher; Parker, Robert B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273646028 ISBN 13: 9780273646020

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2000

Synopsis

Now in its sixth edition, this successful text offers a comprehensive, yet coherent, examination of the international dimensions of financial accounting and reporting. Whilst the majority of chapters have been written by the book's main two authors, the text includes several contributors from a diverse group of international experts, all of whom are leading practitioners and academics.

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About the Author

Christopher Nobes is PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Accounting at the University of Reading, UK. He is vice-chairman of the accountancy committee of the Fédération des Experts Comptables Européens, and a UK representative on the board of the IASC. Robert Parker is Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Exeter, U K. He was formerly editor of the journal Accounting and Business Research.

From the Back Cover

Comparative International Accounting
Sixth Edition
Now in its sixth edition, this successful text offers a comprehensive, yet coherent examination of the international dimensions of financial accounting and reporting. It is an edited volume, containing chapters from a diverse group of international experts, including leading practitioners and academics.
The text has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent regulatory changes, but still retains the structure and excellent features on the previous edition.
· Part 1 gives an overview of international differences in accounting and financial reporting
· Part 2 examines individual countries and includes studies of the UK, the U.S., The Netherlands, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe and China.
· Part 3 takes a comparative look at four major financial reporting issues.
· Part 4 contains four issues of international analysis and management.
Comparative International Accounting is primarily intended for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, taking a course in comparative and international accounting.
The Teacher's Manual developed to support the text has been updated for the sixth edition and contains additional exercises, answers to selected questions in the book and OHP masters.
Christopher Nobes is PricewaterhouseCoopers is Professor of Accounting at the University of Reading.
Robert Parker was formerly Professor of Accounting at the University of Exeter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273646028
• ISBN 13: 9780273646020
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 552