More Than a Numbers Game A Brief History of Accounting

Name: More Than a Numbers Game A Brief History of Accounting
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ISBN: 9780470008737

ISBN-10: 0470008733

ISBN-13: 9780470008737

Edition: 2006

Authors: Thomas A. King

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Praise for MORE THAN A NUMBERS GAME "More Than a Numbers Game is a revelatory history of how accounting conventions have shaped business reality, for good and ill." -Justin Fox, Editor at Large, Fortune "Mr. King2s book should be of interest to both those who have lived through the accounting debates and debacles of the past half century and those just beginning their business careers. By focusing on a dozen or so major developments, particularly those with negative consequences, the book helps explain why good financial information is so critical to capital markets. Equal doses of insight and humor make this an easy-to-read, but hard-to-forget summary of an important business topic." …

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.15" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


List of Figure and Tables



Double-Entry



Railroads



Taxes



Costs



Disclosure



Standards



Science



Inflation



Volatility



Intangibles



Debt



Options



Earnings



SOX



Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author