Published in 1998. In spite of spectacular improvements in market flexibility, the characteristics of the past twenty years are slow growth and high unemployment. Economics Through the Looking-Glass exposes the theoretical fallacy at the heart of the New Economic Orthodoxy. The fallacy lies in treating the economy as a "single-gear" machine guaranteed to operate at its full employment potential as long as it benefits from the lubricant of perfectly flexible markets (in a Walrasian...

Following a spate of high-profile financial scandals (including Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat), the quality of financial information has come under increasing scrutiny. Many of the accounting standards being imposed on the profession by regulators and standard-setting bodies are now attracting criticism from the business community and the accountancy profession itself.In this book, Anthony Rayman traces a fundamental flaw in the conventional academic wisdom back to the nineteenth c...

The Official Intuit Guide to QuickBooks 2013 for WindowsYour bookkeeping workflow will be smoother and faster with QuickBooks 2013 for Windows, and as the program's Official Guide, this Missing Manual puts you firmly in control. You get step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic accounting advice to guide you through the learning process.The important stuff you need to know:Get started.

You don’t need an MBA to master corporate finance“Finally, the book which may put Harvard Business School out of business. A must-read for all professionals who seek strong financial expertise.”—Rick Rickertsen, Managing Partner, Pine Creek Partners; author of Buyout“Terrific overview of corporate finance and accounting that even the nonfinancial professional will find useful.”—Ken Glazer, former Senior Compet...

This book is suitable for those preparing for the examinations of ICB, AAT, IAB, OCR, AQA and all other courses in computerised accounting. Learning computerised book-keeping skills is very different from manual accounting. It can seem more like learning computer studies than book-keeping, and it is often difficult to connect it with what may have been previously learned in manual book-keeping. In this book Dr Marshall resolves this problem with the same skill and insight that made his boo...

Ever get passed up for a promotion or pay increase and wonder, “why didn’t I get it”? Ever wonder if your skills are good enough to compete in today’s crowded job market? You work hard, go above and beyond and still can’t seem to get noticed. Many of today’s jobs require that you be familiar with Microsoft Excel. How can you become proficient at Excel when companies aren’t willing to teach you this valuable skill?This leaves many people trying to learn as they go and never quite fe...

Having the right CFO on your executive team is essential to the growth and success of your business. Yet most owner-managers don’t have a strategy to ensure that they’ll hire the best person for the job. If you’re ready to hire the top finance person for your organization, let veteran recruiter Lance Osborne guide you through the perils and pitfalls of the search process.LANCE OSBORNE has been recruiting top financial executives for over twenty-five years a...

This book analyzes the relationship between integrated reporting and audit quality within the European context, presenting empirical evidence and drawing on a broad review of the available literature in order to evaluate the ability of integrated reporting to enhance audit risk assessment. Dedicated sections first elucidate the concepts of integrated reporting and audit quality. The main integrated reporting frameworks are compared, the role of integrated reporting within a firm’s disclosu...

Financial Accounting 

A Career in AccountingAccounting is the study of how businesses track their income and assets over time. Accountants do much more than the generic presumptions; they compute costs and efficiency gains from new technologies, participating in strategies for mergers and acquisitions, quality management, developing and using information systems to track financial performance, tax strategy, and health care benefits management.The career is a highly momentous and...