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Thinking Finance - The Comic Book, Dimitrios V. Siskos Sep 2019

Thinking Finance - The Comic Book, Dimitrios V. Siskos

Dimitrios V. Siskos

Thinking financially results in the best possible outcome and establishes a secure foundation for the future as an independent man. In contrast, thinking emotionally leads to short-sighted financial decisions and usually, deep regrets. However, thinking financially is not pleasant for the people around us. This comic book presents a guy, whose dream is to become an accountant. When he finally succeeds in this, he realizes that thinking financially may be effective for his boss but it is irritating for everyone else, even for his family.


More Accounting Changes: Financial Reporting Through The Age Of Crisis And Globalization, Robert Bloom Oct 2017

More Accounting Changes: Financial Reporting Through The Age Of Crisis And Globalization, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

No abstract provided.


Risk In Accounting, Shyam Sunder Dec 2016

Risk In Accounting, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

Risk and uncertainty are inherent in the environment and functions of accounting. Accounting reports, systems, norms, and rules help people decide, and also determine how they decide in such environment. Diverse normative theories and descriptions of coping with risk and uncertainty yield different implications for accounting. Chambers was an articulate, forceful, and celebrated proponent of market values, while Ijiri did the same for historical costs. Elements of accounting theory that diverge in their emphases on historical cost versus market values can be linked to the divergence in the theories of risk and decision making. This largely unrecognized link between the …


An Invitation To Accounting - Aggregation, Shyam Sunder Aug 2016

An Invitation To Accounting - Aggregation, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


An Invitation To Accounting - Institutions, Shyam Sunder Aug 2016

An Invitation To Accounting - Institutions, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Yuji Ijiri Lectures, Tepper School Of Business, Shyam Sunder Aug 2016

Summary Of Yuji Ijiri Lectures, Tepper School Of Business, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


An Invitation To Accounting - Time And Risk, Shyam Sunder Aug 2016

An Invitation To Accounting - Time And Risk, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


An Invitation To Accounting - Policy, Shyam Sunder Aug 2016

An Invitation To Accounting - Policy, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Role Of Accounting Academy In Society, Shyam Sunder Aug 2016

Role Of Accounting Academy In Society, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


An Invitation To Accounting - Causation And Choice, Shyam Sunder Jul 2016

An Invitation To Accounting - Causation And Choice, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Can The Financialised Atmosphere Be Effectively Regulated And Accounted For?, Patty Mcnicholas, Carolyn Windsor Dec 2015

Can The Financialised Atmosphere Be Effectively Regulated And Accounted For?, Patty Mcnicholas, Carolyn Windsor

Carolyn Windsor

Purpose – This paper aims to carry out a critical analysis of the proposed Australian emissions trading scheme (ETS) as a complex market solution to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs). Specifically it seeks to examine the financial regulatory infrastructure that will more than likely oversee the Australian ETS, the same regulatory infrastructure which failed to prevent the global financial crisis.Design/methodology/approach – A critical examination of the financialisation of the atmosphere that follows the growth of the financialisation of capitalism when economic activity shifted from production and service sectors to finance. Financialisation of capitalism is supported by capitalist regulation influenced by neo-liberal …


"Financial Engineering And The Arms Race Between Accounting Standard Setters And Preparers.", Shyam Sunder Jun 2015

"Financial Engineering And The Arms Race Between Accounting Standard Setters And Preparers.", Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Financial Engineering And The Arms Race Between Accounting Standard Setters And Preparers, Shyam Sunder Jun 2015

Financial Engineering And The Arms Race Between Accounting Standard Setters And Preparers, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Financial Engineering And The Arms Race Bewteen Accounting Standard Setters And Preparers, Shyam Sunder May 2015

Financial Engineering And The Arms Race Bewteen Accounting Standard Setters And Preparers, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Financial Regulation For A Better Society, Shyam Sunder May 2015

Financial Regulation For A Better Society, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Accounting By Rules Or Social Norms?, Shyam Sunder Jan 2015

Accounting By Rules Or Social Norms?, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Trade, Accounting, And Governance In Kautilya’S Arthaśāstra, Shyam Sunder Dec 2014

Trade, Accounting, And Governance In Kautilya’S Arthaśāstra, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Revised Aicpacode Of Professional Conduct: Analyzing The Ethical Responsibilities For Members In Public Practice And Members In Industry, Steven Mintz Nov 2014

Revised Aicpacode Of Professional Conduct: Analyzing The Ethical Responsibilities For Members In Public Practice And Members In Industry, Steven Mintz

Steven Mintz

On June 1, 2014, the AICPA issued a codification of the principles, rules, interpretations, and rulings in the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct that specify which ethics provisions apply to members in public practice, members in business, and other members. A major improvement of the revised code is the creation of three sections for members in different areas of practice, to assist accounting professionals in each group to determine whether they are in violation of any of provision of the revised code. This paper explains those provisions as they apply to different members of the Institute.


Relationship Between The Audit Function And Effective Governance, Keith Duncan Aug 2014

Relationship Between The Audit Function And Effective Governance, Keith Duncan

Keith Duncan

Extract: As early as 1200 A.D. incorporated guilds in the United Kingdom (UK) required annual audits by a committee of members (Watts et al. 1983). The historical evidence suggests that the audit function evolved as an effective monitoring and bonding technology (Watts et al. 1983) that today consists of an international profession fulfilling regulatory requirements for assurance services. Despite auditing’s long history we might well ask, in the light of financial frauds such as Enron and the demise of their auditor Arthur Anderson, and the recent global financial crisis, does the modern audit function enhance effective governance? Is the audit …


Valuation Of Family Firms: The Limitations Of Accounting Information, Tim Hasso, Keith Duncan Jul 2014

Valuation Of Family Firms: The Limitations Of Accounting Information, Tim Hasso, Keith Duncan

Keith Duncan

This conceptual paper explores the extent to which reported accounting information captures unique family firm decision-making and intangible asset factors that impact financial value. We review the family firm valuation-relevant literature and identify that this body of research is predicated on the assumption that accounting information reflects the underlying reality of family firms. This research, however, fails to recognise that current accounting technology does not fully recognise the family firm factors in the book value of the firm or the implications for long-run persistence of earnings. Thus, valuation models underpinning the extant empirical research, which are predicated on reported accounting …


How Can Financial Reporting Standards Resist Accounting-Motived Financial Engineering?, Shyam Sunder May 2014

How Can Financial Reporting Standards Resist Accounting-Motived Financial Engineering?, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Role Of Accounting In Managing Risk, Shyam Sunder May 2014

Role Of Accounting In Managing Risk, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Statistical Inference In Accounting Research, Shyam Sunder Apr 2014

Statistical Inference In Accounting Research, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Accounting And Control For Mbas, Shyam Sunder Feb 2014

Accounting And Control For Mbas, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Monopoly Versus Competition In Setting Accounting Standards, Shyam Sunder Dec 2013

Monopoly Versus Competition In Setting Accounting Standards, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

Risk and uncertainty are inherent in the environment and functions of accounting. Accounting reports, systems, norms, and rules help people decide, and also determine how they decide in such an environment. Diverse normative theories and descriptions of coping with risk and uncertainty yield different implications for accounting. Chambers was an articulate, forceful, and celebrated proponent of market values, while Ijiri did the same for historical costs. Elements of accounting theory that diverge in their emphases on historical cost versus market values can be linked to the divergence in the theories of risk and decision making. This largely unrecognized link between …


Accounting For Policy In Accounting, Economics And Law, Shyam Sunder Nov 2013

Accounting For Policy In Accounting, Economics And Law, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Building Research Culture, Shyam Sunder Nov 2013

Building Research Culture, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Accounting And Productivity: Answering The Big Questions, Gary Pan, Themin Suwardy May 2013

Accounting And Productivity: Answering The Big Questions, Gary Pan, Themin Suwardy

Gary PAN

No abstract provided.


Helping Hands, Gary Pan Aug 2012

Helping Hands, Gary Pan

Gary PAN

With economic uncertainty prevailing in recent years, Singapore is being confronted with the challenges of managing growing aging population, acute land and labour constraints and rising business operating costs. If left unchecked, these challenges may threaten Singapore’s economic well-being and consequently its status as a global and financial hub. To address these challenges, many believe productivity-driven growth can deliver sustainable and inclusive economic development and improve Singapore’s standard of living over time. The National Productivity and Continuing Education Council (NPCEC), set up to spur Singapore to step up its efforts to boost skills and enterprise productivity, has identified the accountancy …


Change Management: The People Dimension, Gary Pan Aug 2012

Change Management: The People Dimension, Gary Pan

Gary PAN

Many accounting professionals believe it is important to raise productivity in the accounting sector. A recent survey conducted by the Institute of Management Accountants (2011), however, highlighted that raising productivity, while a very important topic, can be a daunting challenge. Therefore, the urgent issue facing the accounting sector is to address the critical concern of how accounting professionals can be more productive?