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Sydney School Of Accounting: 50th Anniversary, Frank L. Clarke Apr 2011

Sydney School Of Accounting: 50th Anniversary, Frank L. Clarke

Accounting Historians Notebook

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R.J. Chambers Collection: An Archivist's Revelations Of 20th Century Accounting Thought And Practice, Graeme Dean, Peter W. Wolnizer, Frank L. Clarke Jan 2006

R.J. Chambers Collection: An Archivist's Revelations Of 20th Century Accounting Thought And Practice, Graeme Dean, Peter W. Wolnizer, Frank L. Clarke

Accounting Historians Journal

A major, unique accounting archival source, the R.J. Chambers Collection comprises both hard copy and, utilizing cutting-edge search technology, internet accessible materials. From his academic beginnings, Chambers was an orderly person, an archivist of the extensive and varied evidence that underpinned his proposals for accounting reform. Opening research areas for accounting biography, the development of accounting thought, the history of accounting institutions, prosopography, public sector accounting history, and comparative international accounting history are foremost amongst the myriad justifications for seeking to unravel the accounting history lodes in archives such as the Goldberg, Chambers, and Briloff Collections [Potter, 2003]. The archiving …


Raymond J. Chambers' Contributions To The Development Of Accounting Thought, Abdulmalik A. Al-Hogail, Gary John Previts Jan 2001

Raymond J. Chambers' Contributions To The Development Of Accounting Thought, Abdulmalik A. Al-Hogail, Gary John Previts

Accounting Historians Journal

Raymond J. Chambers was an internationally recognized scholar, influential theorist, as well as an important contributor to the study of the history of accounting thought. He was an advocate of the needs of financial statement users. He investigated what users, not accountants, considered important and what in fact was relevant to their decision-making. He challenged existing theoretical propositions which he believed were only rationalization of current practices. He argued that the lack of a rigorously developed theory of accounting led to contradictory and less relevant accounting practices. In his theory of continuously contemporary accounting (CoCoA), he demonstrated with logic and …


Eulogy Delivered At The Funeral Of Raymond John Chambers, 17 September 1999; Raymond John Chambers, Peter W. Wolnizer Oct 1999

Eulogy Delivered At The Funeral Of Raymond John Chambers, 17 September 1999; Raymond John Chambers, Peter W. Wolnizer

Accounting Historians Notebook

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1991 Accounting Hall Of Fame Induction: Raymond J. Chambers, M. C. Wells, Daniel L. Jensen, R. J. Chambers Jan 1992

1991 Accounting Hall Of Fame Induction: Raymond J. Chambers, M. C. Wells, Daniel L. Jensen, R. J. Chambers

Accounting Historians Journal

1991 Accounting Hall of Fame induction: Raymond J. Chambers with introduction by Murray Wells (Chairman and Professor, University of Sydney); Induction citation by Daniel L. Jensen (Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems College of Business, The Ohio State University); Response by Raymond John Chambers (Professor Emeritus of Accounting University of Sydney, Australia)