IMGCAP(1)]In 1998 I read that Andersen Consulting would be spending $100 million to brand their company. This seemed unusual for a few reasons. 1. They were in heated litigation with Arthur Andersen ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper, the third in a series covering the history of The Academy since its founding in 1973, recounts and details the leadership, ...

A HISTORY OF double-entry accounting? Not a sexy prospect. The very idea evokes rows of half-starved, bent-over Dickensian clerks, with visors and arthritic hands, scribbling in giant, unending ...

This paper examines accounting in the social, political, and economic context within which it operates. Specifically, the farming sector in New Zealand provides the context for studying the history of ...

Boeing Co.’s stock was grounded Thursday after bad news about a potential Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of its accounting. But this isn’t the first time the aircraft manufacturer ...

The story of the birth of accounting begins with numbers. In the 1400s, much of Europe was still using Roman numerals, and finding it really hard to easily add or ...

Olympus Corp.'s statement that it had used a series of acquisitions to clean up its books, was reminiscent of several previous controversial Japanese accounting practices after the stock-market bubble ...

Business accounting procedures provide essential information that supports professional decision-making. Management and financial accounting are two methods for tracking, recording and interpreting ...

Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA, who retired as CEO of AICPA & CIMA in December, will be inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame by the American Accounting Association (AAA). Melancon will be among four ...

This is an opinion editorial by Darin Feinstein, the co-founder and co-chairman of Bitcoin mining firm Core Scientific. The recent surge in transaction volume on the Bitcoin network has sparked ...