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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450308203321

Autore

Higson Andrew <1958->

Titolo

Corporate financial reporting [[electronic resource] ] : theory and practice / / Andrew Higson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2003

ISBN

1-4462-2962-9

0-7619-7141-6

1-280-37062-9

9786610370627

1-4129-3242-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

657/.3

Soggetti

Corporations - Accounting

Financial statements

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 - Issues in Financial Reporting; Chapter 2 - An Exploration of the Nature of Accounting 'Theory'; Chapter 3 - Developments in Accounting and Corporate Reporting; Chapter 4 - Financial Reporting: Frameworks Without Foundations?; Chapter 5 - Developments in Auditing and Assurance; Chapter 6 - The Management-Auditor Relationship: Auditing Motivations; Chapter 7 - Communication Through the Audit Report: What Is the Auditor Trying To Say?; Chapter 8 - An Exploration of the Financial Reporting Exceptions Gap

Chapter 9 - A Reconfiguration of the External Reporting Conceptual Framework ConundrumChapter 10 - The Elusive Holy Grail; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Internet bubble has collapsed and the largest bankruptcy in US history, Enron, has made the call for greater transparency in financial reporting more important than ever. Andrew Higson draws attention to what is a 'true and fair view' in reporting and critically examines accounting theory and modern practice.