The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Accounting

• Contains contributions from over 120 world-renowned experts;
• Covers a wide range of topics in financial reporting, management accounting, auditing and social accounting;
• Focuses on the contribution of research to the analysis of existing accounting practices and to the development of new practices;
• Informs readers about different accounting topics and indicates how a variety of research perspectives can contribute to the debate over the future shape of accounting;
• Provides references to important sources in the academic and professional literature.

Volume 1. Accounting / edited by Colin Clubb

Volume 2. Business ethics / edited by Patricia H. Werhane and R. Edward Freeman

Volume 3. Entrepreneurship / edited by Michael A. Hitt and R. Duane Ireland

Volume 4. Finance

Volume 5. Human resource management

Volume 6. International management

Volume 7. Management information systems

Volume 8. Managerial economics

Volume 9. Marketing

Volume 10. Operations management / edited by Nigel Slack and Michael Lewis

Volume 11. Organizational behavior / edited by Nigel Nicholson, Pino G. Audia, and Madan M. Pillutla

Volume 12. Strategic management

Index

Colin Clubb is the editor of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, 2nd Edition, Volume 1, Accounting, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Previous Editor: A Rashid Abdel- Khalik

The new edition of the accounting volume builds on the previous volume by focusing on the contribution of research to the analysis of existing accounting practices and to the development of new practices. The articles in the new edition have been prepared by experts on a wide range of topics in financial reporting: management accounting; auditing; and social accounting. All articles provide references to important sources in the academic and professional literature. The aim of the contributions is both to inform readers about different accounting topics and to indicate how a variety of research perspectives can contribute to the debate over the future shape of accounting.