Creative accounting, fraud, and international accounting scandals

Business scandals are always with us from the South Sea Bubble to Enron and Parmalat. As accounting forms a central element of any business success or failure, the role of accounting is crucial in understanding business scandals. This book aims to explore the role of accounting, particularly creati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jones, Michael (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons 2011.
Edición:First edition
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Sumario:Business scandals are always with us from the South Sea Bubble to Enron and Parmalat. As accounting forms a central element of any business success or failure, the role of accounting is crucial in understanding business scandals. This book aims to explore the role of accounting, particularly creative accounting and fraud, in business scandals. The book is divided into three parts. In Part A the background and context of creative accounting and fraud is explored. Part B looks at a series of international accounting scandals and Part C draws some themes and implications from the country studi
Notas:Includes a series of studies of accounting scandals from 14 different countries.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (578 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781119978626
9781119208907
9781283337373
9786613337375
9780470973615