Contemporary Accounting

The book explores the developing challenges and opportunities within the business and finance world which are likely to impact the accounting profession in the near future. It outlines a number of approaches to ensure that the accountants of the future are equipped with a useful awareness of some of the key topic areas that are quickly becoming a reality and helps bridge the gap between academia and practice. The chapters are standalone introductory pieces to provide useful précis of key topics and how they apply to the accounting profession in particular.

by Murat Serçemeli Ersin Kurnaz (Author, Editor)
The business world needs to follow developments in the areas of accounting, auditing and finance in order to be able to adapt to globalization, technological advances and changing human needs

by Audrey Paterson (Author), Akira Yonekura (Author), William Jackson (Author), Darren Jubb (Author)

This book gathers the proceedings of the ICAFFI International Conference on Accounting, Finance and Financial Institutions. The main topics addressed include: corporate finance, financial markets and asset pricing, empirical finance, taxation, financial risk management, international finance, financial econometrics, financial reporting and accounting standards, managerial accounting, measuring financial performance, accounting information systems, and current issues in accounting and finance in emerging and other markets. Presenting both cutting-edge research and a broad set of methods, and combining practical and theoretical perspectives, the book offers a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and regulators alike.