Balkaran, Lal,

The rise of accounting, auditing, and finance : key issues and events that shaped these professions for over 200 years since 1800 / Lal Balkaran. - 1 online resource. - Business, technology and finance .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Genesis of accounting, auditing, and finance
The development of accounting, auditing, and finance
Professional associations and business schools
The major accounting firms
Umbrella organizations
Commissions and reports
Authoritative literature
Technology, tools, and techniques
Fraud cases, failures, and scandals
Regulatory statutes
Business entities
Crises and wars
Index

"With over 200 professional associations, 120 pieces of authoritative literature, 65 well-known fraud cases, 62 accounting firms (including the origins and growth of the "Big Four"), 55 regulatory statutes, 30 frameworks, and much more, this unique book shows in a chronological sequence a range of select issues and events that have impacted and led to the growth of the professions of accounting, auditing, and finance since 1800. The origins and factors that gave rise to the different types of accounting and auditing are all here. Over 1,200 well-researched issues and events are classified in the twelve chapters found within this book."--Publisher's description

9781536147322 9781536147339 (electronic)

2018051185


Accounting--History.
Auditing--History.
Finance--History.


Electronic books.

HF5605

657.09