The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Second Edition, Volume 1: AccountingThe encyclopedia 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.
Corporations in Evolving Diversity: Cognition, Governance, and Institutions
The 2008-9 financial crisis demands we look anew at the role of corporations, and the working of financial markets around the world. In this challenging and insightful book, one of our most eminent economists pres a compelling new analysis of the corporate firm; the role of shareholders, managers and workers; and institutional governance structures.
American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Revised Edition (American Biographies)
"This fun-to-read source will add spice for economics and business classes...an excellent index..."—American Reference Books Annual "This volume is worthy of inclusion in reference collections of public, academic, and high-school libraries. Its content is wide-ranging and its entries provide interesting reading."
Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
An incisive look at the global economic crisis, our flawed response, and the implications for the world’s future prosperity. The Great Recession, as it has come to be called, has impacted more people worldwide than any crisis since the Great Depression. Flawed government policy and unscrupulous personal and corporate behavior in the United States created the current financial meltdown, which was exported across the globe with devastating consequences.
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