ABSTRACT
This volume brings together contributions from the world's most renowned scholars in accounting and celebrates the academic achievements of Bob Parker. Reflecting his multi-faceated contribution to the history of accountancy, the volume studies the development of accounting in an international context.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |19 pages
The Influence of the Individual in the Professionalisation of Accountancy
The case of Richard Brown and The Society of Accountants in Edinburgh, 1892–6
chapter |19 pages
The Incorporated Institute of Accountants, Victoria (1886)
A study of founders' backgrounds
chapter |22 pages
Practitioner Perspectives on Personal Conduct
Images from the world of business, 1900–55
chapter |16 pages
Playing the Congressional Card on Employee Stock Options
A fearful escalation in the impact of economic consequences lobbying on standard setting
chapter |25 pages
Foreign Company Listings on the London Stock Exchange
Listing patterns and influential factors
chapter |37 pages
The Development of Accounting Research in the UK
The need to put ‘accounting' back into it