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.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

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 |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