Financial accounting
Subtitle: an international introduction
By: David Alexander and Christopher Nobes
Contributors: Nobes, Christopher
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Harlow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780273773436; 9780373773467; 9780273773481
Subjects: International business enterprises; Accounting; International Financial Reporting Standards; Rechnungslegung
Description: 'Financial Accounting' covers topics such as international differences, contents of annual reports, tangible and intangible fixed assets, cash flow statements, group accounting, and firm valuation, amongst others.
Notes: Previous edition: Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword to the first edition; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations; title: He context of accounting; title: Introduction; title: Some fundamentals; title: Frameworks and concepts; title: The regulation of accounting; title: International differences and harmonization; title: The contents of financial statements; title: Financial statement analysis; title: Inancial reporting issues; title: Recognition and measurement of the elements of financial statements; title: Tangible and intangible non-current assets; title: Inventories; title: Financial assets, liabilities and equity; title: Accounting and taxation; title: Cash flow statements; title: Group accounting; title: Foreign currency translation; title: Accounting for price changes; title: Nalysis; title: Financial appraisal; title: International analysis; title: Annex: GlaxoSmithKline plc note on reconciliation from IFRS to US GAAP; title: Appendices; title: A: double-entry bookkeeping; title: B: an outline of the content of international financial reporting standards; title: An outline of the content of the EU's fourth directive on company law (as amended in 2001, 2003, etc.); title: Answers to multiple choice questions; title: Glossary of terms; title: Index.