Business Accounting: An Introduction to Financial and Management Accounting - Tapa blanda

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Jill Collis, BA (Hons), PhD, was Reader (Associate Professor) in Accounting at Brunel University London, UK, where she was the founding director of the Accounting and Auditing Research Centre.

Roger Hussey is Emeritus Professor at the University of the West of England, UK, and the University of Windsor, UK.

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Now in its third edition, Business Accounting has been developed specifically for the needs of non-specialist students studying accounting. It offers a clear and concise overview of financial and management accounting, theory, techniques and history. The prestigious author team explain key concepts in the clear and accessible style that is their hallmark.

 - A wealth of examples, cases and recent real-life company data help you to apply the theory you learn to a realistic context

 -  Recurring case studies throughout the text help to reinforce learning more effectively as you revisit concepts in the light of these familiar examples

 - The new Pitfalls to Avoid… feature helps you avoid common mistakes and misapprehensions that even experienced accounting students can fall prey to

 - Contemporary issues such as corporate governance and ethics, corporate social responsibility, environmental accounting and accounting for quality are discussed

 - An abundance of worked examples, exercises and practice questions gives you the opportunity to check your understanding as you go

Check out www.palgravehighered.com/collis-ba-3e for:

- A greatly-expanded question bank for you to gauge your own progress

- Full answers and workings to the questions in the book

Also available for lecturers:

Downloadable full-colour slides and teaching guides.

Jill Collis is Director of the Accounting and Auditing Research Centre at Brunel University, London, UK. She has published several books on accounting and research methods and her writing reflects her own experience as a mature student. She is a very active researcher and her recent publications include reports and articles relating to studies commissioned by the ICAEW, ACCA, DTI and Financial Reporting Council. She lectures in accounting worldwide.

Andrew Holt is Associate Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA. He previously held positions at Kingston University and the University of Gloucestershire, UK. 

Roger Hussey is former Dean of the Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada and was previously Deloitte and Touche Professor in Financial Communications at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK. Roger has held senior accounting positions in a number of different companies and has published many books and articles.