Product Description

Aimed at undergraduate/ MBA students worldwide taking a first course in financial accounting.Traditionally, local language texts have been used to teach this first course in financial accounting, as English language texts from the UK and US tend to focus exclusively on their respective standards and are generally too low level in their approach or place too much emphasis on bookkeeping. Over the past few years, the way in which this course has been taught has changed dramatically due to an increase in degree programmes being taught in the English language; a growing need for students to learn English accounting terms and expressions and increased dominance of International Accounting Standards in accounting practice throughout the world. Reflecting these changes this new text provides a complete introduction to financial accounting written in the accounting rules of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #994644 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 475 pages

From the Back Cover
Financial Accounting- an International Introduction is particularly timely....It is unusual in that it takes as its base not one country's standards but International Accounting Standards which I firmly believe are going to be the worldwide requirements of the future....I congratulate the authors for their foresight in producing such an excellent book.
Sir David Tweedie,
Chairman
International Accounting Standards Board

This new text by David Alexander and Christopher Nobes is aimed at undergraduate and MBA students worldwide, taking a first course in financial accounting.
It provides a complete introduction to the subject, but is written in the context of the accounting rules of the International Accounting Standards Committee, drawing examples from a range of European countries and including references to EU Directives.

Key features
§ Teaches financial accounting from a non-country specific perspective, using IAS as its framework to explain concepts and standards.
§ Examples are included from a wide range of countries.
§ Activities and 'Why it Matters' boxes are integrated throughout each chapter to challenge students and stimulate further interest.
§ Each chapter contains a range of self-assessment questions, as well as end of chapter exercises with selected answers at the back of the book
§ A glossary is included, expanding on key terms highlighted in the text.
The authors
David Alexander is Professor of Accounting at the University of Birmingham, England. He has authored successful texts and an authoritative Guide to International Accounting Standards.
Christopher Nobes is PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Accounting at
the University of Reading, England. From 1993 to 2000, he was a
representative on the board of the International Accounting Standards
Committee.