Economists generally accept as a given the old adage that there is no accounting for tastes. The author of this text disagrees, and confronts the problem of preferences and values: how they are formed and how they affect our behaviour. He argues that past experiences and social influences form two basic capital stocks: personal and social. He then applies these concepts to asse...(展开全部)

Accounting for Value teaches investors and analysts how to handle accounting in evaluating equity investments. The book's novel approach shows that valuation and accounting are much the same: valuation is actually a matter of accounting for value. Laying aside many of the tools of modern financethe cost-of-capital, the CAPM, and discounted cash flow analysisStephen Penman retur...(展开全部)

Accounting for Value teaches investors and analysts how to handle accounting in evaluating equity investments. The book's novel approach shows that valuation and accounting are much the same: valuation is actually a matter of accounting for value. Laying aside many of the tools of modern financethe cost-of-capital, the CAPM, and discounted cash flow analysisStephen Penman retur...(展开全部)

Was most of the growth seen in company profits during the late 80s, and in some cases in the early 90s, due to the improved efficiency of British industry - or was it generated from the manipulation of profits by creative accounting? This new edition of ACCOUNTING FOR GROWTH is a ruthless exposure of the accountancy practices - not illegal - which are used to bemuse the investi...(展开全部)

彼得·梅尔（Peter Mayle），英籍知名作家，曾任国际大广告公司的高级主管。在纽约麦迪逊大街的广告业打拼了15年之后，于1975年开始专职写作。 主要作品有旅游散文《普罗旺斯的一年》、《永远的普罗旺斯》、《重返普罗旺斯》、小说《茴香酒店》和《追踪塞尚》，时尚读物《品位》和美食散文集《吃懂法兰西》等。 作者现与其夫人和爱犬隐居于法国的普罗旺斯地区。

彼得·梅尔（Peter Mayle），英籍知名作家，曾任国际大广告公司的高级主管。在纽约麦迪逊大街的广告业打拼了15年之后，于1975年开始专职写作。 主要作品有旅游散文《普罗旺斯的一年》、《永远的普罗旺斯》、《重返普罗旺斯》、小说《茴香酒店》和《追踪塞尚》，时尚读物《品位》和美食散文集《吃懂法兰西》等。 作者现与其夫人和爱犬隐居于法国的普罗旺斯地区。

Libby/Libby/Short wrote this text based on their belief that the subject of financial accounting is inherently interesting, but financial accounting textbooks are often not. They believe most financial accounting textbooks fail to demonstrate that accounting is an exciting field of study and one that is important to future careers in business. When writing this text, they con...(展开全部)