Accounting, Text and Cases (The Irwin Graduate Accounting Series) [Hardcover]

Robert Newton Anthony (Author), James S. Reece (Author), Julie Huffman Hertenstein (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0256123721 | ISBN-13: 978-0256123722 | Publication Date: November 1995 | Edition: 9th

"Accounting: Text and Cases, 11e", by Anthony, Hawkins, and Merchant is a 28 chapter book written to cover both financial and managerial accounting followed by broader managerial issues. Chapters 1-14 cover financial accounting, while Chapters 15-21 cover management accounting, and chapters 22-28 focus on broader issues of control and corporate strategy. The approximately 120 cases that largely make up the end of chapter material are a combination of classic Harvard style cases, as well as extended problems.

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Robert N. Anthony is the Ross Graham Walker Professor Emeritus of Management Control at Harvard Business School. Professor Anthony has been a director of Carborundum Company and Warnaco, Inc., both Fortune 500 companies; for 25 years he has been a trustee of Colby College, including five years as chairman of the board. He has consulted for many companies and government agencies, including General Motors Corp., AT&T, the General Accounting Office, and the Cost Accounting Standards Board. Among Professor Anthony's awards are the Distinguished Accounting Educator of the Year Award from AAA, Accounting Educator of the Year Award from Beta Alpha Psi, the Meritorious Service Award from the Executive Office of the President, the Distinguished Public Service Medal of the Department of Defense, Comptroller General's Award of the U.S. General Accounting Office and Distinguished Service Award of the Harvard Business School Association. David Hawkins is a Full Professor at Harvard University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1962. He would certainly be considered "old guard" at Harvard, where the accepted practice was to have a Harvard Ph.D., develop new courses, and eventually write innovative textbooks. Although this is no longer the norm at Harvard Business School, David maintains a strong reputation across the country as an innovative instructor and a good textbook author. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1072 pages
• Publisher: Richard D Irwin; 9th edition (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0256123721
• ISBN-13: 978-0256123722
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,066,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Accounting: Text and Cases, November 26, 1999

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Dr T "spinesurgery" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Accounting:Text and Cases (Hardcover)

Generally a great text BUT some concepts are glossed over a bit quickly, e.g. Bonds, Adjusting entries. The problems at the end of the chapters are appropriately challenging but there are no answers. You gotta have answers somewhere, perhaps a web site. The print is too light and difficult to read with overhead lights.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This one will make you pull your hair out!, June 4, 2002

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J.D.B. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Accounting:Text and Cases (Hardcover)

Unless you go to Haaaaarvaaard (I always forget how many A's to put), you are probably going to be a bit perplexed by the content of this book.

The cases go WAY beyond what is covered in the Chapters, and its up to the instructor to try to fill in the gaps (hopefully your instructor realizes this).

I have found myself referring to my textbook from my intro accounting course more often than this book itself in order to grasp the concepts at hand. Seriously, this book is a punishment to anyone who has to buy it for school. And its FREAKIN heavy to haul around across campus.

'Nough said.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too Lenghty, December 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Accounting:Text and Cases (Hardcover)

If you are looking for an introductory accounting book, this is not the one you want to buy. I am attending an accounting pre-course for an MBA and this is my official text-book. It's very lenghty and it makes concepts hard to understand. Sometimes you just wish the book would tell you what you need in plain english. In addition, there are no solution to the problems proposed at the end of each chapter. If you are getting them wrong, you wouldn't even know!