Financial Accounting [Hardcover]

Jerry J. Weygandt (Author), Paul D. Kimmel (Author), Donald E. Kieso (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470477156 | ISBN-13: 978-0470477151 | Publication Date: November 3, 2009 | Edition: 7

Weygandt helps corporate managers see the relevance of accounting in their everyday lives. Challenging accounting concepts are introduced with examples that are familiar to them, which helps build motivation to learn the material. Accounting issues are also placed within the context of marketing, management, IT, and finance. The new Do It! feature reinforces the basics by providing quick-hitting examples of brief exercises. The chapters also incorporate the All About You (AAY) feature as well as the Accounting Across the Organization (AAO) boxes that highlight the impact of accounting concepts. With these features, corporate managers will learn the concepts and understand how to effectively apply them.

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Working Papers, Student Study Guide, Lotus Problems, General Ledger Software, Instructor's Manual, Solutions Manual, Test Bank, Transparencies, Videos and Computerized Practice Set available. -- The publisher, John Wiley & Sons --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

Designed to not only teach but motivate students, this second edition of the undergraduate financial accounting textbook gives a complete review of the skills and thinking required for accounting by the corporate world. New additions to the pedagogical structure include comparative analysis problems added to every chapter, chapter opening previews, illustrations that highlight key concepts, concept review sections and margin notes. Special attention given to identifying and developing learning styles for optimum academic performance. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 850 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 7 edition (November 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470477156
• ISBN-13: 978-0470477151
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #28 in Books > Business & Investing > Accounting

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Kindle edition has no page numbers, June 28, 2011

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Mr. Vijay Venkataraman "vvume" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Financial Accounting, 7e (Kindle Edition)

This is a limited review targeted at the Kindle edition of 'Financial Accounting, 7e'. I bought the Kindle version because I didn't want to drag a heavy book everywhere and I always carry a PC on me. While this edition (I used Kindle PC) is really nice with linked table of contents, definitions, ability to highlight, search, and take notes (and quickly go over them using the pane), the biggest drawback is the lack of page numbers. So if your instructor tells to go to page number XYZ, you are out of luck except to painfully scan the chapter to locate the content. Also the exercises/problems after each chapter could be organized better to locate a specific problem quickly. I had to take away 2 stars for this reason as any student will find it extremely frustrating to locate content immediately. I don't know how the publishers/Amazon overlooked this very important aspect for a book that is widely used as a text book. Also, there is no WILEY Plus code on the Kindle edition to access additional training online (will set you back the cost of the kindle version again). In short, if you are using this book as a reference, by all means consider the Kindle edition. If you are using this as a textbook where you might be asked to go to a certain page, think twice before buying the Kindle edition.

Update: In addition to the lack of page numbers, some parts of the text (e.g., Financial statements of Pepsi and Coca-cola in the appendix) are stored as poor quality graphics. Its nearly impossible to correctly read some of the numbers and you end up having to guess what the numbers could be based on the vague outlines. Unfortunately, some of these text/graphics are widely used as references in assignment problems, which ask you to pull numbers from them.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, December 16, 1999

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Ailad "q8" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Financial Accounting (Hardcover)

This book is just great. It was the first book I had read about accounting and it helped me a lot. If anyone wants to learn about accounting, that person should pick this book. It's easy to read and very informative.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buy the book, not the Kindle Version, August 10, 2011

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Jennifer Akers "Jenny Marie" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Financial Accounting, 7e (Kindle Edition)

I bought this text book for my class, thinking I was ahead of the game, getting it on my Kindle. The text book is HUGE and SUPER heavy and my class was on the 4th floor...didn't want to lug a big hard covered text book around. The kindle version is VERY difficult to understand. The text book itself is weird. The way they categorize & label the chapters and homework is strange in the BOOK ITSELF, on the KINDLE its almost impossible to follow! I don't recommend this text book in Kindle version. Its also hard to flip back and forth from homework questions to the text answers....not a good idea.