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Financial Accounting [Hardcover]

Robert Libby (Author), Patricia Libby (Author), Daniel G Short (Author)
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0073526886 978-0073526881 July 18, 2008 6th
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 considered career relevance as their guide when selecting material, and the need to engage the student as their guide to style, pedagogy, and design. Libby/Libby/Short is the only financial accounting text to successfully implement a real-world, single focus company approach in every chapter. Students and instructors have responded very favorably to the use of focus companies and the real-world financial statements. The companies chosen are engaging and the decision-making focus shows the relevance of financial accounting regardless of whether or not the student has chosen to major in accounting.


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Robert Libby is the David A. Thomas Professor of Management at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, where he teaches the introductory financial accounting course. He previously taught at the University of Illinois, Pennsylvania State University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Chicago, and University of Michigan. He received his B.S. from Pennsylvania State University and his M.A.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois; he is also a CPA. Bob is a widely published author specializing in behavioral accounting. He was selected as the AAA Outstanding Educator in 2000. His prior text, Accounting and Human Information Processing (Prentice Hall, 1981), was awarded the AICPA/AAA Notable Contributions to the Accounting Literature Award. He received this award again in 1996 for a paper. He has published numerous articles in the Journal of Accounting Research; Accounting, Organizations, and Society; and other accounting journals. He is past Vice President-Publications of the American Accounting Association and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the editorial boards of The Accounting Review; Accounting, Organizations, and Society; Journal of Accounting Literature; and Journal of Behavioral Decision Making.

Patricia Libby is Chair of the Department of Accounting and Associate Professor of Accounting at Ithaca College, where she teaches the undergraduate financial accounting course. She previously taught graduate and undergraduate financial accounting at Eastern Michigan University and the University of Texas. Before entering academe, she was an auditor with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and a financial administrator at the University of Chicago. She received her B.S. from Pennsylvania State University, her M.B.A. from DePaul University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan; she is also a CPA. Pat conducts research on using cases in the introductory course and other parts of the accounting curriculum. She has published articles in The Accounting Review, Issues in Accounting Education, and The Michigan CPA. She has also conducted seminars nation-wide on active learning strategies, including cooperative learning methods.

Dan Short is the Dean of the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. Prior to that he was Dean at Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University and Dean of the Business School at Kansas State University. Before entering adminstration, Dan taught at the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He has won numerous teaching awards during his career teaching both undergraduate and MBA financial accounting courses.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 896 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 6th edition (July 18, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0073526886
  • ISBN-13: 978-0073526881
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.9 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars good book, better online resources, July 26, 2010
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This book is probably one of the more interesting financial accounting books out there, but what I found was that all information necessary to pass the class is available for free off of the textbook website which does not require proof of purchase to use! Try watching the narrated slides for each chapter (especially the later chapters) you'll be impressed by the content depth. There are also extensive multiple choice tests, videos etc available for every chapter. don't buy the book, use the website!
This link should work, the website is a really hard to find otherwise. But why would they make it easy?
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Ok well apparantly Amazon doesn't want me to share this link, so do a google search for "LIbby 6e financial accounting mhhe" The online resource center for the 6e can still be accesed freely while the 7e is now password protected,
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for basics, October 22, 2009
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This is a good beginner's book as it provides the basics you need to introduce yourself to the subject. I needed it for a class but it can serve as a good reference guide as well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Accounting Book with Reader Friendly Language, September 7, 2009
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This is a great introduction accounting book for students that aren't familiar with all the accounting terms and language. The authors did a great job in making this book student friendly.


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