Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions With PowerWeb and NetTutor, Second Edition (Hardcover)

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Wild's FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING addresses the topics and issues typically covered in Financial Accounting while at the same time motivating student interest in accounting through its extensive use of entrepreneurial examples, application of analysis skills, integration of interactive tutorial software, and a highly engaging pedagogical design. This is the only textbook in the financial accounting market that thoroughly integrates ideas and practices followed by today's business entrepreneurs, speaking more directly to students and better preparing them for the workforce they will enter.

About the Author

John J. Wild is Professor of Business and Vilas Research Scholar at The University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he also received his Ph.D. He has received numerous teaching awards at Wisconsin as well as from Michigan State University. He is a frequent speaker at universities and national and international conferences.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 824 pages
• Publisher: Irwin/McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (February 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072536691
• ISBN-13: 978-0072536690
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,452,610 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very systematic approach to Financial Accounting, August 18, 2000

By	Lakshmi Krishnan (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)

I read this book as a part of my Accounting class in my Masters program. The book has a very systematic approach to teach the basic accounting principles. It has very nice real world examples at the beginning of each chapter. The chapters are in a very orderly manner. I did not have an accounting background at all. But the book taught things in a way that everything made sense chapter after chapter. Each chapter conveyed ideas that were basis for the subsequent chapters. The organization of the book is one of the best among the text books I have read. Every chapter has a demonstration problem that covers main concepts in that chapter. In addition to that there are quick check questions within the chapter which helps you to stop and recollect whatever you learnt till different points in a chapter. Reading this book is never tiresome because of this. Also there are problems in each chapter that if worked out properly will provide a very thorough knowledge of key concepts. As a whole, I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to start start learning Accounting. There are very minor errors in the answers given to some problems. But the way concepts are presented is very crisp and clear.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Watch out for the wrong edition, October 2, 2008

By	Ryan Bruce (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Paperback)

If you're a student taking an accounting class that requires the 4th edition, beware of ISBN 978-0071101196. It's an international edition of this book and dastardly enough contains slight variations to the examples and exercises to the point that you'll be completely confused.

Now I'm stuck paying full price at the student bookstore because I can't wait for another shipment :(

5.0 out of 5 stars Accounting Paper, October 28, 2009

By	J. Pickard - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Working Papers for use with Financial Accounting (Paperback)

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