International Accounting (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Carol A. Frost (Author), Gary K. Meek (Author)

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Product Description

Concise, comprehensive, and learner-friendly introduction to International Accounting. Covers the role of accounting in global markets, development and classification, and more. Softcover.

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This introduction to International Accounting is written from an accounting perspective -- rather than a legal, socioeconomic, or multinational business perspective. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130332720
• ISBN-13: 978-0130332721
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,743,518 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars International Accounting, April 12, 2002

By	"clf7" (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This book, written as a text for accounting/business students, provides an excellent overview of accounting standards around the world. Rather than providing a detailed listing of accounting standards for each country (best left for reference texts and online, easily updatable sources) the authors focus on the key features of accounting standards, disclosures and harmonization efforts worldwide.

This book provides an excellent, basic primer in international accounting. It is easily read by anyone with a basic understanding of business and finance and/or accounting. The authors provide numerous examples of international financial reporting, taken from actual financial statements and annual reports.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Useful but over priced, February 4, 2001

By	"tseant" (Tokyo, Japan (formerly Sydney, Australia)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: International Accounting (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

A useful book that provides a good summary comparing differing Accounting Standards and approaches between countries. However, it is not worth the price. It is supposedly written for later year undergraduate and masters accounting students. It is more suitable for general second year accounting students. Plus, as I am working with a multinational European bank in Japan, the book is, rapidly becoming, out of date. There is none of the simply but incisive commentary which can be found in other books about the differences and outcomes of general accounting principals drawn from different countries.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not suitable for an online course, May 5, 2007

By	Markus Girstmair "trust but verify" (Severn, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: International Accounting (5th Edition) (Hardcover)

Maybe I am not as smart as the reviewer from Texas who gave this book five stars. I profoundly disliked this textbook. At best it is a mediocre piece of work.

Here are my gripes:

a) The authors do not concentrate on the essential. Particularly painful for me were chapters 3 and 4. There were so many long narratives that touched on insignificant things. See page 132: What changed in accounting when Mexico declared independence from Spain? Instead, information of relevance is missing. For example the accounting for pension liabilities in other countries should have been examined closer.

b) Explanations are complicated and long.

c) One is unnecessarily burdened with references to what happened in the past. Who cares what regulation was passed in 1965 when it is no longer in effect today. Such references may be appropriate for a research paper, but not for a textbook. When we get out in the real world, it will be more important to know what rules are in effect at this point.

Overall, it was a drag studying from this book week by week. Isn't there anything better out there on international accounting?