The book explores the developing challenges and opportunities within the business and finance world which are likely to impact the accounting profession in the near future. It outlines a number of approaches to ensure that the accountants of the future are equipped with a useful awareness of some of the key topic areas that are quickly becoming a reality and helps bridge the gap between academia and practice. The chapters are standalone introductory pieces to provide useful précis of key topics and how they apply to the accounting profession in particular. It aims to deliver key readings on ‘hot topics’ not addressed in other texts which the accounting profession is tackling or are likely to tackle soon. Hence the book provides accounting students and researchers a solid grounding in a broad range of highly relevant non-technical accounting themes, looking at the bigger environment in which future accountants will be operating, involving considerations of strategic corporate governance issues and highlighting competences beyond the standard technical accounting skill sets.

Covering established and emerging areas in the fast changing field of management accounting, this work discusses accounting practices such as budgeting, costing, responsibility accounting and capital investment analysis.

The book comprehensively covers established and emerging areas in the fast changing field of Management Accounting. Well established accounting of practices such as budgeting, costing, responsibility accounting and capital investment analysis are discussed alongside innovative and emerging accounting based approaches to organizational control.

In the 18 chapters in this volume of Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis, expert contributors gather together to examine the extent and characteristics of forensic accounting, a field which has been practiced for many years, but is still not internationally regulated yet.

"We are pleased to offer you with the following book titled "Contemporary Issues in Finance, Accounting and Consumers' Behaviour: Lesson From Indonesia" written by prominent authors who are specialized in the area from the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, and other top-ranked universities in Indonesia. The book covers some most recent studies and updated issues in the following areas: 1. Corporate Finance, Governance and Social Responsibility: The articles in this chapter discuss recent issues related with corporate financial management in various contexts, including risk management, risk-taking behaviour, CSR as both an antecedent and a consequence, as well as recent issues in accounting like carbon emission disclosure. 2. Auditing and Accounting Education: This chapters contains articles that analyze how earning management practice could be minimized, how risk-based internal audit could affect credit process, how settlement of government losses is practiced in central government institution, IFRS convergence and discussions on what motivates students to become accounting educators. 3. Islamic Economics and Consumer Behavior: Some issues discussed by the articles in this chapter include Islamic microfinance and women's empowerment, intention to purchase various products and services (e.g. halal personal care products, commercial airline services, motorcycle, muslim fashions, etc.), zakat as a tax deducation and its influence on tax compliance and spirituality in the workplace. This book is strongly recommended to be used as a reference for researchers, students and also business practitioners not only in Indonesia, but also wider audiences that required deeper insights/thoughts in dynamic, changing and global emerging market (i.e. in Indonesia)"--

With the collapse of Enron and other similar scandals, financial reporting and its relation to corporate governance has become a contentious issue. In this revealing book, author Paul Rosenfield involves the reader in exploring contemporary financial reporting and skilfully highlights the deficiencies in current methods. In doing so it provides a user-oriented guide to the salient issues which affect all aspects of financial accounting. Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting challenges the reader to critically think through the issues and arguments involved in the practice of financial reporting. It goes to the heart of the most difficult and controversial problems, investigating the major issues and commenting upon the solutions offered in financial reporting literature. The grave defects in current accepted accounting principles are demonstrated and exposed, and alternative solutions are offered. Written by a former Secretary General of the International Accounting Standards Committee, practitioners and accounting scholars alike will find this volume to be an essential addition to their libraries.

This important and timely new text introduces and explains the key ideas of accounting for society, the historical development of corporate social responsibility, accountability and ethics and their importance to everyday life.

This volume draws together contemporary topics, themes and methodologies in the field of sustainability reporting and assurance to reveal how sustainability information is actually used, interpreted and processed by internal and external users.

Pooling the expertise of leading researchers Issues in Management Accounting critically explores a broad range of issues in a concise, digestible style. Both students and practitioners specialising in this area will find this book an essential guide to the many developments affecting management accounting theory and practice.

This book is for upper-level students, managers and academics who are interested in exploring the Šmessy reality� of the contemporary workplace and in considering how things might be done differently. In particular, it offers a critical perspective on