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  • Historical Developments in the Accountancy Profession, Financial Reporting, and Accounting Theory

    Series Book 25 - Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought
    This latest volume of Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought, edited by Martin E. Persson, contains ten manuscripts, seven being previously unpublished, authored by C. Richard Baker during an academic career that spans four decades.Historical Developments in the Accountancy Profession, Financial Reporting, and Accounting Theory is divided into two thematic sections. The first covers ... Read more

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  • Harold Cecil Edey

    A Collection of Unpublished Material from a 20th Century Accounting Reformer

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    Series Book 23 - Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought
    Harold Cecil Edey (1913–2007) and his colleagues David Solomons (1912–1995) and William T. Baxter (1907–2006) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) were instrumental in the development of British accounting thought in the mid-1900s. These three influential scholars influenced a generation of students who came to populate the British accounting profession and academia to the ... Read more

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