| Description |
1 online resource |
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Routledge new works in accounting history |
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Routledge new works in accounting history.
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| Contents |
Growing up: life on the fringe: rebutting groupthink -- Chambers the man -- Historian: past, present, future -- Archivist: classifying, searching for order -- Management educator -- Theoretician: new system of accounting: cocoa -- Practitioner: theoretician-cum-practitioner -- Reformer of corporate financial reporting -- Unfinished business |
| Summary |
"While Chambers provided several bibliographical summaries of his work, without the benefits of reviewing and interspersing the text with correspondence materials from the Chambers Archive this study would lack an appreciation of the impact of his early childhood, and nuances related to his practical (including numerous consultancies) and academic experiences. The 'semi-biographical narrative' codifies article and editorial length exercises by the authors drawing on parts of the archive related to theory development, measurement and communication. Other parts are also examined. This allows us to respond to those critics who claim his reforms were naive. They further reveal a man of theory and practice, whose theoretical ideas were solidly grounded on observations from his myriad interests and experiences. Many of his practical experiences have not been examined previously. This approach and the first book-length biography differentiates this work from earlier analyses of Chambers' contribution to the accounting literature. We provide evidence to support the continued push for the reforms he proposed to accepted accounting thought and practice to ensure accounting is the serviceable technology so admired by Pacioli, Da Vinci and many other Renaissance pioneers. It will be of interest to researchers, educators, practitioners and regulators alike"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chambers, R. J. (Raymond J.), 1917-1999.
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| SUBJECT |
Chambers, R. J. (Raymond J.), 1917-1999 fast |
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Accounting teachers -- Australia -- Biography
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Accounting.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Accounting -- Financial.
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Accounting
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Accounting teachers
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dean, G. W., 1951- author.
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Persson, Martin E., author
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| ISBN |
9780429442278 |
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0429442270 |
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9780429808586 |
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0429808585 |
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9780429808593 |
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0429808593 |
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9780429808579 |
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0429808577 |
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