Corporate Collapse by Frank Clarke
This revised edition of Clarke, Dean and Oliver's provocative book tells why accounting has failed to deliver the truth about a company's state of affairs or to give warning of its drift towards failure. Well-known corporate collapses from the 1960s to the present day show that little has changed over these decades. The authors balance broad interpretations and recommendations for regulatory reform with intricate case details, insightful analysis of contemporary practices and dissection of the pervading commercial rhetoric. Corporate Collapse includes examinations of the recent HIH, One.Tel, Ansett and Enron debacles and shows that the cult of the individual in media coverage has masked serious endemic problems in the system of reporting financial information. The book is essential reading for professional accountants and auditors, company directors and managers, regulators, corporate lawyers, and investors, and accounting academics and their students.
Reviews of the first edition 'A provocative and timely publication, this book will stimulate public debate about national accounting issues and deserves thorough study by managers, regulators, accountants, investors and politicians' J. G. Service, Chairman of the Advance Bank
'This book makes a valuable contribution to the history of accounting practice and of corporate regulation in Australia. Many of the lessons from corporate failures have not previously been identified, let alone learned.' Professor Robert Walker, University of New South Wales
'A very dismal story - one of the most important studies in corporate accounting behaviour undertaken in many years - required reading for all academic accountants, senior students, professional accountants and regulators.' Emeritus Professor Alan Barton, Australian National University
'This book makes a valuable contribution to the history of accounting practice and of corporate regulation in Australia. Many of the lessons from corporate failures have not previously been identified, let alone learned.' Professor Robert Walker, University of New South Wales
'A very dismal story - one of the most important studies in corporate accounting behaviour undertaken in many years - required reading for all academic accountants, senior students, professional accountants and regulators.' Emeritus Professor Alan Barton, Australian National University
Frank Clarke is Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Newcastle, Australia Graeme Dean is Professor and Head of Accounting at the University of Sydney and editor of Abacus magazine. Kyle Oliver is a lecturer in Law at the University of Western Sydney.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521534260 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521534267 |
| Title | Corporate Collapse |
| Author | Frank Clarke |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2003-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 412 |
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