Creative Accounting and the Cross-Eyed Javelin Thrower

Creative Accounting and the Cross-Eyed Javelin Thrower

by Doreen McBarnet (Author)

Synopsis

Creative accounting, as highlighted in the best selling books of Terry Smith and Ian Griffiths, was one of the key themes in corporate finance in the 1980s. The control of creative accounting has been a major issue of the 1990s. This book looks at the regulatory response to creative accounting and the role olf the Financial Reporting Review Panel, under Sir David Tweedie, in policing company accounts. The book is about the contest for the control of creative accounting, a contest in which Sir David Tweedie describes the Financial Reporting Review Panel as a like a cross--eyed javelin thrower at the Olympic Gamesa .

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 19 Sep 2001

ISBN 10: 0471988359
ISBN 13: 9780471988359

Media Reviews
This booka s striking title is carried through into its structure and style, all evidently aimed at making it accessible to a wide readership of practitioners and not just stuffy academics. This is certainly a welcome change from the stodgy prose of most writing on financial regulation. ---- Journal of Law Society, September 2000 I would certainly put this book in the category of essential reading for anyone involved in preparing company accounts. ----Accounting Technician, April 2001
Author Bio

Doreen McBarnet and Chris Whelan are the authors of Creative Accounting and the Cross-Eyed Javelin Thrower, published by Wiley.