• Contains contributions from over 120 world-renowned experts;
• Covers a wide range of topics in financial reporting, management accounting, auditing and social accounting;
• Focuses on the contribution of research to the analysis of existing accounting practices and to the development of new practices;
• Informs readers about different accounting topics and indicates how a variety of research perspectives can contribute to the debate over the future shape of accounting;
• Provides references to important sources in the academic and professional literature.

Colin Clubb is the editor of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, 2nd Edition, Volume 1, Accounting, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.