Management Accounting: European Perspectives

by Alnoor Bhimani

Overview

This book compares and contrasts the traditions and dominant management accounting practices and procedures in eleven European countries. Each chapter describes the evolution of dominant practices in the respective countries, drawing on empirical research, case studies and academic teaching and writing. In particular the chapters look at current approaches to cost management and capital budgeting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198289661
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/31/1996
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

London School of Economics

Table of Contents

Foreword, Anthony HopwoodList of ContributorsList of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction, Alnoor Bhimani12. Management Accounting Changes: The Belgian ExperienceManagement Accounting in Denmark: Theory and Practice, Werner Bruggeman, Regine Slagmulder, and Dominique WaeytensPoul Israelsen, Michael Andersen, Carsten Rohde, and Poul Erik Sørensen3. Drivers of Management Accounting in Finland, Kalervo Virtanen, Teemu Malmi, Juhani Vaivio, and Eero Kasanen4. Management Accounting Practice in France, Michel Lebas5. Management Accounting: A German Perspective, Gerhard Scherrer6. A Survey of Management Accounting Practice in Greek Firms, Apostolos Ballasand George Venieris7. A Survey of Management Accounting in Italy: Evolution within Tradition, Maria Bergamin Barbato, Paolo Collini, and Alberto Quagli8. Managing Costs in the Netherlands: Past Theory and Current Practice, Tom L.C.M. Groot9. Management Accounting in Spain: Trends in Thought and Practice, Angel Saez-Torrecilla, Antonio Fernandez-Fernandez, Joaquin Texeira-Quiros, and Mercedes Vaquera-Mosquero10. Cost Management in Sweden: From Modern to Post-Modern, Urban Ask, Christian Ax, and Sten Jönsson11. Management Accounting in the United Kingdom: Reflections on Research, Practice, and the Profession, Alnoor BhimaniIndex