Accounting for growth : stripping the camouflage from company accounts /

Main Author: Smith, Terry, 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, England : Century Business, 1992.
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245 1 |a Accounting for growth :  |b stripping the camouflage from company accounts /  |c Terry Smith. 
260 1 |a London, England :  |b Century Business,  |c 1992. 
300 1 |a vi, 226 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
500 1 |a Includes index. 
505 1 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. How could it happen? -- 3. The 1980s : decade of the deal -- 4. The pre-acquisition write down -- 5. Disposals -- 6. Deferred consideration -- 7. Extraordinary and exceptional items -- 8. Off balance sheet finance -- 9. Contingent liabilities -- 10. Capitalisation of costs -- 11. Brand accounting -- 12. Changes in depreciation policy -- 13. Convertibles with put options and AMPS -- 14. Pension found accounting -- 15. Currency mismatching -- 16. Major companies accounting health check -- 17. Survival techniques in the accounting jungle -- Appendix I. Coloroll -- Appendix II. British & Commonwealth -- Appendix III. Polly Peck. 
650 1 |a Corporations  |x Accounting  |z Great Britain 
650 1 |a Financial statements  |z Great Britain 
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