Intermediate Accounting: Standard Volume - Hardcover

Smith, Jay M.; Skousen, K. Fred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0538834099 ISBN 13: 9780538834094

Publisher: South-Western Pub, 1994

Synopsis

The text focuses on how accounting issues affect business and business decisions while presenting the concepts and standards of financial accounting using numerous examples and cases, maintaining a conceptual emphasis. This text may be used at the MBA level.

About this title

About the Author

K. Fred Skousen holds the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Chair of Management and is Dean of the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He earned a bachelor's degree from BYU and master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois. Dr. Skousen taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota prior to joining the faculty at Brigham Young University. In 1983 Dr. Skousen was awarded the Peat Marwick Professorship at BYU. In 1984 Dr. Skousen was elected to the AICPA Council, and in 1985 he received the UACPA Outstanding Faculty Award. Dr. Skousen has been a consultant to the Financial Executive Research Foundation, the Controller General of the United States, the Federal Trade Commission, and to several large companies. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of several corporations. Dr. Skousen is the author or co-author of more than 50 articles, research reports, and books, including Intermediate Accounting, 13th edition. Fred and his wife, Julie, have five sons, one daughter, and nineteen grandchildren.

Review

Text has very good exercise and problem material. Each exercise is somewhat focused on a specific issue or question rather than trying to cover all possible complex derivations of the issue or concept in one case problem.

My class members frequently commented that they like reading about the reason why accounting procedures were done. They felt that many "unknown" or "assumptions" presented in the introductory courses were solved when they read the intermediate text. They actually enjoyed reading the book and wished that these same authors could have written their intro text!

I have used the virtual community web site and found it extremely timely and useful. The support people were extremely helpful. The approach to material and topical arrangement, end of chapter cases, and business context items were also strengths I found with this text.

I am extremely satisfied with this text. This is the fourth Intermediate text I have used and this is by far the best. I really like how the chapters are ordered. Also, the end of chapter materials are super.

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0538834099
• ISBN 13: 9780538834094
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 960