Financial Accounting - Hardcover

Libby, Robert; Libby, Patricia A.; Short, Daniel G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0256245681 ISBN 13: 9780256245684

Publisher: Richard d Irwin, 1997

Synopsis

Real accounting for today's students: Libby/ Libby/ Short wrote this book with the belief that financial accounting is an inherently interesting subject, but traditional textbooks are often not so interesting. In the Second Edition, the authors continue to bring the material to life offering the most real-world driven financial accounting text on the market. By writing the entire book based on real company annual reports, presenting material in a logical manner appropriate for introductory students, including active learning features, and further emphasizing the uses of accounting information, the Second Edition will continue to captivate instructors and students across the country.

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About the Author

Bob Libby is the David A. Thomas Professor of Management in the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He previously taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Bob has a national reputation as a leading academician and is one of the top five behavioral accountants in North America. Bob teaches MBA and Executive MBA courses in Financial Accounting at Cornell. Please note: Bob Libby is teaching at Univ. of Texas at Austin through June 1, 1999. Pat Libby is an Associate Professor at Ithaca College. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Her research activities focus on how to use cases in introductory accounting and on using Collaborative Learning techniques in the classroom. She teaches undergraduate introductory, intermediate, and advanced Financial Accounting at Ithaca. Dan Short is the Dean of the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University. Prior to that he was the Dean of the Business School at Kansas State University and prior to that he taught at the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He has won numerous teaching awards during his career teaching both undergraduate and MBA financial accounting courses. Pat Libby is an Associate Professor at Ithaca College. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Her research activities focus on how to use cases in introductory accounting and on using Collaborative Learning techniques in the classroom. She teaches undergraduate introductory, intermediate, and advanced Financial Accounting at Ithaca. Dan Short is the Dean of the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University. Prior to that he was the Dean of the Business School at Kansas State University and prior to that he taught at the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He has won numerous teaching awards during his career teaching both undergraduate and MBA financial accounting courses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Richard d Irwin
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0256245681
• ISBN 13: 9780256245684
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 864