Rise of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance: Key Issues and Events That Shaped These Professions for over 200 Years since 1800

With over 200 professional associations, 120 pieces of authoritative literature, 65 well-known fraud cases, 62 accounting firms (including the origins and growth of the “Big Four”), 55 regulatory statutes, 30 frameworks, and much more, this unique book shows in a chronological sequence a range of select issues and events that have impacted and led to the growth of the professions of accounting, au...