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The Accounting Review Vol. 64 No. 4 1989

New Books: An Annotated Listing.

Abstract

This article presents a list of books received on accounting, published in the October 1989 issue of the journal "The Accounting Review." The book "Accounting for Research and Development," 2nd ed., by J. Batty, presents a framework for the organization and control of corporate research and development expenditures. Four broad issues are examined: organization and selection of projects, financial and accounting implications, measurement of results and systems design. Another book "An Analysis of the New Financial Institutions," by Alan Gart, begins with an introduction to commercial banking and then discusses the asset composition of commercial banks, the capital and liability accounts, and asset and liability management.

DOI
10.2308/tar-4478262
Volume
64
Issue
4
Pages
817-819
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref

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