Financial Accounting: An Introduction

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The sixth edition retains all of the classic features that have contributed to the book’s success: clarity of expression, the focus on the accounting equation, student activities and real-life commentaries running through each chapter, and the inclusion of the Safe and Sure Annual Report as an example of a listed company. 

Financial Accounting: an Introduction is aimed at first-level undergraduates on business studies degrees taking introductory financial accounting classes; first-level specialist accounting undergraduate students; introductory core accounting for MBA and postgraduate specialist Masters students (e.g. finance, actuarial studies), focusing on analysis through the accounting equation and a questioning approach to problem solving; and professional courses where accounting is introduced for the first time.  

Key features: 

• Fully up-to-date with International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS
• Experience-driven conversations between two managers are included throughout, providing a practical examination of real life scenarios  
• New coverage on Corporate Governance
• Focuses on specific knowledge outcomes, with end-of-chapter self-evaluation
• Questions are graded to test student understanding
• New case studies containing examples from real-world companies

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Pauline Weetman BA, BSc (Econ), PhD, CA, FRSE, is Professor of Accounting at the University of Edinburgh, and has extensive experience of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, with previous chairs held at Stirling, Heriot-Watt, Strathclyde and Glasgow Universities. She received the Distinguished Academic Award of the British Accounting Association in 2005.  She has convened the examining board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and was formerly Director of Research at ICAS.