Accounting: Texts and Cases » (13rd Edition)

Robert N. Anthony is the Ross Graham Walker Professor Emeritus of Management Control at Harvard Business School. Professor Anthony has been a director of Carborundum Company and Warnaco, Inc., both Fortune 500 companies; for 25 years he has been a trustee of Colby College, including five years as chairman of the board. He has consulted for many companies and government agencies, including General Motors Corp., AT&T, the General Accounting Office, and the Cost Accounting Standards Board. Among Professor Anthony’s awards are the Distinguished Accounting Educator of the Year Award from AAA, Accounting Educator of the Year Award from Beta Alpha Psi, the Meritorious Service Award from the Executive Office of the President, the Distinguished Public Service Medal of the Department of Defense, Comptroller General’s Award of the U.S. General Accounting Office and Distinguished Service Award of the Harvard Business School Association.

Accounting: Text & Cases is a product of lifelong dedication to the discipline of accounting. Covering both financial and managerial accounting as well as broader managerial issues, the book incorporates a breadth of experience that is sure to enrich your course and your students. The approximately 109 cases that make up most of the end of chapter material are combination of classic Harvard style cases and extended problems, with 12 complete new cases added to the 13th edition.

The text is covered as two parts. Part 1 deals with chapters 1 -14 which cover financial accounting, while part 2 covers Chapters 15-28 which in essence is associated with management accounting. The tale end of part 2 also focuses on broader issues of control and corporate strategy. Both parts have been updated to reflect the current changes relevant to Accounting.

Part One: Financial Accounting

1. The Nature and Purpose of Accounting

2. Basic Accounting Concepts: The Balance Sheet

3. Basic Accounting Concepts: The Income Statement

4. Accounting Records and Systems

5. Revenue and Monetary Assets

6. Cost of Sales and Inventories

7. Long-Lived Nonmonetary Assets and Their Amortization

8. Sources of Capital: Debt

9. Sources of Capital: Owners’ Equity

10. Other Items That Affect Net Income and Owners’ Equity

11. The Statement of Cash Flows

12. Acquisitions and Consolidated Statements

13. Financial Statement Analysis

14. Understanding Financial Statements
Part Two: Management Accounting

15. The Nature of Management Accounting

16. The Behavior of Costs

17. Full Costs and Their Uses

18. Additional Aspects of Product Costing Systems

19. Standard Costs, Variable Costing Systems, Quality Costs, and Joint Costs

20. Production Cost Variance Analyses

21. Other Variance Analysis

22. Control: The Management Control Environment

23. Control: The Management Control Process

24. Strategic Planning and Budgeting

25. Reporting and Evaluation

26. Short-Run Alternative Choice Decisions

27. Longer-Run Decisions: Capital Budgeting

28. Management Accounting System Design