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020			_a0712675949
020			_a9780712675949
082			_a657 _bSMI
100			_aSmith, Terry ;
245			_aAccounting for growth : stripping the camouflage from company accounts
250			_a2nd Edition.
260			_aLondon : _bCentury Business, _c©1996.
300			_avi, 216 p. :
500			_aIncluded Index.
520			_aBased on the award-winning "City Report" by UBS Phillips and Drew, this is an alarming book which shows up the methods developed by accountants during the 1980s in order to be able to report continuous growth in earnings per share - profit. But accounts drawn up in this way give an entirely false picture of a company's health, and in fact, many of the firms which employed these methods subsequently went bust. The author of this book argues that it is time for attention to refocus on balance sheet movement, divided potential and above all, cash, if readers and investors are to have an accurate picture of how companies are really performing.
650			_aAccounting.
650			_aStrategists Management
650			_aBusiness -- Accounts
650			_aGreat Britain
942			_cBK
999			_c40838 _d40838