Financial Accounting - Jay Rich

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Biographie:
Jay Rich is a professor of accounting at Illinois State University. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Prior to entering the Ph.D. program, he worked as an auditor at Price Waterhouse & Co. in Chicago and earned his C.P.A. In 1985. Dr. Rich has published articles in numerous journals, including The Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, Contemporary Accounting Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Accounting Organizations and Society. He has also served on the editorial board of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory and Current Issues in Auditing. Dr. Rich has received both the Outstanding Dissertation Award and Notable Contribution to the Literature Award from the Audit Section of the American Accounting Association. He was also recognized with the Outstanding Educator Award from the Illinois CPA Society. His primary teaching interest is financial accounting and he has taught numerous courses at the undergraduate, master and doctoral levels. Dr. Rich has a wife of 35 years, Jane, and three children, Dennis, Anne and Grace. His outside interests include his family, travel and reading. He also repeatedly develops plans to exercise and diet at some point in the future. By all accounts, he is a master at grilling meat, a mediocre skier and a shameful golfer....

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Gain a clear understanding of the important relationships between accounting, financial statements and business decisions with Rich/Jones/Myers' FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, 5E. This edition's proven approach is built around the way students like you read and use texts. This edition helps you master the fundamentals of financial accounting more quickly and independently so you can focus on how accounting information is used in real companies today. The authors illustrate each major concept using memorable examples from familiar organizations and conceptual insights that explain the reasons behind the processes. You watch leading companies, like Apple, Verizon or Google, use accounting information to make better decisions, as you learn how to analyze and interpret financial data yourself. Helpful videos from the authors are available to reinforce concepts and optional CNOWv2 digital resources provide support with homework, study and review....