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Balance (accounting)

About: Balance (accounting) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7689 publications have been published within this topic receiving 73135 citations. The topic is also known as: outstanding balance.


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01 Apr 1991
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that too much attention is paid to takeover strategies and not enough to developing resources after they have been acquired, and they aim to redress this balance by devoting as much space to the issues that arise after an acquisition or takeover as to the measures needed to pull off the initial business coup.
Abstract: Based on eight years of research at 20 companies involved in 30 mergers or acquisitions in the United States, Europe and Asia, this book argues that too much attention is paid to takeover strategies and not enough to developing resources after they have been acquired. This book aims to redress this balance by devoting as much space to the issues that arise after an acquisition or takeover as to the measures needed to pull off the initial business coup.

1,140 citations

Book
01 Jan 1994
TL;DR: Power as discussed by the authors offers a comprehensive critique of the spread of auditing in both the public and private sectors and shows how to achieve a better balance between audits and other forms of accountability.
Abstract: Offers a comprehensive critique of the spread of auditing in both the public and private sectors and shows how to achieve a better balance between audits and other forms of accountability. Michael Power is Professor of Accounting at the LSE. ‘A rare attempt to stand back and question the very notion of auditing and the place it has assumed in our society.’ Financial Times

793 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20226
2021223
2020240
2019311
2018272
2017265