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Ace Your Accounting Classes: 12 Hints to Maximize Your Potential

Posted in Accounting Ed, Albrecht faves, Education, tagged , , , , , , , on December 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »

This article was published in the American Journal of Busienss Education.    I am entitled to place a copy on my personal web site, so am placing it here at this time.
The complete citation is:
Albrecht, W. David.  (2008).  Ace Your Accounting Classes:  12 Hints To Maximize Your Potentia, American Journal of Business Education, Volume 1, [...]

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Bailout and Popular Culture

Posted in Popular culture, tagged , , , , , on December 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’ve been posting to AECM for years.  AECM is the e-mail listserv for hundreds of accounting professors.  One topic I regularly post on is accounting and how it is perceived by the popular culture.  Youtube is one of my favorite sites (google images is the other).
The bailout and sub-prime crisis has have spawned many commentaries, [...]

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Why Accounting Profs Should Blog

Posted in Academic accounting, Accounting Ed, tagged , , , , on December 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Law professors do it–they do it with appeal.   Economists do it–with demand and supply.   If accounting professors did it (they don’t), they would be certified to do it.  Why don’t accounting professors do it?
We’re talking about blogging, of course.  This essay follows Accounting Professors Who Blog, where I provide links to the ten accounting professors [...]

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Accounting Professors Who Blog

Posted in Academic accounting, Accounting Ed, tagged , , , , , , on December 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In this essay I explain why I blog and list all the other accounting professors who blog.  There aren’t many.
I posted my first blog entry nearly four months ago, on September 3.  At long last I have joined a very popular trend, professors who blog.  Fifty posts/essays later, I’m more committed than ever.
Why didn’t I [...]

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Thoughts on Christmas Eve

Posted in Accounting, IFRS, tagged , , on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I just finished the semester and now it’s Christmas Eve.  It’s been a difficult fall–three courses (one for the first time), trips to five schools, and just getting by.  Now it’s Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year.
Today’s post is in three parts.  Part one deals with an idle thought:  the importance of a [...]

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Accounting Firms Lobbied Obama for IFRS

Posted in Accounting, IFRS, Regulation, Scandal/ethics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Very interesting, indeed.
Prior to election day, there was little conjecture as to the impact it would have on accounting.  Oh, some things were clear.  McCain had made his opposition to fair value accounting a campaign issue, even during the prmaries.   But what about the biggie:  U.S. GAAP or IFRS.   Would the multi-trillion dollar have an [...]

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Missing The Target: Convergence Replaces Improvement

Posted in Accounting, IFRS, Regulation, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One of the courses I teach is Intermediate Accounting 2. This semester’s paper assignment is to take a position on whether the U.S. should adopt IFRS or retain its GAAP. To improve the quality of papers I receive, I instituted a system of peer review, requiring each paper to go though two [...]

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IFRS: Not Right for the U.S.

Posted in Accounting, IFRS, Regulation, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »

One of the courses I teach is Intermediate Accounting 2.  This semester’s paper assignment is to take a position on whether the U.S. should adopt IFRS or retain its GAAP.   To improve the quality of papers I receive, I instituted a system of peer review, requiring each paper to go though two rounds of [...]

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