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Accounting for and Disclosure of Business Combinations
Author(s) -
LEE T. A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of business finance and accounting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.282
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1468-5957
pISSN - 0306-686X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1974.tb00848.x
Subject(s) - accounting , flexibility (engineering) , business , actuarial science , economics , management
Based upon an extensive analysis of the published financial reports of one hundred of the largest companies in Britain, this paper comments on the degree of disclosure of business combinations and disposals during the last decade. It reveals a situation of significant variability, apparently requiring a radical change in approach from almost complete flexibility to rational uniformity.