Excel Applications for Cost Accounting or A New View of Comparative Economics with Economic Applications Card and InfoTrac

Excel Applications for Cost Accounting

Author: Gaylord N Smith

Introduce students to the power of spreadsheets. This workbook contains 51 spreadsheet problems that reinforce principles of accounting concepts. The problems incorporate formula development and model building skills that may be used in a variety of accounting applications. Emphasis is placed on what if analysis.

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This supplemental workbook consists of 25 preprogrammed problems, 23 model-building problems, and three model-building cases for accounting and finance students to complete with the spreadsheet program Excel. The disk contains files for the preprogrammed problems and model-building cases. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

See also: George Washington or Global Capitalism

A New View of Comparative Economics with Economic Applications Card and InfoTrac

Author: David Kennett

A comprehensive reevaluation of the nature of economic systems across the globe, A New View of Comparative Economic Systems is today's choice for today's world. This exciting text is not merely a re-treading of an obsolete Soviet-oriented text, but a fresh, new, and comprehensive reappraisal of the nature and study of economic systems. A New View of Comparative Economic Systems defines a new approach and will set the standard for years to come in Comparative Economic courses.

Table of Contents:

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS 1. Types of Economic Systems 2. The Roots of Economic Systems PART TWO: THE OPERATION OF A MARKET ECONOMY 3. How a Market System Works 4. Market Failure and Government Failure 5. The Institution of a Modern Market Economy PART THREE: CAPITALISM IN WESTERN EUROPE 6. France: From Indicative Planning to European Integration 7. Sweden and Social Democracy 8. Britain: Privatization and Its Aftermath 9. Germany: The Lessons of Reunification 10. The European Union: History and Institutions 11. European Union: Economic Consequences and the Way Ahead PART FOUR: ASIAN ECONOMIES 12. Japan 13. South Korea 14. Taiwan, Singapore, and Indonesia 15. The Asian Miracle? PARTY FIVE: SOCIALIST ECONOMIES 16. The Command Economy 17. The Operation of the Soviet-Planned Economy 18. The Participatory Economy: The Case of Yugoslavia 19. The Possibilities of a Third Way PART SIX: THE ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION 20. The Process of Transition to a Market Economy 21. Reform and Performance of the Russian Economy 22. Reform in Poland and the Czech Republic 23. The People's Republic of China