| Product Description The 2011 edition of International GAAP® is the leading and most comprehensive guide to interpreting and implementing IFRS International GAAP® 2011 has been fully revised and updated in order to: • Deal with all new and amended authoritative pronouncements, including the new standard on Financial Instruments (IFRS 9) and the recent and significant revisions of IAS 1 (Presentation of Financial Statements), IAS 24 (Related Party Disclosures), IAS 27 (Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements), IFRS 3 (Business Combinations) and all changes that have been made through the Annual Improvements process. • Explain the many current initiatives that are being pursued by the IASB that will lead to significant changes in accounting requirements; in particular projects on Consolidation, Revenue Recognition, Leases, Financial Statement presentation and Financial Instruments and Insurance Contracts may all significantly change current accounting practices. • Provide insight and guidance on the interpretation and practical application of IFRS from a truly global perspective, based on the experience of the book's authors in dealing with recent day-to-day practical issues. Extensive interpretation and practical guidance helps resolve complex financial reporting problems Providing leading interpretation and practical guidance, every chapter contains detailed analysis of how complex financial reporting problems can be resolved appropriately and effectively. International GAAP® 2011 demonstrates how difficult practical issues should be approached in the new complex global world of international financial reporting, where IFRS has become the accepted financial reporting system in more than 100 countries. This integrated approach provides a unique level of authoritative material for anyone involved in preparing, interpreting or auditing company accounts, for regulators, academic researchers and for all students of accountancy. The International Financial Reporting Group of Ernst & Young includes financial reporting professionals from around the world. Complex technical accounting issues are explained clearly in a practical working context that enables immediate understanding of the point at issue. International GAAP® 2011 is accompanied by numerous worked examples, a comprehensive discussion of the practical issues of the day and the possible alternative solutions available, and hundreds of practical illustrations taken from the actual financial statements of companies that report under IFRSs. |
2011年8月31日星期三
International GAAP 2011: Generally Accepted Accounting r --Free PDF Ebook Download
Internal Controls Policies and Procedures--Free PDF Ebook Download
| Product Description Drawing on her many years as a consultant to numerous companies big and small, author Rose Hightower infuses Internal Controls Policies and Procedures with her wealth of experience and knowledge. Instead of reinventing the wheel, your company can use this useful how-to manual to quickly and effectively put a successful program of internal controls in place. Complete with flowcharts and checklists, this essential desktop reference is a best practices model for establishing and enhancing your organization's control framework. From the Back Cover Praise for Internal Controls Policies and Procedures "With many years as a consultant to numerous companies big and small, Rose brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to bear on the topic of internal controls in Internal Controls Policies and Procedures. Instead of 'reinventing the wheel,' companies can use this useful how-to manual to quickly put an effective program of?internal controls in place. It will prove to be an invaluable guide to internal auditors at companies of all sizes." "I have implemented, used, corrected, reviewed, and enhanced internal controls systems for most of my career. Getting started and following a path, founded in the COSO framework, is oftentimes the most difficult step in the process. What do you have to do? Why do you have to do it? How do you do it, and most important, how do you document what you have done? The author has answered these questions in an easy-to-read format and provided many useful tools and checklists to facilitate the completion of the internal controls process review. An extremely useful tool." "The methodology presented within this publication is complete with flowcharts and checklists, which serve as a desktop reference for all organizations. Internal controls are dynamic and must be periodically reviewed and updated. Internal auditors play an important role in the process, but internal controls are the responsibility of all employees within an organization. I highly recommend this book both to auditors and management as a best practices model for establishing and enhancing their organization's control framework."
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2011年7月27日星期三
SQL Clearly Explained, Third Edition
SQL SQL Clearly Explained, Third Edition
Although the core of the SQL language remains relatively unchanged, the most recent release of the SQL standard (SQL:2008) includes two sets of extensions: 1) support for object-relational databases and 2) support for XML. The second edition of this book included some material about the object-relational extensions. However, that set of commands has been greatly extended and the new edition takes that into account. The XML extensions are entirely new to the third edition. A chapter on basic relational concepts will be also added to broaden the audience and make the book more complete in its own right.
All of the chapters will be revised to be sure they are up to date. Chapter 10 ("Views, Temporary Tables, and Indexes") from the second edition will be expanded to include common table expression (CTEs). The material in the existing Chapter 14 ("Unimplemented SQL-92 Features 251") will be disbursed through the chapters where the particular type of operation is discussed. While the content throughout will be updated where necessary, the existing organizational structure through chapter 14 will remain largely intact because this coverage represents the stable portion of the SQL language.
There will be two NEW chapters at the beginning of the book. Chapter 1 ("The Relational Data Model") covers the relational data model conceptual material; Chapter 2 ("Manipulating Relations with Relational Algebra") covers the relational algebra material that will be pulled from the retrieval chapters. Part 5 ("Non-relational SQL Extensions") will now include the non-relational SQL extensions in three chapters. Chapter 17 (NEW) will cover XML. Chapter 18 will contain the object-relational conceptual material from the original chapter 15 and chapter 19 (NEW) will cover SQL object-relational support. (Some of chapter 19 will come from the second edition, however, a great deal of object-relational support has been added to the current standard and therefore needs to be added.) The other NEW chapter is Chapter 14, which covers triggers and stored procedures. This material was missing from previous editions. Many readers should find it a useful addition.
- Demonstrates how to formulate SQL queries and how queries are processed to maximize performance of the database management system
- Explains use of SQL to enter, modify or delete data to maintain database structural element
- Covers in great detail new SQL application for XML to meet the growing XML usage in development of online content
2011年7月26日星期二
SEO Warrior
SEO Warrior
How can you make it easier for people to find your website? And how can you convert casual visitors into active users? SEO Warrior shows you how it's done through a collection of tried and true techniques, hacks, and best practices. Learn the nuts and bolts of SEO theory, the importance of keyword strategy, and how to avoid and remedy search engine traps.
You'll also learn about search engine marketing (SEM) practices, such as Google AdWords, and how you can use social networking to increase your visibility. Ideal for web developers, savvy marketers, webmasters, and anyone else interested in SEO, this book serves not only as an SEO tutorial, but also as a reference guide for implementing effective SEO techniques.
- See website optimization in action with detailed case studies of five website types
- Optimize your site for Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft's Bing, as well as search engines used in different parts of the world
- Conduct keyword research to find the best terms to reach your audience-and the related terms they'll respond to
- Learn what makes search engines tick by utilizing custom scripts
- Analyze your site to see how it measures up to the competition
2011年7月8日星期五
Autocad and Its Applications Comprehensive 2011 --Free PDF Ebook Download
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Product Description AutoCAD and Its Applications Comprehensive 2011 combines the complete content of the Basics and Advanced editions to provide flexibility in course design and teaching approaches. The Student Companion Web Site provides access to content for both the Basics and Advanced editions, including: About the Author More than 350 step-by-step exercises Supplemental chapters and related information Searchable glossary of terms Reference materialTemplate development information Industry-standard drawing templates Goodheart-Willcox is the premier publisher for Technical, Trades, and Technology; Family and Consumer Sciences; and Business, Marketing and Career Education. Goodheart-Willcox products are designed to train everyone from students through practicing professionals. Our books and supplements contain a wealth of information on the latest theories, techniques, tools, and operations for these subject areas. Whether the subject is automotive or child care, you will find numerous features throughout our textbooks to make learning easier. High-quality presentation, authoritative content, sound topic sequence, an abundance of illustrations, involving pedagogy, real-world examples, and appropriate readability are hallmarks of Goodheart-Willcox products. Hardcover: 1695 pages Publisher: Goodheart-Willcox Co; Eighteenth Edition, Text edition (July 13, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 9781605253305 ISBN-13: 978-1605253305 ASIN: 1605253308 Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 2.1 inches |
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth --Free PDF Ebook Download
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Product Description Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. For more than five decades, he set forth his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems in numerous essays, which offer an illuminating insight into the intellectual universe of this renaissance man. These texts remain surprisingly topical even today, decades after their initial publication. While Fuller wrote the works in the 1960's and 1970's, they could not be more timely: like desperately needed time-capsules of wisdom for the critical moment he foresaw, and in which we find ourselves. Long out of print, they are now being published again, together with commentary by Jaime Snyder, the grandson of Buckminster Fuller. Designed for a new generation of readers, Snyder prepared these editions with supplementary material providing background on the texts, factual updates, and interpretation of his visionary ideas. Initially published in 1969, and one of Fuller's most popular works, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is a brilliant synthesis of his world view. In this very accessible volume, Fuller investigates the great challenges facing humanity, and the principles for avoiding extinction and "exercising our option to make it." How will humanity survive? How does automation influence individualization? How can we utilize our resources more effectively to realize our potential to end poverty in this generation? He questions the concept of specialization, calls for a design revolution of innovation, and offers advice on how to guide "spaceship earth" toward a sustainable future. And it Came to Pass – Not to Stay brings together Buckminster Fuller's lyrical and philosophical best, including seven "essays" in a form he called his "ventilated prose", and as always addressing the current global crisis and his predictions for the future. These essays, including "How Little I Know", "What I am Trying to Do", "Soft Revolution", and "Ethics", put the task of ushering in a new era of humanity in the context of "always starting with the universe." In rare form, Fuller elegantly weaves the personal, the playful, the simple, and the profound. Utopia or Oblivion is a provocative blueprint for the future. This comprehensive volume is composed of essays derived from the lectures he gave all over the world during the 1960's. Fuller's thesis is that humanity – for the first time in its history – has the opportunity to create a world where the needs of 100% of humanity are met. This is Fuller in his prime, relaying his urgent message for earthians' critical moment and presenting pioneering solutions which reflect his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does "more with less" and thereby improves human lives . . . "This is what man tends to call utopia. It's a fairly small word, but inadequate to describe the extraordinary new freedom of man in a new relationship to universe - the alternative of which is oblivion." Buckminster Fuller. About the Author Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), architect and philosopher Paperback: 152 pages Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers; 1 edition (July 15, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 3037781262 ISBN-13: 978-3037781265 Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches |
Zaha Hadid: Complete Works, 1979-2009-- Free PDF Ebook Download
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Product Description In 2004, Zaha Hadid became the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize. In the past decade, she has completed a plethora of structures including the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany and the Central Building of the new BMW Assembly Plant in Leipzig. There is no doubt that Zaha Hadid has joined the élite of world architecture with her recent work, her audacious and futuristic-looking designs having catapulted her to international fame. Born in Baghdad, Iraq and educated in London, where her practice is based, Hadid has been shaking up the foundations of architecture for over 30 years and is now the subject of a massive TASCHEN monograph. Covering her complete works to date, and all of her exciting new work from Dubai to Guangzhou, this XL tome clearly demonstrates the progression of Hadid s career including not only buildings but also furniture and interior designs with in-depth texts, spectacular photos, and her own drawings. Also included is a special section with translucent vellum paper allowing multiple layers of designs to be viewed at once or separately. About the Author Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Some even said her work was unbuildable. Yet over the past decade she has completed numerous structures including the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati (which the New York Times called 'the most important new building in America since the Cold War'), the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany,and the Central Building of the new BMW Assembly Plant in Leipzig. Today, Hadid is firmly established among the élite of world architecture, her audacious and futuristic designs having catapulted her to international fame. Hardcover: 500 pages Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc; Mul edition (September 8, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 3836502941 ISBN-13: 978-3836502948 Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 x 2.5 inches |
