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Cal State Northridge Office: BB 3210
ACCT 428 International Accounting -Ticket # 17365 (JH 1117) Office Hours:
Dr. Dhia D. AlHashim TH 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Office Phone: 677-2427 TTH 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
-2461 W 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
And by Appointment
Fall Semester 2006 E-mail:
This course is concerned with an examination of the environmental factors affecting accounting concepts and standards. Differences in the cultural, social, political, legal, and economic conditions are the determining factors in the selection of accounting concepts and standards. This course is also concerned with the differences in financial and control activities of multinational enterprises and those of domestic companies.
This course will be conducted as a semi-seminar, using a case approach. Each seminar session will be organized around the topic indicated in this outline. Students will be divided into groups; each group will be responsible to present the topic assigned to it, as a basis for class discussion. Each group will be required to provide an outline of its report to each member of the class, and to submit its written report to the instructor. Presentations will be graded on the basis of content, and each student should speak! Each student is expected to actively participate in class discussion, and to adhere to the CSUN Conduct Code, as specified in Sections 41301 through 41304 of Title 5, California Code of Regulations.
Each student will be required to prepare a major paper, to be selected during the first three sessions. The major paper should be comprehensive in scope and relates to an international accounting or to an international business topic. This paper will be due at the end of the semester.
Plus/minus grading will be utilized in the grading system of this course. In addition, the final grade in the course will be based on the following factors and approximate weights:
1. Group presentations and class participation 30%
2. Exams 40%
2. Major paper 30%
Textbooks
Schweikart, Gray & Roberts (SGR), International Accounting: A Case Approach (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994).
M. Zafar Iqbal (Iqbal), International Accounting: A Global Perspective, 2nd. Edition (Ohio: South-Western, 2002).
Other readings as assigned.
First Week (9/6) Class Organization & Introduction
SGR (International Accounting Standards Board)
Second Week (9/13) -- International Dimensions of Accounting
SGR (Ranks Hovis McDougall, DAL & Hi-plex)
Iqbal, Chapter 1
AlHashim, “Accounting Control through Purposive Uniformity: An International Perspective,” The International
Journal of Accounting (Spring 1973)
Cummings & Chetkovich, "World Accounting Enters a New Era," Journal of Accountancy (April 1978)
Kanaga, "International Accounting: The Challenge and the Changes," Journal of Accountancy (November
1980)
Fechner & Kilgore, “The Influence of Cultural Factors on Accounting Practice,” The International Journal of
Accounting, Vol.29, No.3, 1994
Third Week (9/20) International Financial Accounting and Reporting
SGR (Yarmouth Woolens, Bergesen & Cadbury Schweppes
Iqbal, Chapter 2
AlHashim, "Accounting Control through Purposive Uniformity: An International Perspective," The International Journal of Accounting (Spring 1973)
AlHashim & Garner, "Postulates for Localized Uniformity in Accounting," Abacus (June 1973)
Tang, “Economic Consequences of the International Harmonization of Accounting Standards: Theory and its Chinese Application,” The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 29, No. 2, 1994
Stolowy, et al., "The International Harmonization of Accounting: In Search of Influence," The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 27, No. 3, 1992
Wolk, et al., "Toward the Harmonization of Accounting Standards: An Analytical Framework," The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1992
Fourth Week (9/27) -- International Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
SGR (Tanaguchi Corporation, Nippon Corporation & Volvo)
Iqbal, Chapter 7
AlHashim, et al., "Report of the Committee on International Accounting," The Accounting Review, Supplement to Vol. XL XI, 1976
Choi, "PrimarySecondary Reporting: A CrossCultural Analysis," The International Journal of Accounting (Fall 1980)
Freedman, et al., "European Unification, Accounting Harmonization, and Social Disclosures," The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1992
Ndubizu, "Accounting Disclosure Methods and Economic Development: A Criterion for Globalizing Capital Markets," The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1992
Fifth Week (10/4) International Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
SGR (GESI Gdansk, Modello, First Southwest… & Hanson)
Iqbal, Chapter 4
AlHashim, et al., "Report of the Committee on International Accounting," The Accounting Review, Supplement to Vol. XLX, 1975
Sixth Week (10/11) -- Exam
Seventh Week (10/18) Special Assignment
Eighth Week (10/25) Managerial Accounting for Global Business Operations
SGR (The Ameripill Co., Global Enterprises & EuroMachine Company)
Iqbal, Chapter 10
AlHashim, "Internal Performance Evaluation in American Multinational Enterprises," Management International
Review (Third Quarter 1980)Managerial Accounting for Global Business Operations
Ninth Week (11/1) – Managerial Accounting for Global Business Operations
SGR (Whycave Int’l., Opole Electric Implex Corporation)
Iqbal, Chapters 8-9
Bailes, et al., "Empirical Differences Between Japanese and American Budget and Performance Evaluation Systems," The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 26, No. 2, 1991
Kirsch, et al., "The Impact of Fluctuating Exchange Rates on US Multinational Corporate Budgeting for, and Performance of, Foreign Subsidiaries," The International Journal of Accounting, Vol.26, No. 3, 1991
Tang, et al., "Transfer PricingJapanese vs. American Style," Management Accounting (January 1979)
Enthoven, "International Management Accounting: Its Scope and Standards," The International Journal of Accounting (Spring 1982)
Ndubizu, "Management Preferences for Foreign Currency Standards: An Empirical Analysis," The International Journal of Accounting (Spring 1987)
___, "Functional Currency Smoothing and Managerial Incentives: An Empirical Test," The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1992
Tenth Meeting (11/8) International Auditing
SGR (BCE, Delta Pharmaceuticals & Roberts Manufacturing)
Iqbal, Chapter 11
Hermanson, “Multinational External Audit Planning,” The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 28, No.3, 1993
Luck, "The Impact of International Standards and Other Developments on the German Accounting Profession," The International Journal of Accounting (Fall 1982)
Markell, "A Comparison of Preparation for the Accounting Profession among New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States," The International Journal of Accounting (Spring 1980)
Pomeranz, "Prospects for International Accounting and Auditing StandardsThe Transnationals in Governmental Regulations," The International Journal of Accounting (Fall 1981)
Ninsuvannakul, " The Development of the Accounting Profession of the ASEAN Countries: Past, Present, and Future," special issue of The International Journal of Accounting on Recent Accounting and Economic Developments in the Far East, 1988
Bai, "Accounting in the People's Republic of ChinaContemporary Situations and Issues," special issue of The International Journal of Accounting on Recent Accounting and Economic Developments in the Far East, 1988
Eleventh Week (11/15) International Auditing
SGR (Sun Yee On Bank & Auditing in Japan...)
Merei, "Design and Application of Professional Standards in a Developing Country: The Case in Saudi Arabia," special issue of The International Journal of Accounting on The Recent Accounting and Economic Developments in the Middle East, 1985
Needles, Auditing Standards in the Far East: An Overview," special issue of The International Journal of Accounting on Recent Accounting and Economic Developments in the Far East, 1988
Pena, "Special Report: A Comparison of the Accounting Professions of Colombia and the United States," The International Journal of Accounting (Spring 1976)
Suzuki, "The Japanese Auditing System: Its Problems and Prospects," special issue of The International Journal of
Accounting on Managerial Accounting: An Analysis of Current International Applications, 1984
Twelfth Week (11/29) -- International Taxation
SGR (Orange Computer Co., Midwest Uniforms, Hanson and...., Topco Group, Alagon Industries & Masama Industries)
Iqbal, Chapter 10
Thirteenth Week (12/6) -- Comprehensive Exam
Fourteenth Week (12/13) -- Accounting Under Different Economic Systems
Iqbal, Chapter 12
AlHashim, "International Dimensions in Accounting and Implications for Developing Nations," Management International Review (Fourth Quarter 1982)
______, "Social Accounting in Egypt," The International Journal of Accounting (Spring 1977)
______, "Accounting Framework for the Gulf Cooperation Council," special issue of The International Journal of Accounting on The Recent Accounting and Economic Developments in the Middle East, 1985
Berry, "The Accounting Function in Socialist Economies," The International Journal of Accounting (Fall 1982)
Ndubizu, "Accounting Standards and Economic Development: The Third World in Perspective," The International Journal of Accounting (Spring 1984)
Oliga, "Accounting Standards in Developing Countries," The International Journal of Accounting (Fall 1982)
Radebaugh, "Environmental Factors Influencing the Development of Accounting Objectives, Standards, and Practices in Peru," The International Journal of Accounting (Fall 1975)
Shama, et al., "Perestroika and Soviet Accounting: From a Planned to a Market Economy," The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1990
Turk, "Recent Professional Statements of Accounting Principles and Ethics in Yugoslavia," The International Journal of Accounting (Fall 1976)
Winkle, et al. “Accounting Standards in the People’s Republic of China: Responding to Economic Reforms,” Accounting Horizons (September 1994)
Bing Xiang, “Institutional Factors Influencing China’s Accounting Reforms and Standards,” Accounting Horizons (June 1998)
(12/20) -- Major Papers are Due