Corporate reporting : from stewardship to contract, the annual reports of the United States Steel Corporation 1902-2006 / by Kevin Christopher Carduff (Case Western Reserve University, USA) ; edited by Gary J. Previts (Case Western Reserve University, USA).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carduff, Kevin Christopher, author.

Contributor:

Previts, Gary John, editor.

Series:

Studies in the development of accounting thought ; 26.

Studies in the development of accounting thought ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States Steel Corporation--Accounting--History.

United States Steel Corporation.

United States Steel Corporation--Finance--History.

Corporation reports--United States--History.

Corporation reports.

Accounting--United States--History.

Accounting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

Volume 26 of Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought was written by the late Professor Kevin Christopher Carduff, who taught at several institutions including Case Western Reserve University and the College of Charleston. Establishing a historical account explaining financial reporting's current form, Corporate Reporting examines the complete annual reports from 1902 to 2006 of The United States Steel Corporation - the first United States' company to attain the billion-dollar capitalization in U.S. markets. Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought informs readers of the historical foundations on which the profession is based, the historical antecedents of today's accounting institutions, the historical impact of accounting, as well as exploring the lives and works of pre-eminent individuals in the profession's history. The series focuses on bringing the past into today and using it to point towards the future. Topics featured include finding and utilizing archival materials; the growing importance of the Internet in historical research; the issues involved in writing to historical paradigms; and the pivotal influence and immediacy of oral history.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Literature review

Chapter 3. Traditional content analysis

Chapter 4. A model-based method of content analysis: Hypotheses, methodology, and results

Chapter 5. Findings, limitations and future research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-80382-761-0

1-80382-763-7