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• Beyond the Numbers
  by Leitner, Management Accounting  (May 1998)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	20
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	15
  Managerial Accounting	1

• How Nonfinancial Performance Measures Are Used
  by Stivers, Management Accounting  (February 1998)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	20
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	15
  Managerial Accounting	1

• Strategic Cost Management
  by Cooper and Slagmulder, Management Accounting  (January 1998)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	20
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	15,26
  Managerial Accounting	1,12

• Using Technology as a Competitive Tool
  by McCarthy, Management Accounting  (January 1998)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	21
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	16
  Managerial Accounting	2

• Generate Increased Service Profits with MBB
  by Sherman, Management Accounting  (January 1998)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	21
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	16
  Managerial Accounting	2

• Hot-Air Accounting
  by Wipperfurth, FORBES Magazine  (May, 1997)
  

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  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	15
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	13
  Principles of Financial Accounting	15
  Financial Accounting	15

• Accounting A-go-go
  by Foroohar, FORBES  (Febuary, 1997)
  

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  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	11
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	10
  Principles of Financial Accounting	11
  Financial Accounting	10

• Using ABC to Determine the Cost of Servicing Customers
  by Krupnicki and Tyson, Management Accounting  (December 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	21,23
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	16,19,20
  Managerial Accounting	2,5,6

• JIT and the Balanced Score Card
  by Clinton and Hsu, Management Accounting  (September 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	23,27
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	19,20
  Managerial Accounting	5,6

• We Need Better Financial Reporting
  by Aldridge, Colbert, Management Accounting  (July 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	6,16,18
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	5,11,27
  Managerial Accounting	14
  Principles of Financial Accounting	6,16,18
  Financial Accounting	5,11,15

• How Good Is MD as an Investment Tool
  by The Journal of Accountancy (1993)
  

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  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	supp. to 6
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	supp. to 1
  Principles of Financial Accounting	supp. to 6
  Financial Accounting	supp. to 1

• AOL Faces Crippling Cash Shortage America Online needs you!
  by Henry, USA TODAY  (August, 1996)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	9
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	7
  Principles of Financial Accounting	9
  Financial Accounting	7

• Doing Business in the Future with EDI
  by Whitsitt, Insight  (Feb.- March, 1993)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	1,6
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	1,5
  Principles of Financial Accounting	1,6
  Financial Accounting	1,5

• Quality, Profits, and the Environment: Diverse Goals or Common Objectives?
  by Roth and Keller, Management Accounting  (July 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	27
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	26
  Managerial Accounting	12

• Bloated Inventories at Retailers May Mean Trouble for Investors
  The Wall Street Journal  (May 21, 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	10
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	8
  Financial Accounting	8

• Informix Has Net Loss, One Aide Fewer
  The Wall Street Journal  (May 2, 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	2
  Principles of Financial Accounting	2
  Financial Accounting	2
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	2

• Sipping the Fizz in Coca-Cola's Profit
  The Wall Street Journal  (May 1, 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	2,3
  Principles of Financial Accounting	2,3
  Financial Accounting	2,3
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	2,3

• Transfer Pricing with ABC
  by Kaplan, Weiss, and Desheh, Management Accounting  (May 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	25
  Managerial Accounting	11

• Fraud Prevention and the Management Accountant
  by Turpen and Messina, Management Accounting  (February 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	8
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	6
  Principles of Financial Accounting	8
  Financial Accounting	6

• Sun Microsystems' Earnings Soars 41% Due to Strength at Top of Product Line
  The Wall Street Journal  (January 16, 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	18
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	27
  Managerial Accounting	14
  Principles of Financial Accounting	18
  Financial Accounting	15

• Where's the Profit?
  by Bengei and Ikawa, Management Accounting (January 1997) 
  

  Principles of Accounting	2,3
  Principles of Financial Accounting	2,3
  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	2,3
  Financial Accounting	2,3

• How to Set Up a Budgeting and Planning System
  by West and Snyder, Management Accounting  (January 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	24,25
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	21,22
  Managerial Accounting	7,8

• Market Revisited: Why S Looks Dear
  The Wall Street Journal  (Dec. 26, 1996)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	12,13,17,18
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	9,14,27
  Managerial Accounting	13,14
  Principles of Financial Accounting	12,13,17,18
  Financial Accounting	9,14,15

• Changing Performance Measures at Caterpillar
  by Hendricks, Defreitas, Walker, Management Accounting  (December 1996)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	27
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	26
  Managerial Accounting	12

• Target Costing at ITT Automotive
  by Geier, Schmelze, and Buttros, Management Accounting  (December 1996)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	25
  Managerial Accounting	11

• IBM's $3.5 Billion Stock Buyback Plan Adds to the $10 Billion Already Spent
  The Wall Street Journal  (Nov. 27, 1996)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	14
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	12
  Principles of Financial Accounting	14
  Financial Accounting	12

• Accounting for Product Take-Back
  by Epstein, Management Accounting  (August 1996)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	27
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	26
  Managerial Accounting	12

• PC Price Wars Force Electronics Chain to Curb Expansion, Push Big Appliances
  The Wall Street Journal  (June 4, 1996)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	5
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	6
  Principles of Financial Accounting	5
  Financial Accounting	6

• Controlling Cash in Casinos
  by Mills, Management Accounting  (May 1996)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	8
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	6
  Principles of Financial Accounting	8
  Financial Accounting	6

• Reading Writeoffs' Arithmetic Adds Up to Smart Investing
  The Wall Street Journal  (Dec. 21, 1995)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	15
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	13
  Principles of Financial Accounting	15
  Financial Accounting	13

• Accounting Will Survive the Coming Century, Won't It?
  by Keegan and Portik, Management Accounting  (December 1995)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	1,6
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	1,5
  Principles of Financial Accounting	1,6
  Financial Accounting	1,5

• Understanding Global Standards
  by Rich, Management Accounting  (April 1995)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	19
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	28
  Principles of Financial Accounting	19

• How Wal-Mart Outdid a Once-Touted Kmart in Discount-Store Race
  The Wall Street Journal  (March 24, 1995)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	5
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	6
  Principles of Financial Accounting	5
  Financial Accounting	6

• How General Electric Damps Fluctuations in Its Annual Earnings
  The Wall Street Journal  (Nov. 3, 1994)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	15
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	13
  Principles of Financial Accounting	15
  Financial Accounting	13

• Electronic Payments Now Supplant Checks at More Large Firms
  The Wall Street Journal  (April 13, 1994)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	12
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	9
  Principles of Financial Accounting	12
  Financial Accounting	9

• In Accounting, Truth Above All
  The Wall Street Journal  (March 21, 1994)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	6
  Principles of Financial Accounting	6
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	5
  Financial Accounting	5

• Perceptions of Earnings Quality: What Managers Need to Know
  by Ayres, Management Accounting  (March 1994)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	15,18
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	13,27
  Managerial Accounting	14
  Principles of Financial Accounting	15,18
  Financial Accounting	13,15

• Is Managing Earnings Ethically Acceptable?
  by Rosenzweig and Fischer, Management Accounting  (March 1994)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	1,6,18
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	1,5,14, 27
  Principles of Financial Accounting	1,6,18
  Financial Accounting	1,5,15

• Write Your Memos so They Will Be Read
  by Foster, Insight  (Feb./March, 1997)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	all chapters
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	all chapters
  	all chapters
  Principles of Financial Accounting	all chapters
  Financial Accounting	all chapters

• Investing Excess Corporate Cash
  by Financial Executive, Financial Executive  (Jan.-Feb., 1992)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	9
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	7
  Principles of Financial Accounting	9
  Financial Accounting	7

• Inventory Chicanery Tempts More Firms, Fools More Auditors
  The Wall Street Journal  (Dec. 14, 1992)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	6,10,18
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	5,8,27
  Managerial Accounting	14
  Principles of Financial Accounting	6,10,18
  Financial Accounting	5,8,15

• Luca Pacioli: Accounting's Renaissance Man
  by Weis and Tinius, Management Accounting  (July 1991)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	1,6
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	1,5
  Principles of Financial Accounting	1,6
  Financial Accounting	1,5

• Who's Responsible for the Content of Financial Statements?
  by Barton, Management Accounting  (1991)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	6
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	5
  Principles of Financial Accounting	6
  Financial Accounting	5

• Writing in Plain English
  The Journal of Accountancy (1990)
  

  Password Protected
  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	all chapters
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	all chapters
  Managerial Accounting	all chapters
  Principles of Financial Accounting	all chapters
  Financial Accounting	all chapters

• The Bottom Line on Ethics
  The Journal of Accountancy (July 1990)
  

  Password Protected
  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	1
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	1
  Principles of Financial Accounting	1
  Financial Accounting	1

• How U.S. and European Accounting Practices Differ
  by Doost and Ligon, Management Accounting  (October 1986)
  

  Associated Textbooks	Chapter #
  Principles of Accounting	6,19
  Financial and Managerial Accounting	5,28
  Principles of Financial Accounting	6,19
  Financial Accounting	5