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Accounting: A General Commentary on an Empirical Science
Many researchers have questioned the view of accounting as a science. Some maintain that it is a service activity rather than a science, yet others entertain the view that it is an art or merely a technology. While it is true that accounting provides a service and is a technology (a methodology for recording and reporting), that fact does not prevent accounting from being a science. Based upon the structure and knowledge base of the discipline, this paper presents the case for accounting as an empirical science
Sir Roger de Coverley, and other literary pieces ... /
Partly reprinted from various sources.Prose and poetry.Sir Roger de Coverley: A visit to Coverley Hall. The Spectator in the country. Sir Roger in Cambridge. Sir Roger in Covent Garden. Sir Roger in the Temple.--The quest of the Gorgon's head.--Biographical sketches: William Cowper. William Robertson Smith. Fison and Howitt.--Miscellanies.Mode of access: Internet