IFRS in a Global World

Didier Bensadon is an associate professor of financial accounting at Paris-Dauphine university. His research deals with the dissemination of accounting pratices and theories in an historical approach. He is the co-author with Jacques Richard of "Financial Accounting: IFRS versus French Gaap", Dunod, 10th edition, 784 pages. Nicolas Praquin is a full professor of financial accounting at Paris-Sud University. His research deals with the way in which accounting structures organisations and society as a whole. Accounting has to be understood in its broader sense - that of accountability - as encompassing accounting techniques, management tools that rely on figures, and organisational governance of accounting institutions (the IASB, etc.).

Critical Issues in International Accounting.- Economics and Accounting: As an Introduction to Jacques Richard's Works.- Accounting as a Social Construction.- Fair Value.- Accounting and Interlinking Fields.- National or Regional Implementation of the IFRS: Challenges and Prospects.- BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India, China.- MEDC - More Economically Developed Countries.- Emerging Countries.