International

As accounting standards differ in various countries, it often helps to visit sites dealing with accounting issues in countries other than Canada and the United States. The following links provide you with a springboard to a wealth of international accounting sites.

ANet
ANet is a cooperative venture of the International Accounting Network, which provides a digital forum for the discussion of accounting, auditing and related disciplines. The website is maintained by the School of Financial Studies at Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, Australia.

Nordic Accounting Network
In cooperation with partners in the International Accounting Network, the Nordic site provides hypertext archives, databases and indexes of accounting and auditing knowledge on the Internet.

Centre for Accounting and Auditing Research
CAARNet, a member of the International Accounting Network (IAN), mirrors the complete accounting resources of the Rutgers Accounting Web (USA), the Summa Project (UK) and Nordic Accounting Network (NAN).

GIACA Research Group
This Spanish web site is a resource for information on intelligent and emerging technologies in accounting and management.

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal (UK)
The AAAJ is a UK-based publication providing articles dealing with research into accounting, auditing, and management control.

International Accounting Standards Committee (UK)
The IASC promotes global uniformity in accounting principles used by businesses and other organizations for financial reporting.

The Corporate Library
This site's primary focus is tracking and documenting the efforts of various groups to establish consistent international accounting standards.

Amazon.com
A search of this site using the term "International Accounting" will result in a listing of over 400 books and software packages on this topic.

Office.com
This site contains a survey titled "Are International Accounting Standards The Answer?" by Natalie Walker Whitlock, which gives insight into fund managers' concerns.