The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly

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Ian Gow Stuart Kells

The Big Four

The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly

Ian Gow, Stuart Kells

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English

Black Inc
02 April 2018

Economics & Business; Accounting; Financial services industry

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Across the globe, the so-called Big Four accounting and audit firms - Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG - are massively influential. Together, they earn more than US$100 billion annually and employ almost one million people. In many profound ways, they have changed how we work, how we manage, how we invest and how we are governed.

Stretching back centuries, their history is a fascinating story of wealth, power and luck. But today, the Big Four face an uncertain future - thanks to their push into China; their vulnerability to digital disruption and competition; and the hazards of providing traditional services in a new era of transparency.

Both colourful and authoritative, this account of the past, present and likely future of the Big Four is essential reading for anyone perplexed or fascinated by professional services, working in the industry, contemplating joining a professional services firm, or simply curious about the fate of the global economy.

Ian Gow is a professor at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation. He previously taught at Harvard Business School.

Stuart Kells is a Melbourne-based author whose history of Penguin Books - Penguin and the Lane Brothers: The Untold Story of a Publishing Revolution - won the Ashurst Australian Business Literature Prize.

By: Ian Gow, Stuart Kells
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9781863959964
ISBN 10: 1863959963
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 02 April 2018
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active