Accounting and Financial Management

• Part 1 Performance Management; Chapter 1 Performance measurement in independent hotels, Mine Haktanir; Chapter 2 Productivity in the restaurant industry, Pekka Heikkilä, Timo Saranpää; Chapter 3 Performance measurement in the international hospitality industry, Helen Atkinson; Chapter 4 Budgetary practice within hospitality, Tracy Jones; Chapter 5 Benchmarking, Agnes Lee DeFranco; Chapter 6 Developing a benchmarking methodology for the hotel industry, Peter Harris, Marco Mongiello; Part 2 Information Management; Chapter 7 The profit planning framework, Peter Harris; Chapter 8 Cross-border reporting for performance evaluation, Ian Graham; Chapter 9 Cost analysis in the hotel industry, Paolo Collini; Chapter 10 Customer profitability accounting in the context of hotels, Vira Krakhmal; Chapter 11 Room rate pricing, Jean-Pierre I. van der Rest; Chapter 12 The relevance of restaurant accounting systems, D. Andersson Tommy; Chapter 13 Accounting for the environment, Rebecca Hawkins; Chapter 14 Hotel unit financial management, Cathy Burgess; Part 3 Asset Management; Chapter 15 Hotel asset management, Paul Beals; Chapter 16 Hotel asset management, Geoff Parkinson; Chapter 17 A management accounting perspective on hotel outsourcing, Dawne Lamminmaki; Chapter 18 Sale and leaseback transactions in the hospitality industry, Charles Whittaker; Chapter 19 Hospitality firm risk determinants and value enhancement, Zheng Gu; Chapter 20 Investment appraisal issues arising in hotels governed by a management contract, Chris Guilding; Chapter 21 Autonomy and control in managing network organizations, Marco Mongiello, Peter Harris; Chapter 22 Career directions in financial management in the hospitality industry, Howard Field;

"...the managers should be reading this." - Accounting Today, Sept. 17, 2006"As a whole, the book excellently serves its primary objective of presenting new research and developments in hospitality accounting and financial management. The targeted readers of hospitality managers, professional accountants and consultants, students, educators, and researchers will find the book a perfect reference to enhance their knowledge of the latest developments in the field."Rob Law, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong"This is a book that every hotelier should have in his office for references. Several parts of the "Accounting and Financial Management"section cover 360° our new global hotel world, from Productivity & Performances to Asset Management & Benchmarking.This book is very informative and the captivating style kept my interest alive from the beginning to the end.Peter Harris & Marco Mongiello have conducted an outstanding overview of the hotel global economy and I have been able to better understand some of the economic forces that drive our hotel business."Mr Emanuele Nasi General Manager ofSheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Center