Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I The General Frame of Reference -- Chapter 1 A Preliminary View of the Crisis -- Chapter 2 The Crisis, International Linkages and Recovery -- Chapter 3 The Role of the Accounting Firms -- Part II Institutional Parameters for Accounting Practice -- Chapter 4 Accounting and Business Environments Facing the Asian Tigers -- Chapter 5 Accounting and Business Environments in Developing Asian Nations -- Chapter 6 Accounting and Business Environments among Island Economies -- Part III International Accounting Firms, Recovery and Growth -- Chapter 7 The Role of the Firms among the Asian Tigers -- Chapter 8 The Firms in Emerging Nations -- Chapter 9 Accounting Firms and Development Prospects among Pacific Island States -- Part IV Implications for Recovery and Growth in the Pacific Basin -- Chapter 10 From National to Global Accounting and Reporting Standards -- Chapter 11 Accounting Services, Growth and Change in the Pacific Basin -- Chapter 12 A Final Overview -- Bibliography -- Index.