The papers in the 3-book include six very topical areas in accountancy, namely: 1. An analysis of intellectual capital disclosure by Portuguese companies 2. Global financial crisis: Causes and perspectives 3. Auditor Independence: Third party hiring and paying auditors 4. Barriers to the development of environmental management accounting: an exploratory study of pulp and paper companies in Thailand 5. Determinants of single authorship 6. The approaches to learning of European accounting students