NOTICEBOARD.

This section provides information on issues and events relevant in the field of business finance and accounting, as of December 1985. Each year, the Board of Editors of the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (JBFA) vote for the award of prizes for the most interesting or distinctive papers published in JBFA in the preceding year in the respective areas of accounting and control, and of finance and financial management. Each prize is worth £100. The Center and the Department of Accountancy are planning to sponsor another international seminar on accounting on April 3-5, 1986, at the University of Illinois. The seminar theme is Recent Accounting and Economic Developments - Far East. The seminar will feature speakers with backgrounds to allow them to contribute importantly to the seminar. The speakers will include university and governmental leaders as well as the world of accounting and auditing practice. The Center announces a new publication entitled Recent Accounting and Economic Developments in Western Europe to be available soon. This special publication includes the edited papers presented at the April 1985 international seminar. This seminar focused on the accounting and economic problems of contemporary importance to Western Europe.