Purpose: This paper analyses the role of accounting information quality on leverage adjustments. More specifically, the authors investigate whether a better accounting information leads to a higher speed of adjustment to the target financial leverage. Design/methodology/approach: The authors...

This paper aims to connect two strands of the venture capital literature: the inter-relationships among venture capitalists (VCs) on the one hand, and between VCs and their funds providers on the other hand. It examines the existence of a relationship between type of fund provider and skill...

De nombreux travaux soutiennent que les CVCs (Corporate Venture Capitalists) financent des investissements ayant une rentabilité moindre que les IVCs (Independent Venture Capitalists). Plusieurs explications sont avancées. La plus fréquente est que les CVCs, assurés d'un refinancement...

La crise financière de 2008 a posé le problème de la valorisation à la juste valeur des instruments financiers. Cette valorisation impose le recours à l'une des trois méthodes : prix de marche cotés, techniques de valorisation utilisant des paramètres observables : techniques de...

The purpose of this study is to prepare a diffusion model of the new international accounting standards known as the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). This model fits within the neo-institutional conceptual framework; more specifically, we used the DiMaggio/Powell analytical...

The 1998-2001 was a hot period for IPOs' on the French New Market. This financial market was dedicated to High Technology Firms, and many of them were belonging to Internet sector. As they raise huge amounts of cash, this paper tries to lay out how this cash has been used for

En juillet 2006, l'IASB a lancé une profonde révision de la norme IAS 19 consacrée à la présentation et la comptabilisation des engagements de retraite. Dans le cadre de la consultation par due process, les parties prenantes sont été invitées à exprimer leur avis sur le projet de norme....