The purpose of this paper is to investigate the choices of Greek firms regarding the measurement of an item of a fixed tangible asset subsequent to its initial recognition, including impairment recognition, under IAS 16 and IAS 36 using a sample of Greek firms for the years 2005, 2007 and 2009....

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the choices of Greek firms regarding the measurement of an item of a fixed tangible asset subsequent to its initial recognition, including impairment recognition, under IAS 16 and IAS 36 using a sample of Greek firms for the years 2005, 2007 and 2009....

This paper uses a valuation framework for a sample of firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Netherlands, and United Kingdom) to examine how are their accounting income and book value of equity perceived by the respective capital markets after taking into account industry effects....

We explore the relation of CSR activities with SG&A cost stickiness and asymmetric sales response by using a data sample of 7.464 firm-year observations of European firms for the period 2009-2015. Our empirical findings indicate that SG&A expenses exhibit cost stickiness (anti-stickiness) in the...

The current study examines the effect of strategy and managerial ability on asymmetric cost behavior of SG&A expenses. We use a sample of US listed firms for the period 1991-2014 to provide empirical evidence that sticky cost phenomenon is associated with firms' strategic orientation. Our...

This study investigates the effect of strategy on the intensity and direction of asymmetric cost behavior of SG&A expenses. Employing a sample of US-listed firms for the period 1991-2014, we provide empirical evidence that a firm's strategic orientation determines the direction and intensity of...

This article is an investigation of the conundrum of firms whose tax-minimising incentives should result in lower reported income by expensing R&D, while their financial reporting ones should result in higher reported income by capitalising R&D. Tax incentives for R&D help align those goals when...

This study investigates the relationship of asymmetric cost behaviour with earnings quality for European listed firms. We employ a sample that consists of 11,416 firm-year observations of European listed firms over the period 2005-2019 to explore the relationship of asymmetric cost behaviour...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the choices of Greek firms regarding the measurement of an item of a fixed tangible asset subsequent to its initial recognition, including impairment recognition, under IAS 16 and IAS 36 using a sample of Greek firms for the years 2005, 2007 and 2009....

Abstract: This study explores whether the implementation of Management Control Systems (MCS) by the Greek shipping companies influences the adoption of their performance measurement systems and the implication of this choice on organizational performance. The study uses data collected from...