We discuss the accounting rules that apply to reporting a U.S. company's international operations. We use examples to illustrate diversity in accounting and offer caveats for policy makers, standard setters, analysts, and researchers regarding their interpretation and use of financial accounting...

Al Marai is a Saudi Arab based company that deals in food with its headquarters in Riyadh. This company was centralized with the sole aim of making its products high quality and of improved standard. The mission of Almarai is to provide quality and nutritious food that benefits the lives of...

Financial reporting is very important aspect of any business as it determines financial rights and liabilities of the parties involved. With the advent of Islamic finance the issue of financial reporting as per Islamic law was raised, which was then addressed by the Accounting and Auditing...

We present a description of two different accounting regimes that govern reporting practice in most developed countries. 'One-book' countries, e.g. Germany, use their tax books as the basis for financial reporting and 'two-book' countries, e.g. the United States, keep the books largely separate....

We extend the general equilibrium economy of Holmstrom and Tirole (1997) to optimal reporting of productive assets and examine when the accounting process can contribute to financial acceleration. Given a small change in aggregate capital stock, the economy may respond with large readjustments...

This Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) reviews Morocco's public sector financial management system, largely based on the French system that separates accounting practices from services organization, and from the initial expenditure control to the latter jurisdictional control....

Special economic zones (SEZ) can play an integral role in enhancing both regional and national economic growth. To explore the relationship between regional growth and the presence of an SEZ in Songkhla province, Thailand, the CD Vine-Copula AutoRegressive (CD-Vine COPAR) models were constructed...

Der Management Approach ist ein zentrales Rechnungslegungsprinzip innerhalb der IFRS. Zunächst in den 1990er-Jahren in der Diskussion um die Segmentberichterstattung nach SFAS 131 eingeführt und später in IAS 14 übernommen, wird der Begriff Management Approach heute in einem weiteren...

We present a description of two different accounting regimes that govern reporting practice in most developed countries. 'One-book' countries, e.g. Germany, use their tax books as the basis for financial reporting and 'two-book' countries, e.g. the United States, keep the books largely separate....