This article puts forward an interpretation of the reform of the French accounting standard-setter initiated by Decree no. 20076629 of 27 April 2007 relating to the national accounting standards board, the <italic>Conseil National de la Comptabilité</italic> (CNC). This reform, if it goes to term, will give...

In France the chairperson of the board is mostoften the firm's CEO. This position strengthensthe insiders' hold on the board of directors.Moreover, a large fraction of outside directorsis composed of CEOs of other firms. Thereciprocal interlocking of CEOs creates the possibility of mutual...

Recent research work has put forward theconcept of “national system of corporate governance” to describe the complex architecture of legal rules, economic mechanisms and mentalities which constrain managerial discretion in a different way according to the country considered. The role played...

The notion of image fidelewas introduced into French law in 1983. Confronted with the need to integrate this notion, both unknown and undefined, into the traditional notions of regularity and sincerity, the French accounting community collectively adopted an avoidance strategy. The strategy...

The paper concerns the struggle between different interest groups to control or significantly influence the objectives, institutional arrangements and processes of French accounting standardisation. Its particular focus of interest is the state agency established to deal with standardisation,...

In the absence of political legitimacy, international accounting standardisation is founded on procedural and substantial legitimacies, which have been challenged by the current financial crisis. This paper represents a critique of this built up legitimacy. It demonstrates in particular that...

[eng] About the crisis of the international accounting standardization . In October 2008, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has modified in urgency its IAS 39 and IFRS 7 in response to an injunction of the European Union who feared that these standards caused the collapse of...