This paper addresses two problematic issues arising from the importation of terms into financial accounting: (1) the nature of economic reality; and (2) the role of assumptions. These two issues have stirred a lot of controversy relating to financial accounting measurements and affect...

Critics regarding the Black and Scholes model aren't new. The model was about of being labelled 'historic'. It is new now that the model has become an auto-nomous, unreflected item in international accounting standards and law allowing "creative" accounting. There is no economial relation...

We propose a Bayesian methodology that enables banks to improve their credit scoring models by imposing prior information. As prior information, we use coefficients from credit scoring models estimated on other data sets. Through simulations, we explore the default prediction power of three...

Our study aims at understanding the introduction and the development of financial 'communication' in French companies. The case of Saint-Gobain (1867-2005) is used to explain why and how Saint-Gobain have taken the initiative in going more to meet investors, by having voluntary disclosed more...

India, with its 20 million shareholders, is one of the largest emerging markets in terms of the market capitalization. In order to protect the large investor base, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has enforced a regulation effective from April 2001, requiring mandatory...

„h Contrary to common perceptions, most Australian businesses survive for a considerable time ¡V for example, around two¡Vthirds of businesses are still operating after five years and almost one¡Vhalf are still operating after ten years. „h Around 7.5 per cent of businesses exit each year...

Die Prognose, ob ein Unternehmen fortbestehen wird oder nicht, hat weitreichende Konsequenzen für Eigentümer, Gläubiger und Arbeitnehmer der Gesellschaft. In Abhängigkeit von dem Prognoseergebnis sind das Vermögen und die Schulden in der Bilanz und in einem etwaigen Überschuldungsstatus...

Eine positive Fortbestehensprognose eines Unternehmens beinhaltet eine mit überwiegender Wahrscheinlichkeit erwartete nachhaltige Zahlungsfähigkeit. In dem Beitrag „Die Fortbestehensprognose – Rechtliche Anforderungen und ihre betriebswirtschaftlichen Grundlagen“ der Verfasser in WPg...