The article is devoted to Frank Donaldson Brown who is author of very frequent used model of decomposition return on investment (assets) and return on equity. First part describes his successful career of manager in E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and General Motors Corporation. Second part...

Firms listed in Business Register are requested to publish their financial statements till the end of the consequent period at the latest in documents collection of the Register. This legal requirement follows the EU legislation. The main purpose is to protect third parties when negotiating...

Some countries take IFRS without hesitation, the other accept them only in part or even prevent their acceptance. Judge at al. (2010) concluded that the degree of which IFRS are included within national economies, is the resultant of load pressure exerted by the institutions: this pressure can...

One of main targets of each company is performance growth and thrifty approach to the life environment. It is evident that owners and managers need to have available information about environmental issues and their economic results in the social environment. That´s why the accounting system...

The contribution is about the relation between managerial accounting and corporate finance from the scientific and pedagogical point of view. It has been proved that not even the modern concept of managerial accounting based on the complex conception of management and measure of the strategic...

The article is focused on possible contingent liabilities valuation procedures. The first part of this article is concerned with necessity of contingent liabilities evaluation from the mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations point of view. It highlights possible negative effects...

The main aim of the 10th European directive no. 56/2005/EC, about cross-border mergers was to allow free movement of capital among Member states. After the implementation the tax, business and accounting differences should disappear. Text of this directive is not in certain areas exact and it...

This paper deals with certain problematic issues that are associated with the current legal regulation of cross border mergers. Given the nature of these issues, they should be addressed within the upcoming amendment of the Act. No. 125/2008 Coll., on Transformation of companies. With respect to...

The paper deals with the influence of the global financial crisis on labor productivity in Czech companies belonging to analyses of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic. It tries to illustrate businesses’ adaptation to new conditions. The article focuses on the confirmation...

The article presents the key milestones in the hedge funds development and addresses the current state of the hedge fund industry. It defines the term hedge fund is defined and discusses the key hedge fund investment strategies. In the section on problems associated with the measurement of hedge...