Our study approaches corporate governance in the context of the financial reportingprocess. From a theoretical point of view we draw on literature arguing that informationaltransparency connects corporate governance mechanisms and the financial reporting process withbenefits for stakeholders....

Organizing major sporting events is inextricably linked with reducing therisks. These risks may be caused by the uncontrolled behavior of the crowd, different typeof accidents or hardware failure as well as terrorist threats. Other main factors creatingdangers currently can be included: problems...

The analysis of equity and their variation during a financial year is an old custom inAnglo-Saxon accounting. In its simple form, such an analysis can be found in the interpretation ofthe structure ‘accumulated and retained situation‘ from North-American practices. Changes in thecompany‘s...

Stock exchanges around the world have experienced major changes with respect tocorporate governance beginning with the early 1990s. Until that time, almost all exchanges weremember-owned, organized as ‘non-profit‘ mutual organizations. Although there were no publiclytraded exchanges 15 years...

According to a recent survey conducted by the European Commission, Europeansmall and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are highly dependent on bank loans when it comesto financing their activity and accomplishing their growth ambitions. Romanian smallenterprises make no exception. In 2011, on...

In the research fields of earnings forecast and the behavior of cost accounts there aremany studies that indicate factors that affect earnings and factors that are affected by the costaccounts.Earnings affected by many factors as investments, cash flows, ROI, cost of capital, size, and...

This paper motivation is to introduce a few guidelines of a model in search for aconceptual framework for sustainability reporting. We are presenting the levels of informationreliability witch are derived mainly from accounting conceptual frameworks, and Global ReportingInitiative (GRI)...

In the period of crisis the volatility of foreign exchange is one of most importantelements to be consider in the risk management strategy at corporate level .The paper will focus onthe main types of foreign exchange exposure, the role of hedging in managing the currency risk andthe measurement...

The evolution and globalization of the markets, the financial scandals that havecrashed in different ways the American and European economical systems and the raise of thepressure on behalf of the investors over the economical performance have fueled serious debatesregarding the critical role of...

The stakeholder theory is a new approach linked with the capital structure ofthe company. According to this theory, the companies must assume their financial decisionsnot only in front of the equity holders, but also in front of the other stakeholders (suppliers,customers, competition, managers...