This article examines the influence of CEO changes in large German companies manifested in their financial statements during three defined phases of the turnover process. It is shown that the conflicting results in previous research might have stemmed from not differing among turnover reasons....

Statistical analysis of financial statements has reached a high degree of sophistication. But Consolidated financial statements of a group of companies seem to be resistent against these attempts. Analysts suspect that these statements can legally be manipulated to such an extent that they...

Im Gefolge der Anpassung des deutschen an das harmonisierte europäische Recht der Konzernrechnungslegung wurden und werden Publizitätspflichtige wie Jahresabschlußinteressenten mit wesentlichen Änderungen konfrontiert. Insbesondere die einheitliche Bilanzierung und Bewertung durch die...