This study examines the effect of IFRS adoption on the performance evaluation of a case firm using some financial ratios selected from four major categories of financial ratios. The study was conducted through comparison of the ratios that were computed from IFRS based financial statements and...

The main objective of this paper is to test a research hypothesis regarding the preference for IFRSs adoption in Islamic countries. The hypothesis has been tested on a dataset of 38 Islamic countries inside the framework of a Discrete and Limited Dependent Variable Model. We have obtained robust...

This study investigates the extent of compliance with international financial reporting standards (IFRSs) by listed companies in Turkey. Based on a sample of 168 companies we investigate the extent to which companies comply with IFRS disclosure requirements in their year - 2011 financial...

The development of accounting system and practices in a country is a reflection of its economic development as well as legislative process. Turkey has not been an exception. Its economic development has led the accounting practices to change from tax and state oriented towards international...

The paper aims to present the most important characteristics of the evolution of the accounting system in Slovenia, emphasizing the most important features of the national accounting standards as well as the institutional framework that has affected the accounting development. Slovenia is a code...

The purpose of the paper is to discuss the introduction of IFRSs within the social history of the modernization of Romanian economy and society, and to investigate the extent to which the potential benefits expected from their adoption are starting materialize. Based on an extensive literature...

The paper analyses the process of implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Poland. It presents the development of accounting in its historical perspective focusing on such events as the partitions of Poland, wars, the period of the centrally planned economy, the period...

Implementation of IFRS was a controversial process in many countries. The case of the Republic of Moldova is not an exception from this rule. The initially established time framework (year 2009) for IFRS implementation could not be respected due to some objective reasons and it was postponed for...

Since Ukraine gained independence in 1991, the Ukrainian economy has been undergoing constant transformation. Legislative, institutional and structural reforms have been driven by the rapidly changing business environment and much progress towards a market economy has been made. The Ukrainian...

This paper gives an overview of prior writings published by Estonian researchers that have analyzed the development of Estonian accounting legislation and financial reporting and potentially contributes to the understanding of Estonian international financial reporting standards’...