Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is a relation between corporate governance and the …/methodology/approach – The paper analyses all the Italian listed companies that from 2002 to 2010 were subject to accounting enforcement actions …, finally, the presence of a big audit firm. Using non parametric tests, the paper compares the governance characteristics of …

Adopting the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act has provided impetus to reforming corporate accounting and corporate governance …

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is a relation between corporate governance and the …/methodology/approach – The paper analyses all the Italian listed companies that from 2002 to 2010 were subject to accounting enforcement actions …, finally, the presence of a big audit firm. Using non parametric tests, the paper compares the governance characteristics of …

Purpose –This paper aims to witness the importance of corporate governance mechanisms and investigates the relationship … governance mechanisms for non-financial UK companies. Design/methodology/approach – Computerized content analysis using QSR NVivo … governance mechanisms on forward-looking information. Findings - The results show that board size and the independence of the …

literature. Investigating the role of firm-specific governance attributes other than those considered in the present study (e … potentially useful to the King Committee and other corporate governance regulators in South Africa in their effort to improve … corporate governance practices. Originality/value -The present study focuses on firms drawn from an emerging economy which has …

corporate governance reformists for mechanisms to curb excessive opportunistic behavior amongst corporate management. Auditor …

financial expertise: accounting and non-accounting financial expertise. Findings – The results support the notion that an …

quality of accounting information, including the reported earnings. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 16 semi … survey distributed among three groups of respondents, namely, accounting academics, external auditors, and financial managers …

earnings management (EM) and the impact of corporate governance (CG) mechanisms on that association. Design …