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-sized enterprise (SME) environment. The purpose of this study is to investigate determinants of SME demand for business advice, drawing … accountants to their SME clients. In particular, the paper highlights the importance of the combined roles that the external … accountant’s competence and tenure play in the SME–accountant relationship, highlighting how these two factors can overcome …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider changing perceptions of audit quality in the UK during a period of significant environmental change. The views of three audit stakeholder groups of auditors (n=109 and 183), auditees (n=75 and 121), and investors (n=74 and 111) are considered....
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accounting transactions are now computerized, auditing of accounting data is also expected to be computerized as well. While GAS … the perceived limited benefit of using GAS for auditing small clients. While some respondents recognized the advantages of … process; and lack of ease of use – they showed a preference for using traditional manual auditing methods instead. Research …
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Purpose – Concern has been raised over the impact of the PricewaterhouseCoopers merger on the competitiveness of the market for audit services. This paper aims to examine the market share and audit pricing of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK before and after its merger. It also seeks to...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider changing perceptions of audit quality in the UK during a period of significant environmental change. The views of three audit stakeholder groups of auditors ( n =109 and 183), auditees ( n =75 and 121), and investors ( n =74 and 111) are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014929164
accounting transactions are now computerized, auditing of accounting data is also expected to be computerized as well. While GAS … the perceived limited benefit of using GAS for auditing small clients. While some respondents recognized the advantages of … process; and lack of ease of use – they showed a preference for using traditional manual auditing methods instead. Research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014929315
manufacturing processes and what impact they have on an organisation’s performance. It draws empirical results out of the data … significance of any correlation found between practice and performance.  …
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). The findings also have implications for the (Belgian) auditing profession. For example, the fact that significant …
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Purpose – This paper aims to examine the “impact” of three leading international auditing journals via citation … analysis. Design/methodology/approach – A Google Scholar citation analysis was conducted for the period 2001-2006 for Auditing …: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Managerial Auditing Journal, and International Journal of Auditing. The top ten …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of audit failure on Big 4 audit firm monitoring activities. The paper analyzes changes in discretionary accruals (DAs) among clients of firms implicated in audit failure events and examines whether these DAs decline in the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319196