Purpose – This paper seeks to understand the processes of setting accounting standards in a developing country in transition, namely Egypt. It explores the social, political as well as economic forces that underlie the development of financial accounting regulations implemented throughout two...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the UAE corporations‐specific characteristics, mainly – size, level of risk, industry type and reserves – and level of corporate risk disclosure (CRD). Design/methodology/approach – Since the UAE is an emerging...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the UAE corporations-specific characteristics, mainly – size, level of risk, industry type and reserves – and level of corporate risk disclosure (CRD). Design/methodology/approach – Since the UAE is an emerging...

Purpose – This paper seeks to understand the processes of setting accounting standards in a developing country in transition, namely Egypt. It explores the social, political as well as economic forces that underlie the development of financial accounting regulations implemented throughout two...

Purpose: This study aims to identify the factors that lead non-financial companies listed in the UK to use an internal audit function (IAF) as a monitoring mechanism. Although the use of an IAF in the UK is voluntary, no prior research has examined the drivers for using one....

Purpose: This study aims to examine the association between internal audit quality and the involvement of UK companies in earnings management practices. Design/methodology/approach: To measure the internal audit quality, this study uses 115 responses for a postal questionnaire that was...