This study examines the ethical perception differences concerning the three types of earnings manipulations; which are income smoothing, earnings management and big bath accounting, between users and preparers' perspectives of financial information in Turkey. A structured questionnaire composed...

The purpose of this paper is to constitute a comprehensive framework of risk management and to explore the role played by internal auditors in the audit of risk management. The paper also, attempts to collect internal auditors' opinion regarding other factors on risk-management auditing, where...

This paper examines the operating performance of a sample of Egyptian companies involved in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) transactions for the period 1996 to 2003. The analysis is based on the accounting measures to test the effects of M&A on the corporate performance of the construction and...

Egypt witnessed continuous developments in accounting regulations which led to a comprehensive set of Egyptian Accounting Standards in June 2006, to be implemented starting from the fiscal year 2007. It is expected that complying with high quality accounting standards would result in more...

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of market and organizational determinants on the voluntary disclosure level of Egyptian companies. We use a disclosure index of voluntary disclosure that is based upon the following information categories: (a) strategic information;...

This paper aims at examining the extent to which organizational and environmental factors influence the cost systems design in Egyptian manufacturing firms. We use a questionnaire to survey a sample of Egyptian privately held firms in a wide spectrum of industrial sectors. The findings of this...

Purpose - To constitute and test a framework of factors that might affect auditors' perceptions of the work needed to audit internet-based financial reports (IBFR). Methodology/Approach - The study conducts a questionnaire on practicing auditors from audit firms in Egypt in the year 2007 to...

Purpose: This study examines performance evaluation measures across private sector companies in an Egyptian context and pinpoints obstacles that may limit the adoption of the balanced scorecard (BSC). Methodology/Approach: Uses a questionnaire that was mailed to a sample of 150 companies listed...

This study examines voluntary intellectual capital reporting (ICR) in Egyptian companies' annual reports with a view to understanding ICR practice as well as eliciting the barriers that might impact the development and implementation of IC indicators in Egyptian setting. The study is an...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of corporate governance, dividend policy and the risk disclosure level on firm value and in turn, explore the main drivers of implementing corporate governance mechanisms, declaring dividend and risk disclosure within the annual reports of...