This work has the aim of analyzing the influence of bank and trade debt in the duration of the process of bankruptcy in Spain. To that end, a sample of 567 firms, that fill in bankruptcy between 2004 and 2009, is used. The results show a different behavior between banks and trade creditors,...

El Parlamento Europeo aprobó, el 19 de febrero de 2009, el Informe sobre Economía Social elaborado por la parlamentaria europea Patrizia Toia (Informe Toia). En él se reconoce la Economía Social como actor empresarial en la Unión Europea, se reclama su reconocimiento jurídico, su...

El presente documento analiza la noción de seguridad y estabilidad jurídica para la inversión extranjera a partir de la Ley de Seguridad Jurídica sancionada por el Senado de Colombia en julio del presente año. En la primera parte se hace un recuento de la inversión extranjera desde una...

Co-operative societies are obliged to carry out accounting in accordance with accounting rules but also following their own economic regimes as established by co-operative laws in force. This made it advisable to draw up rules adapting the National Accounting Plan for co-operatives, and to this...

The proposal of an adaptation of the National Accounting System (PGC) for the Cooperative sector has seen fruition in a Project, currently at the draft stage, published by the Instituto de Contabilidad y Auditoría de Cuantas (ICAC) and disseminated in several forums with the aim of: being...

There is an underlying partnership agreement in cooperatives that makes use of accounting regulations to determine the results. This can indirectly lead to a modification in the organization that was originally planned. Therefore, we should start with accounting regulations when legislating on...

An international reaction was required to the financial scandals of recent years, and some States started to reform corporate governance. Two main systems were used – self-regulation through good governance codes, and legislative measures to achieve transparency in financial markets. The...

Cooperativist integration, an example of the sixth cooperative principle of inter-cooperation, means the concentration of cooperative enterprises. Of the different means of organization that are covered by the legislation on cooperatives, cooperative groups appear to be a similar concept to that...

Co-operative societies, conceived generally as an enterprise, are subject to the accounting norms contained in mercantile law. Likewise, the legislation for co-operatives, whether national or regional, establishes the obligation to make accounts in accordance with accounting rules, respecting...

Mercantile law and in particular the National Accounting Plan do not consider the peculiarities of co-operatives, derived from their different nature and functioning, and making necessary the existence of rules of adaptation bringing together their peculiarities in order for financial...