This thesis analyses the relationship between strategy and management control systems. Its aim is to refine Simons’ four levers of control framework in studying the interactions between top and middle managers around management control tools in order to form and implement the strategy of the...

The positive effect / added value brought to an economic entity through internal audit function requires effective measurement criteria. It is true that it looks pretty difficult to establish this kind of values (the value added by internal audit in the enterprise). Touching internal audit...

The existence of a wide range of risks with actual or potential impact on business entities is a certainty, as well as their influence on company results. In this context, the increase of the economic performance and the implementation of effective activities is strictly related to implementing...

Through this paper the authors are trying to highlight the strategic role that internal audit function holds in increasing the efficiency of corporate governance. The research starts with a comprehensive approach to internal audit and internal control, our intention being to identify synergies...

The principles and findings from internal government audits (aimed at generating recommendations to improve compliance with anti-corruption regulations) can greatly contribute to the wider anti-corruption literature. Internal audit techniques can overcome the weaknesses of the four predominant...

It is undisputed that the companies’ performances are now more than ever, in the concerns caused by global competition and financial crisis. In this context, one of the interveners in the direction of performance is having an ethical and responsable behavior regrading the public. An ethical...

The analysis showed that no risk management process is perfect for identifying all failures and in order to avoid them, the managers must take into consideration the recommendations of the internal auditors.

This study aims to find out the current internal audit practices of listed construction companies in Malaysia is in compliance with newly released International Professional Practice Framework (IPPF) standards. IPPF standards were recently updated in January 2009 and there are drastic changes...

The financial and accounting activity represents an important function of the organisation, through which measurement, evaluation, knowledge, management and control of assets, liabilities and equity can be performed, as well as the outcomes of the economic activity. Risk management process...

The aim of this paper is to realise a comprehensive analysis of European corporategovernance codes, from the perspective of internal audit, in the manner it is provided in the OECDPrinciples of corporate governance. The research methodology used a classification of countries bylegal regime and...