Depuis le 1er janvier 2005 l’application des normes comptables IAS-IFRS est obligatoire pour les sociétés cotées européennes. Quels enseignements pouvons-nous tirer de ce changement de référentiel pour les professions du chiffre et les entreprises françaises ? En ce qui concerne...

This article reviews the present state of the debate in France on the introduction of IFRS. It suggests that history shows that market value was the dominant approach to balance sheet valuation in the nineteenth century, and analyses the ultimate replacement of static theory, using market...

Le règlement européen n°1606/2002 du 19 juillet 2002 impose l’application du référentiel IFRS aux sociétés faisant appel public à l’épargne et présentant des compte consolidés. Ces groupes ont connu du retard dans la mise en place de ces normes et certains ont rencontré des...

Understanding and the interpretation of financial statements is an important factor for economic entities, for making the right decisions. Nowadays, more and more is noticed the general tendency of the harmonization of the Directive IV of the European Committee with International Financial...

The purpose of this study is to use structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the extent to which different monitoring mechanisms – the board and its committees, shareholders and independent auditors – are complements (i.e. a positive covariance) or substitutes (a negative...

As of January 1, 2011, most of the world financial market economies are using International Reporting Standards (IFRS) as the required framework for financial statements. A non-comprehensive listing includes the European Union Countries, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In the United States,...

Los contables se enfrentan a profundos cambios en su contexto, tanto económicos como socialesy académicos, de tal manera que, mercado, empresa, industria y universidad se funden en interesesy valores cada vez más contradictorios. Estas transformaciones implican nuevos retos tantopara docentes...

We examine the consequences on impairment testing disclosures of auditor-pair choice made by French listed companies where two (joint) auditors are required by law. Managers are likely to manipulate impairment-testing disclosures since it relies on unverifiable fair value estimates (e.g.,...