This article aims to identify and illustrate the inherent limitations of an engagement to perform agreed-upon procedures regarding financial information by starting from an audit mission to perform agreed-upon procedures seeking, on one hand, to determine with the help of the financial...

The audit market is divided between two main categories of auditors: Big Four auditors and Non Big Four auditors. The general accepted opinion is that the former cover most audit services. The objective of the study is to quantify the share covered by Big Four auditors at the level of Romanian...

This study aims to establish a methodology starting from certain criteria pertaining to the performance level of audited companies, according to which one may achieve a forecast of the changes in the financial audit services market, from the viewpoint of three categories of financial auditors:...

The extent to which business groups ever existed in the United States and, if they did exist, the reasons for their disappearance are poorly understood. In this paper we use hitherto unexplored historical sources to construct a comprehensive data set to address this issue. We find that (1)...

In this paper, we review scholarly accounting research published within the Asia Pacific Region by analysing nine of the main accounting journals within the region along five dimensions. The nine journals we focus on are: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal; Australian Accounting...

This paper has three aims: to summarise, briefly, key findings of research on the benefits of adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); to highlight some of the more challenging aspects of this research; and to identify opportunities for future research. In order to fulfil...

Turkey is one of the countries that have debates on the necessary arrangements and preparations before the adoption of “International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Mid-sized Entities” which was issued in July 2009 by International Accounting Standards Board. In the adoption...

There is the possibility that the information on which basis the informational risk hasbeen identified and evaluated, not to be correct and impicitly the financial statements not to be inconformity with the represented reality, affecting in this way the objective of the ‘trustworthyimage‘....

This study examines whether the internal control provisions under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) have a disciplining effect on the governance structures of firms. We find that audit committee members and outside directors of firms that disclose material weaknesses (MWs) under Section 302 of SOX...

The purpose of this research paper aims the study of actual corporate governance of the listed entities on the capital market. For the empirical study, we chose a segment of top banks in Romania, some of them being listed. On the research demarche we have proceeded to an analysis on the manner...