For the last two decades, authors (e.g. Ohlson, 1995; Lev, 2000, 2001) have regularly pointed out the enforcement of limitations by traditional accounting frameworks on financial reporting informativeness. Consistent with this claim, it has been then argued that accounting finds one of its major...

This study investigates whether European firms reporting under domestic GAAPs exhibit major differences while examining the relationship between their economic (financial, operating and competitive) performance and their recognized intangible investment (RII). Using a five-European-country...

For the last two decades, authors (e.g. Ohlson, 1995; Lev, 2000, 2001) have regularly pointed out the enforcement of limitations by traditional accounting frameworks on financial reporting informativeness. Consistent with this claim, it has been then argued that accounting finds one of its major...

Les principes et les règles comptables qui régissent l'élaboration et la présentation des états financiers d'une entreprise (ou d'un groupe) ont pour objet de réduire l'incertitude et l'imprécision qui affectent la mesure du résultat et de la situation financière. Les managers disposent...

Ouvrage collectif rassemblant quinze contributions d'universitaires et de professionnels traitant, sous l'angle technique, politique ou de la gouvernance, des conséquences et de la signification de l'introduction de la juste valeur dans les normes comptables internationales.

The goodwill is, by nature, complex since this notion encompasses two realities: the first is an economic concept – the expected present value of economic profits – the second is an accounting aggregate – the excess of the acquirer’s purchase price over the fair values of the target’s...

The cost of equity capital is traditionally considered as an increasing function of the estimation risk – the risk of error regarding the distribution of a firm’s future cash flows (FCF). Under international GAAPs, IAS 36 “Impairment of assets” -based information disclosure conveys...