The introduction of the accounting standards SFAS 123R and IFRS 2 forexecutive stock options has led to an important change. As companies arenow forced to value their stock options at grant date for accounting purposes,the robustness of prices against the choice of certain valuation models...

Der Schwerpunkt der Literaturdiskussion zu Verrechnungspreissystemenals Instrumente zur Steuerung interner Leistungsverflechtungen liegt auf derBestimmung modelloptimaler Verrechnungspreise. Dieser Beitrag widmet sich einemvorgelagerten Problem: der Gestaltung eines geeigneten...

In diesem Arbeitspapier werden Regelwerke betrachtet, aus denen rechtliche Vorgaben für die IT des Unternehmens resultieren. Dies umfasst Gesetze und Rechtsverordnungen, Verwaltungsvorschriften, referenzierte Regelwerke und Urteile sowie Verträge. Die wichtigsten in der Praxis relevanten und...

Incentives often fail in inducing economic agents to engage in a desirableactivity; implementability is restricted. What restricts implementability?When does re-organization help to overcome this restriction?This paper shows that any restriction of implementabilityis caused by an identification...

This paper investigates the extent to which voluntary disclosure quality (VDQ) of firms isreflected in equity prices. In environments where we expect informational efficiency to behigh, VDQ is not associated with returns beyond those available through passively investingin popular styles, and a...

Standard equity valuation approaches (i.e., DDM, RIM, and DCF model) are derived under theassumption of ideal conditions, such as infinite payoffs and clean surplus accounting. Becausethese conditions are hardly ever met, we extend the standard approaches, based on thefundamental principle of...

We present evidence of the impact of buy-side analysts on the behavior and performanceof fund managers. Using data provided by a large global asset manager,we relate buy-side analysts’ recommendations to fund transactions on a daily basis.Our results show that buy-side analysts have a...

We interpret cost stickiness, i.e., the manager’s decision to bear the costs of unutilized resources whensales decline, as a risky project and examine its impact on conditional conservatism. We find that coststickiness increases the asymmetric timeliness of earnings by weakening the timeliness...

Recent research concerned with enhancing conservatism corrections of linearinformation models (LIMs) reports a decrease in bias as compared to the Ohlson (1995)model. However, inaccuracy is not significantly reduced. These findings raise twoquestions: First, are LIMs able to capture...

Dank einer beispiellos langen Friedensperiode haben die Industrialisierung,eine perfektionierte Logistik, das Informationszeitalter und nicht zuletzt diefreie Marktwirtschaft zu einem Zustand geführt, den man als einen „annäherndgesättigten Käufermarkt“ bezeichnen kann. Die Menschen...