Purpose: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have become a popular vehicle for domestic as well as international companies to rapidly access new markets, assets and capabilities. This motivates us to study the impact of open offers on shareholders returns in the Indian context....

The last few decades have evidenced radical changes in global standards, particularly the International Financial Reporting Standards convergence in India has piqued the curiosity of researchers and professionals. Despite the evolving research, there is no consensus on its consequences in the...

This study examines the impact of e-government advancements on corporate tax planning activities. We define e-government as the readiness and capacity of national institutions to use information and communications technologies to deliver public services. Using over 82,000 worldwide firm-level...

We examine the determinants of the use of loan loss provisions to smooth income by banks in South Africa. More specifically, we examine the influence of ownership, IFRS disclosure rules and economic fluctuation on the income smoothing behaviour of South African banks while controlling for the...

The article is devoted to the justification and development of recommendations for improving the use of accounting data for the analysis and control of bankruptcy and reorganization processes of enterprises. It is determined that in conditions of financial and political instability, the...

In this paper, I discuss financial reporting under economic policy uncertainty. This paper is one of the first papers to relate economic policy uncertainty to financial reporting behaviour. It identifies the link between economic policy uncertainty and financial reporting in terms of earnings...

In this paper, I discuss how a pandemic affects the nature of financial reporting especially for financial and non-financial institutions that were deeply affected by the 2020 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. I show that accounting practices or techniques such as fair value accounting, big bath...

По проект "Скритите иновации: Анализ на изследователската и иновационната активност, която остава необхваната от официалната статистика", изпълняван с...

This paper examines the relationships between the effectiveness of Shariah supervisory board (SSB), their remuneration and mode of financing Islamic bank. The SSB effectiveness is evaluated by an index based on 9 attributes score. This study comprises 18 Islamic banks in which operating in...