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Die Arbeit untersucht die Performance von Familienunternehmen im Rahmen einer empirischen Studie anhand von 892 Datens … Familienunternehmen durch den Einsatz vielf?ltiger Familienvariablen hinsichtlich der Aspekte Eigentum, Kontrolle und Management … Eignerfamilien und externen Anteilseignern gelten als urs?chlich f?r Performanceunterschiede zwischen Familienunternehmen und …
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Using data from 2004 to 2008, we find that an audit committee is an important monitoring mechanism as audit committee independence, expertise and size are associated with reduced levels of abnormal accruals, our measure of earnings management. This study also attempts to discern when the...
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We examine changes in internal auditing during the time of the Enron and WorldCom disasters and the related legislative and media focus on internal control and corporate governance. Data gathered from 271 mid-sized US public companies reveal that internal audit budgets, staffing levels, meetings...
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reporting, but only when the audit committee exhibits characteristics associated with the provision of weak oversight. We also … committees can moderate threats to auditor independence thus protecting the quality of financial reporting. The study discusses …
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Over the past two decades, the corporate governance literature in accounting and auditing has grown rapidly. To better understand this body of work, we discuss 12 recent literature review or meta-analysis papers and summarize selected results (i.e., clusters of papers with new and interesting...
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apparent non-existent or “broken” corporate governance policies, sweeping measures of financial reporting reform ensued, having … auditors, and procedures concerning auditors’ assessment of client risk. The purpose of my dissertation is to advance knowledge … forecasts is positively associated with audit committee tenure and “busyness”. These results suggest that auditors consider …
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This paper discusses the added value that business can gain from the internal auditors via their consulting role. It is … obtained by internal auditors in order to add value and improve organizational competitiveness would be a good strategy. In the … that internal auditors provided consultation upon the request of management, board of directors or audit committee, on ad …
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internal auditors and the impact on a firm’s growth opportunities and performance and specifies how each of them can exert its …
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characteristic for emerging markets, including Poland, where large shareholders have the power to monitor managers and can act as a …Corporate governance aims to reduce expropriation of investors by managers. This thesis identifies and empirically …
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This dissertation consists of two essays on corporate finance. Essay one examines whether corporate governance affects firm performance after capital investments. I find that among firms with weak corporate governance, those with high abnormal capital investments have significantly lower stock...
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