The first public share issue in the PRC took place in 1994. By the early 21st century, in the space of less than two decades, the Chinese stock market has become the largest one in Asia, with the exception of Japan. Along with this rapid enlargement of the market, the Chinese stock trading...

Ziel der Arbeit ist die Entwicklung eines qualitätsorientierten Beschreibungsmodells für Nutzungsszenarien in E-Publishing und E-Learning. Wichtige Trends wie die Transparenz und Offenheit von Formaten, Strukturen und Prozessen werden einbezogen (Open...-Bewegung), ebenso die Frage nach...

Bei b?rsennotierten Aktiengesellschaften ist im Rahmen der Abschlusspr?fung die Erf?llung der Vorstandsverpflichtung nach ? 91 Abs. 2 AktG zu beurteilen. Der Anwendungsbereich der Vorstandsverpflichtung in ? 91 Abs. 2 AktG umfasst nicht nur das Risikofr?herkennungssystem, sondern erstreckt sich...

Integration of risk management and management control is emerging as an important area in the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and with ongoing development of frameworks such as the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission...

Rinkos sąlygomis kiekviena įmonė siekia užimti ir išlaikyti geriausią rinkos dalį. Viena iš priemonių tai pasiekti – efektyvi įmonės vidaus kontrolė. Stiprėjant konkurencijai, sparčiai plėtojantis ir keičiantis technologijoms, taip pat sudėtingėjant verslo projektams bei...

Business process design is primarily driven by process improvement objectives. However, the role of control objectives stemming from regulations and standards is becoming increasingly important for businesses in light of recent events that led to some of the largest scandals in corporate...

This dissertation investigates two research questions arising from the regulation of internal controls required by Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The first research question asks whether better internal controls can enhance firm performance? To address this question, the relation between...

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...

This study provides preliminary support for the notion that internal audit function assists in reducing external audit effort and fees. Data on internal audit characteristics and activities are obtained from survey respondents of Hong Kong companies and audit fee model data are acquired from...