Several studies indicate that stock option plans are becoming more and more a substantial part of compensation schemes in U.S. companies. This paper argues that for an employer the attractiveness of stock options arises from the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US-GAAP) which...

Bilanzpolitik ist die zielgerichtete Gestaltung des Jahresabschlusses. Damit versucht die Geschäftsleitung das Bild der wirtschaftlichen Lage in ihrem Sinne einzufärben. Der Bilanzanalyst versucht nun seinerseits, genutzte Gestaltungsspielräume aufzudecken. Sein Ziel ist es, ein "ehrlicheres"...

The purpose of this paper is to set out the Enron's demise into the perspective of Corporate and Global Governance. To accomplish this target, the incremental cash flow model is expanded to give room for governance issues, while a functional introduction to information sets is developed,...

As environmental performance is increasingly seen to have an influence over financial performance and financial risk assessment, disclosure of environmental issues in the Annual Reports is a fundamental requirement for a company in order to satisfy the information needs of its stakeholders....

This paper assesses the influence of an adoption of IAS/IFRS or US GAAP on the financial analysts' forecast accuracy in a homogenous institutional framework. Our findings suggest that the forecast accuracy is higher for estimates based on IFRS or US GAAP data than for forecasts based on German...

For the Neuer Markt year 2001 is not considered as one of its best, compared to its prior performance. Investors who once piled into the Neuer Markt have now become wary of the exchange, which was launched in 1997 as Europe’s leading growth market and answer to the U.S.‘s Nasdaq Stock...

Zwischen den International Accounting Standards (IAS) und der Steuerpolitik der Europäischen Kommission zeichnet sich eine immer deutlichere Verbindung ab. Innerhalb der EU könnten IAS über die im Juni 2002 verabschiedete EU-Verordnung zur Harmonisierung der handelsrechtlichen...