Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the inheritance of a business from the Islamic accounting perspective. Design/methodology/approach The paper adapts the relevant provisions of conventional accounting standards and practices that conform to Sharīʿah (Islamic law). In addition,...

A vibrant financial sector has a lot to offer towards the growth and development of an economy. It is in this regard that investor confidence matters most to the sector. Although the financial sector in the sub-Saharan African region is still growing, there are some crises in the sector that...

The external audit report is a guarantee of financial information reliability that companies provide to the market for stakeholders' decisions. However, some firms did not disclose relevant information on company risks for users due to managers' pressure. Few years ago, auditors of listed...

The study aimed to identify factors that can be used in models that predict going concern of enterprises. The study employed the best-worst method of multi-criteria decision-making technique to evaluate and rank the factors. Twenty-one potential determinants were identified from the literature...

This study examines the effectiveness of going-concern prediction models by comparing models that incorporate corporate governance variables with models based solely on financial ratios. The aim was to compare the predictive power of going-concern models that combine corporate governance...

Given the global attention and attraction of many scholars and researchers to develop prediction models for determining the going concern of businesses, there is a growing need to monitor progress and trends in the field. As such, the study aims to analyse the evolution of prediction models for...

Businesses strive for effective working capital management (WCM) since ineffective WCM influences firms' failure in developing economies. However, the connection between WCM and the going concern of firms has not received significant quantitative attention. Hence, this study examines the impact...

This study analyzes the limitations of EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) Multiple from the perspective of the going concern principle. A new Adjusted EBITDA Multiple that complements the limitations of the EBITDA Multiple is generated and applied to...

This article presents a financial scoring model estimated on Czech corporate accounting data. Seven financial indicators capable of explaining business failure at a 1-year prediction horizon are identified. Using the model estimated in this way, an aggregate indicator of the creditworthiness of...