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Unternehmenskrisen, „überraschende“ zumal, standen am Anfang der gesetzlichen Normierung der Abschlußprüfung in Deutschland. Es entspricht daher einem legitimen Anliegen von Öffentlichkeit und Fachwelt, die herrschende Maßstäblichkeit der Qualität von Abschlußprüfungen und die...
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In the face of the increasing frequency of climate change-related natural hazards and the resulting losses across the globe, companies are recognizing the importance of addressing climate-related risks and opportunities and taking timely actions to cope with them. While numerous large companies...
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This study investigates the predictive power of CEO characteristics on accounting fraud utilizing a machine learning approach. Grounded in upper echelons theory, we show the predictive value of widely neglected CEO characteristics for machine learning-based accounting fraud detection in...
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activity. Using two distinct sources of regulatory variation-the varying extent of financial-reporting requirements and the …
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This paper discusses the legitimacy of the convergence of accounting regulation from the view of path-dependence theory. It is argued here that legitimacy of converged accounting rules is almost impossible to achieve because of the path-dependent development of corporate governance systems,...
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Financial accounting is rooted in national thoughts, traditions and institutional settings. As a consequence, accounting has developed heterogeneously over time and fulfilled contracting purposes in divergent national environments. Against this background, we argue that the ongoing process of...
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overseeing the financial reporting process. The use of performance-based pay schemes induces the CEO to manipulate earnings …
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We study corporate philanthropy using an original database that includes firm-level data on dollar giving, giving priorities, governance, and managerial involvement in giving programs. Results provide some support for the theory that giving enhances shareholder value, as firms in the same...
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Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht, ob der Mehrheitsaktionär einer Gesellschaft im Vorfeld eines Zwangsausschlusses von Minderheitsaktionären (sog. Squeeze-Out) versucht, die Kapitalmarkterwartungen negativ zu beeinflussen. Ein solches 'manipulatives' Verhalten wird häufig in der juristischen...
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Aufgrund einer im Jahr 2002 erlassenen EU-Verordnung sind kapitalmarktorientierte Konzernmutterunternehmen seit dem 01.01.2005 zur Bilanzierung nach IFRS verpflichtet (vgl. Littkemann/Schulte/Kraft 2005: 285). Auch nicht kapitalmarktorientierte Unternehmen haben aufgrund von Wahlrechten in der...
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