The basic characteristic of packing is to protect the product from external factors while the product is delivering to consumers. However, recently packing has become an indispensable aspect of marketing. Because, packing is considered as a silent dealer which directly reaches consumers. Packing...

Social disclosure: measurement and determinants. A multi-supports comparison. Few studies have investigated corporate social disclosure in France. This research, based on positive accounting theory, proposes a theoretical model of corporate social disclosure. A measurement method of corporate...

This papers deals with coporate social disclosure made by French companies through their websitesand their annual reports.First, it discusses the suitability of an evaluation ofthe scope of corporate social disclosure based on the sole annual report. Then, it. seeks to extend previous research...

This article reviews the present state of the debate in France on the introduction of IFRS. It suggests that history shows that market value was the dominant approach to balance sheet valuation in the nineteenth century, and analyses the ultimate replacement of static theory, using market...

This paper deals with corporate social disclosure (CSD). It consists in a longitudinal study of Pechiney CSD practices. Our research aims at identifying the determinants of such practices. Particularly, we document the link between CSD practices and public's concern. Theoretical framework is...

Environmental changes require a new management control, to give more power and confidence of all parties involved and a management accounting that is concerned with understanding the environment and taking in consideration strategic orientations, decision, resource management and continuous...

Culture may be defined as ‘the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human group from another’. Each human group shares its own social norms, consisting of common characteristics, such as a value system which is adopted by the majority of constituents....

In the article oneself there is developed a practical and applied model binding the lagging (financial) and leading (non-financial) indicators in the assessment of the activity of the enterprise and its future development. The conducted empirical analysis demonstrates a strong dependency and...