Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the link between value creation, performance measurement and goodwill accounting according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US-GAAP). Since economic goodwill...

We discuss the measurement of environmental performance (EP) in quantitative empirical research. Initially, we review and classify existing EP measures. Based on that, we analyze their validity and reliability. To provide a clear conceptualization of EP, we mainly refer to the framework of Wood...

Value based performance measures are intended to capture increases in shareholder wealth. At the same time they have to measure the realization of the returns initially planned for. To provide incentives for management to act in the interest of owners, bonus payments are often based on these...

The correct definition and calculation of the free cash flows plays a crucial role in the process of valuing companies. The two main components of a valuation model, free cash flow and the costs of capital, need to be determined simultaneously. The different approaches to valuation are different...

This paper studies the role of the accrual process for providing value relevant information on intangibles. Expensing research & development (R&D) expenditures is, by nature, equivalent to cash accounting. Prior studies have found that accrual information has superior explanatory power for...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the question of whether the sole focus of standard setters developing accounting standards that are useful to external users for making decisions about providing resources to the entity result in useful accounting information. To answer this question, we...

This paper examines compensation schemes in order to induce efficient investment decisions by a manager. The problem under investigation is the manager's "impatience". A shorter time horizon or higher personal cost of capital may induce him to underinvest relative to the efficient investment...

Wertorientierte Steuerungskennzahlen sollen den Zielerreichungsgrad bezüglich der Zielsetzung der Steigerung des Vermögens der Eigentümer wiedergeben. Sie müssen aber auch die spätere Erwirtschaftung der geplanten Überschüsse sicherstellen. Um dezentrale Manager zu zielkonformem Verhalten...

Der vorliegende Beitrag integriert die Auswirkungen der steuerlichen Regelungen zur Besteuerung von Einkünften aus ausländischen Kapitalgesellschaften in die Discounted Cashflow-Methodik. Bewertungsobjekt ist eine ausländische Kapitalgesellschaft, der von einem inländischen Anteilseigner...

Die Einführung des klassischen Körperschaftsteuersystems mit Doppelbesteuerung von Ausschüttungen aus Kapitalgesellschaften hat erhebliche Auswirkungen auf die Höhe des Einkommens, das nach Steuern den Eignern zufließt. Sie verändert auch die Renditeforderungen, die von den Eignern an...