This paper investigates the logics that drive small accounting practitioners' attitude towards new accounting standards and then, the heterogeneity amongst practitioners in order to unravel the accounting profession, until now considered as a ‘black box' in the accounting harmonization...

1 Introduction -- 2 The family business -- 3 Earnings management in family firms -- 4 Accounting conservatism in family firms -- 5 Corporate disclosure in family firms -- 6 The relationship between accounting choice and family business: What is the role of culture? -- 7 Conclusions.

This book provides a critical analysis of the evolution of corporate disclosure. Building upon prior academic literature, it assesses the most important changes in mandatory corporate disclosure, the growing relevance of social and environmental disclosure, and revolutionary new forms of...