Purpose – We investigate whether the partnership behavior of Japanese partners in their joint ventures (JVs) with European partners in Europe can be explained by the Trojan horse hypothesis (THH) view or by the cooperative specialization (CS) view. The THH view assumes that Japanese firms...

We examine the links between ownership and internal control for a sample of 112 state-owned, privatized, and publicly traded firms in the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1994. Privatized firms with at least four years in the private sector, like established publicly traded firms, exhibit a...

Non-Performing assets have become a significant issue for the banking and financial sector in Nepal. The asset quality of the bank has become crucial for the development of the banking sector. The motive of the study is to compare the NPA of public and private banks of Nepal as well as to study...

The ethics of tax evasion has been discussed sporadically in the theological and philosophical literature for at least 500 years. Martin Crowe wrote a doctoral thesis that reviewed much of that literature in 1944. The debate revolved around about 15 issues. Over the centuries, three main views...

In the U.S. and Japan, auditors assess the going concern ability (GC) of a company. Japanese Auditing Standards and American SAS No. 59 differ with respect to who has the initiative to disclose GC information. The present study was undertaken in order to formulate a hypothesis regarding the...

An internal audit function (IAF) should positively impact financial reporting and governance, and add value to its organization. We provide evidence on IAF factors (i.e., characteristics, activities, work areas) associated with these types of impact and whether these factors, and their influence...

The materiality principle supports the information function of financial accounting as to what information could usefully be published to enhance investors' decisions. Therefore, materiality guides the entity preparing the accounts to present relevant financial information and to prevent...