The purpose of this paper is to identify the effects of the implementation of selected regulations on corporate governance in the reporting practice of banks listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The survey examined the disclosures concerning the main features of the internal control and risk...

The research aims to examine and evaluate the accounting information disclosure (AID) quality of the non-current tangible assets in the annual financial statements of private sector entities of Lithuania and identify characteristics of these enterprises that have an impact on the AID quality....

Application of information technology to gain a competitive advantage is well known and often used by business firms in developed countries. A fairly recent technological development is use of the Internet to provide corporate financial information, that is, Internet financial reporting. The...

In light of the concerns about inherent measurement uncertainty and subjectivity embedded in accounting estimates and the demand for new auditing standards on accounting estimates, this study provides detailed documentation of firms’ practice in making material changes in accounting estimates...

The relationship between the management of and donors to a not-for-profit firm is an example of a situation with information asymmetry. This study examines whether it is possible for nonprofit managers to increase donations received if they provide signals to convey the efficiency and...

This research work focuses on the role played by predictive ratios in effort to check incidence of creative accounting in the financial reporting system of Dangote Cement Nigeria Plc. It examines whether the impact of joint application of the Beneish 8-Predictive Ratios and the Altman Z-Scores...

This research work focuses on the role played by predictive ratios in effort to check incidence of creative accounting in the financial reporting system of Dangote Cement Nigeria Plc. It examines whether the impact of joint application of the Beneish 8-Predictive Ratios and the Altman Z-Scores...

HRA is in nascent stage when it comes to practical applications. There is an urgent need to shift the focus from viewing human resource (HR) as a cost center to profit center, for consideration of employees as an asset. It is the need of the hour to make HRA as a part of mandatory global...

A contract governs a trade between a buyer and a supplier. This contract specifies: (i) a cost reimbursement and (ii) a profit sharing arrangement of the inter-organizational relationship. We examine, the role the accounting system choice has on the efficiency of the IOR when the supplier can...

Numbers are central to financial and accounting disclosures, yet current textual analysis research generally ignores numbers within disclosures. We hypothesize and show that the prevalence of numbers within a corporate disclosure is highly correlated with the readability of the disclosure. More...