Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a descriptive analysis of Balanced Scorecard (BSC) usage among companies on the Thai stock exchange; and to assess the performance effects of this BSC use.Design/methodology/approach – Sample organisations were surveyed through a questionnaire...

We investigate the value-relevance of capitalised R&D on the balance sheet, and the extent to which R&D accruals improve the association between accounting-based measures of firm performance and capital market returns for Australian listed companies. This is a regulatory setting where management...

Activity-Based Costing (ABC) Approach is a method that businesses reach more accurate cost information in order to take effective decisions. From the day developed till today, it had provided more accurate cost information , but it had some difficulties about application also. Due to these...

We examine the association between financial restatement and firm value, based on a sample of firms that restated financial statement in Chinese listed firms between January 2005 and December 2009. Using Tobin's Q as a proxy for firm value in the end of restatement year, we find firm value in...

Prior research on the relationships of institutional ownership and corporate social responsibility has focused on North American (U.S. and Canada) and European companies. With the passage of Indonesian Law No. 40 in 2007, Indonesian companies are now obligated to conduct CSP. As these companies...

This study examines the relationship of corporate social performance (CSP) to corporate financial performance (CFP) to determine if CSP is related to firm performance. Additionally, it examines whether firm size or industry affects the relationships between CSR and CSP. This study advances the...

Objective - This research aims to determine the presence of partial effects on gender-diversity and financial performance variables on the cash holding of family firms on the Indonesian Stock Exchange included in the Kompas100 index.Methodology/Technique - The approach used in this research was...

We examine the effects of corporate board characteristics on the use of performance pricing in debt contracts. Performance pricing is a recent innovation that plays a role in addressing some debt contracting problems by linking the ex-ante pricing of debt with ex-post firm performance. Results...

We examine the association between capital expenditures and near-term earnings performance for loss-making firms. Using a sample of 24,030 firm-year observations from 2006 to 2015, we find that loss-making firms show different patterns of capital expenditures than profit-making firms. Moreover,...

This study proposes a framework for classifying BSC into three different usage types and this is used to examine BSC usage among the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) listed companies, perceived benefits gained, and effects on financial performance. So far, there is little published evidence on...