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Because uncertainties around innovative technologies resolve over time, investments in such technologies are often made in stages so that organizations can use the knowledge gained from earlier stages to decide the next step. Previous studies usually assume that once some uncertainty is...
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I propose a resolution to the high-returns-to-R&D puzzle. The R&D investments of small and medium firms (lower 2/3 of the firm scale distribution) exhibit evidence of bunching below an upper-bound. No such bunching exists for physical investment. I show that a constraint on knowledge...
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This paper contributes to literature by giving more precise measures to technological innovation in order to estimate … patent system which is different from the American one. Financial and innovation data are collected during 1990- 2012, for …-to-book ratio and knowledge assets is proved to be positive and significant. Innovation is more valuable when it contributes to …
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The importance that managers attribute to budgets is an indicator of their preferences about budgets and, as a consequence, of their demand for budgets. If organizations know the process by which managers attribute importance to budgets, they can act on the antecedents of importance and hence,...
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We investigate how audit firm size and large auditor-provided non-audit services (NAS) affect accruals quality around large equity issues and acquisitions for Norwegian public companies from 1999-2013. We find poorer accruals quality around large equity increases. Big 4 audit firms mitigate...
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We examine whether knowledge sharing can enhance the efficacy of implicit, trust-based incentives. Using a stark laboratory experiment, we find support for theory suggesting that individuals believe that their knowledge is an important part of their identity, making it costly to share, but...
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We examine whether auditor-provided tax consulting services are associated with tax and non-tax internal control material weaknesses consistent with knowledge spillover benefits. We find a positive association between the amounts of consulting fees paid, which should proxy for the scale and/or...
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We conjecture that a greater opportunity for audit partners to share personal industry knowledge with each other within audit offices benefits audit quality. Using recently available Form AP data, we analyze each partner’s client portfolio and construct measures of the extent to which partners...
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Auditors’ knowledge is critical for audit and financial reporting quality, as it facilitates task performance and information sharing. We examine whether auditors’ acquisition of knowledge from prior year workpapers, a primary means for learning on the job, is negatively affected by the...
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