Schon im Jahr 1951 urteilte der damalige Finanzminister eines deutschen Bundeslandes über die kamerale Buchführung: Wer rechnet heute noch kameralistisch? (...) Kaufleute behaupten, man könne mit ihr wohl das Verhältnis von Einnahmen zu Ausgaben ermitteln, aber den Erfolg der...

Compliance with prevailing accounting standards is induced if the expected disadvantage due to sanctions imposed if non-compliance is detected outweighs the advantage of non-compliant accounting choices.(...)

During the last years issues of strategic management accounting have received widespread attention in the accounting literature. Yet the conceptual foundation of most proposals is not clear. This paper presents a theoretical analysis of one of the most prominent approaches of strategic...

The article introduces the theoretical foundations of the author's original concept of accounting engineering. We assume a theoretical premise whereby accounting engineering is understood as a system of accounting practice utilising differences in economic events resultant from the use of...

This paper presents research results on the BIH firms' financial reporting quality, utilizing empirical relation between accounting conservatism, generated in created critical accounting policy choices, and management abilities in estimates and prediction power of domicile private sector...

The systems have revolutionized practically all aspects of business processes in enterprises. They improve the processes by ensuring their integration. Data are entered into an ERP system only once and immediately afterwards they can be accessed through any of its modules, which makes them a...

Recent techniques and shifts in the environment are often viewed as leading management accountants to adopt a business orientation. However, empirical evidence pointing to clear shifts in the role played by management accountants remains relatively scarce. From in-depth qualitative research...

This paper examines the association between ineffective internal control over financial reporting and the profitability of insider trading. We predict and find that the profitability of insider trading is significantly greater in firms disclosing material weaknesses in internal control relative...

The purposes of this paper are to (1) discuss the theoretical assumptions, qualities, problems and myopia of the dominating quantitative and qualitative approaches, (2) describe the methodological lessons that we learned while conducting a series of longitudinal studies on the use and usefulness...

The purpose of this paper is to study whether or not the convergence towards a ‘high quality’ accounting standard will be the natural result. One of the purposes of IASB is to make high quality accounting standards because of the convergence. It seems that the best strategy for the...