This paper is aimed at illustrating that certain capacities exist whereby the dual role of the external auditor (in undertaking internal audit roles as well as skilled persons roles) could be exercised to the optimal and maximum benefit of an entity or organisation. It also aims to accentuate on...

Previous research has set a firm position on quality and credibility of accounting information in the audit markets. Firth and Smith (1992), observed that brand name auditors provide higher assurance and credibility to the audited financial statements of companies with little or no trading...

This paper investigates through a survey study if there are differences in views of the relevant skills of a forensic accountant among forensic accounting practitioners, accounting academics and, users of forensic accounting services (attorneys were classified as the primary users of forensic...

Hundreds of studies have been published in forensic accounting journals over the past 15 years on various topics using a variety of research methods. But the basic question has yet to be addressed – what is the purpose of research in forensic accounting? Forensic accounting and forensic...

The purpose of this paper is to build on and expand Stone and Miller's (2013) (henceforth, Stone and Miller) propositions concerning "what matters" in forensic accounting research. Forensic accounting research that matters is a function of the purpose(s) of forensic accounting research. Stone...