Für nach dem 31.12.2005 beginnende Geschäftsjahre sind Aktiengesellschaften und Kommanditgesellschaften auf Aktien, die mit stimmberechtigten Aktien an einem organisierten Markt im Sinne des § 2 Abs. 7 WpÜG notiert sind, gemäß den §§ 289 Abs. 4 bzw. 315 Abs. 4 HGB verpflichtet, für eine...

The paper analyses a strategy for avoiding the disclosure of the financial statements of a limited partnership with a limited liability company as general partner (GmbH & Co. KG) according to German Commercial Code (HGB). It describes the formal process of the joining of a natural person as an...

Studies of Spanish cooperatives date their spread from the Law on Agrarian Syndicates of 1906. But the first legislative appearance of cooperatives is an 1869 measure that permitted general incorporation for lending companies. The 1931 general law on cooperatives, which was the first act...

Financial accounting is rooted in national thoughts, traditions and institutional settings. As a consequence, accounting has developed heterogeneously over time and fulfilled contracting purposes in divergent national environments. Against this background, we argue that the ongoing process of...