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Purpose – The paper aims to examine how indigenous accounting practices are mobilised in the daily life of a subaltern … informs readers about the ways in which people engage in social accounting practices. It uses the concepts of structuration … theory to understand how indigenous accounting systems are shaped by the interplay between the actions of agents and social …
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Purpose – This paper adds to a focus of the social accounting literature (on perceptions and attitudes to social … accounting) by seeking to offer insights into Syrian accountants' attitudes towards, and perceptions of, social accounting in … specificities, including Islam. Interviewees perceived a significant role for a social accounting – that would parallel the Western …
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Purpose – This study aims to examine accounting professionalization in Ethiopia focusing on how the state, occupational … – Accounting professionalization in Ethiopia was initiated by the state to strengthen the country's financial system. Owing to a … change of state ideology to communism in 1974, a strategy of developing accounting professionals as government …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the consequences of using international accounting standards (IAS … development of the emerging capital markets is positively and significantly associated with the use of international accounting … accounting standardization body, the IASB, many international organizations and international investors. Originality/value – The …
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accounting standards (IAS/IFRS) and the performance of emerging capital markets. Design/methodology/approach Data related to 31 …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to complement the literature reviews on corporate environmental disclosure (CED) with special focus on the developing countries. The paper focuses on the attitudes of accountants towards CED in Libya. Design/methodology/approach – A desk-based research...
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Zusammenfassung Der vorliegende Artikel verfolgt die Zielsetzung, im Kontext langfristig global erodierender, komparativer Wettbewerbsvorteile von Entwicklungsländer-Destinationen auf theoretisch-konzeptioneller Basis Möglichkeiten zur Institutionalisierung von nachhaltigen...
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The book is a revision of prior version that was intended as a text for teaching accounting students about ethics, as … accounting students and practicing professionals is an important activity which should be encouraged. This organization outline … involve the title, in which it is implied that accounting ethics had something to do with the “near collapse of the world …
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Abstract Helmut Gründl discusses in his paper the effects of the present low interest rate environment on the German life insurance industry. By referring to a recent study of the “International Center for Insurance Regulation”, he assesses insolvency probabilities for life insurers with...
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Purpose – The paper benchmarks compliance for 2010‐2011 with the RICS Code of Practice for Commercial Service Charges 2006. Design/methodology/approach – Whether the proxy adopted is measured by floorspace or number of commercial office buildings, the sample size conforms to Kreycie and...
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