This paper focuses on a long-standing challenge for standard setters: what kind of standards should they write? How specific and prescriptive should standards be? How should cost considerations influence requirements? How should standard setters balance comparability with effective communication...

Every stakeholder who is a part the contemporary business world is constantly seeking for high-value information that might represent a competitive advantage opposed to other market participants. Therefore, the reporting system needs to take into account not only financial aspects, but also...

The study investigated the factors that determine the demand and supply of accounting and audit services in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with evidence from Lagos, Nigeria. It also sought to know whether accounting and audit services contribute to the success of SMEs. The study made use...

The study aims to analyse the accounting policies chosen by Romanian listed companies during the mandatory transition to IFRS in their individual accounts (starting with 2012). Following particularly Kvaal and Nobes (2010), we propose the general hypothesis of a continuation of the main...

Application of different management accounting techniques in corporate management sets the tune of the respective corporate in terms of its level of competition, needs for critical decision making, complexity of operations, and stages of different life cycles. This paper applies a quantitative...

This paper presents a study of the implementation process for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Turkey. The study analyzes the application of IFRS in Turkish publicly traded companies which have been preparing their financial statements under IFRS since 2005, and highlights...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which accounting internships contribute to forming and developing students’ competencies, practical abilities, professional and ethical values and to a more informed understanding of the accounting profession. We focus on the internship...

Objectives: This research explores how an independent financial reporting monitoring and review body functions as a mechanism of accountability. Prior Work: The paper extends on a critical body of accounting research which draws on institutional theory to explain the functioning of financial...

The article aims to show the main current directions in terms of environmental liabilities assessment and accounting. Much has been done in the last couple of decades to address the environmental issues. Still, there is much arguing if the standards are developing as fast as the humans'...