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Very few countries require directors to be financially literate. This article investigates the determinants of boards' financial expertise using a sample of 95 non-financial French listed firms. We construct a measure of financial expertise based on educational and career background data for 943...
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This study investigates the economic consequences of non-English speaking companies adopting English as an external reporting language. We examine a sample of companies that initiate the voluntary issuance of an annual report in English in addition to the local language annual report. To control...
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Selon les règles comptables françaises, les sociétés ont la possibilité de " capitaliser " leurs frais de R&D sous certaines conditions. En analysant les rapports annuels 2000 des sociétés non financières appartenant à l'indice SBF 250, nous avons tenté de comprendre pourquoi certaines...
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Dans un contexte de développement des marchés financiers internationaux, il est intéressant de s'interroger sur l'adaptation des grands groupes français aux pratiques comptables d'origine angloaméricaine. Nous réalisons une étude sur dix ans qui porte sur les méthodes de présentation...
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Les groupes français ont la possibilité de se référer aux normes internationales ou américaines pour leur consolidation. L'objectif de cette recherche est d'étudier les choix effectués par les 100 plus grandes sociétés françaises au cours des quinze dernières années (1985-1999)....
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The objective of this paper is to illustrate that the change in shareholders' attitude towards firms (from stakeholder model to shareholder model) influences the accounting treatments of goodwill. Our study is based on four countries (Great Britain, the United States, Germany, and France) and...
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The objective of this paper is to illustrate that the change in shareholders' attitude towards firms (from stakeholder model to shareholder model) influences the accounting treatments of goodwill. Our study is based on four countries (Great Britain, the United States, Germany, and France) and...
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