This study investigates whether IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) improves the usefulness of accounting information in a chosen code-law country (i.e. Finland) that has a strong system of legal enforcement and high quality domestic accounting standards. Empirical analyses based...

Although recent academic debate highlights that production of financial statements is challenging from financial accountants’ perspective, little is known about the social situation in which those statements are produced. To address this gap, a study examined how financial accountants acquire...

Although Byrne and Pierce (2007) find that an increasing regulatory burden may decrease accountants' chances of getting involved in business, little is known about corporate reporting practice and whether, and if yes how, regulation impacts on accountants' work. In order to fill this gap the...

Although Byrne and Pierce [(2007) Towards more comprehensive understanding of the roles of management accountants, <italic>European Accounting Review</italic>, 16(3), pp. 469-498] found that an increasing regulatory burden may decrease accountants' chances of getting involved in business, little is known about...

This paper compares the information content of financial statements based on IFRS with those based on Finnish Accounting Standards (FAS) using a sample of mandatory IFRS adopters. Finland is particularly well suited for this comparison because it has a high-quality reporting environment, its...