This paper evaluates the role of information technology and CAATTs and the way they could increase companies’ effectiveness in the near future. Our study focuses on the global trend of adopting new technologies at a large scale in internal audit in order to produce high qualitative audit...

Some companies now outsource their internal audit function to public accountants. Internal auditors and accounting firms disagree about the merits of outsourcing. Each type of auditor claims to provide more cost-effective services and appears to claim superior expertise. This paper uses agency...

Corporate governance represents the system through which a company is being controlled and managed. In defining of this concept, works on the idea overall performance of the company is based on the theory of interest holders. The paper concerns about the relationship between corporate governance...

Health care reform and health system financing required to meet population needsand current financial constraints proved to be a major challenge worldwide. In these conditions therole of Public Internal Audit Committee in the public system is extremely important. It is known thatthe requirement...

In this paper, we analyze the importance of internal audit against banking fraud in order to ensure banking stability, using mathematic approach. We explain the steps involved in setting up an anti-fraud plan. Then, we implement two phases of this plan, namely the evaluation of the degree of...

With the growing importance of internal auditing, academics and practitioners emphasize the importance of an adequate and adaptable staffing approach of the function. Since internal audit resources are considered a crucial component of internal audit quality, we investigate the circumstances...

The aim of this study is to investigate how the board of directors, audit committee (AC), external auditor and management explain the outsourced internal audit function (IAF) practice. Although prior studies provide some insights into the determinants of IAF, we have little understanding of how...

In this paper, we analyze the importance of internal audit against banking fraud in order to ensure banking stability, using mathematic approach. We explain the steps involved in setting up an anti-fraud plan. Then, we implement two phases of this plan, namely the evaluation of the degree of...

The aim of this paper is to realise a comprehensive analysis of European corporategovernance codes, from the perspective of internal audit, in the manner it is provided in the OECDPrinciples of corporate governance. The research methodology used a classification of countries bylegal regime and...