This paper wants to highlights the relation between the development ofaccounting in Romania and the accounting profession. The development of the accountingeducation is related with the economical development as well as the profession. Havingintellectuals that are preoccupied of accounting we...

The IASB's proposed IFRS for SMEs opened an internationaleffervescent debate in academics and practitioners environments. In our research, weintent to collect pertinent evidence for pro and contra arguments and to investigatewhether the proposed IFRS for SMEs is likely to meet the needs of users...

The purpose of this paper is to offer a full perspective on the evolution in time of goodwill definitions. This paper is part of the research conducted in the doctoral dissertation and we consider it is very important to have a full understanding of the concept studied in order to develop on...

This paper is meant to study the impact of IFRS on accounting practicesharmonization, by measuring the degree in which different companies from Europe use samemethods when reporting their intangible assets. Therefore, the objective of the research is todemonstrate the existence of harmonizing...

In the context of New Public Management (NPM) and good governance, in the last decade the Romanian public health system has undergone a reform process. One of its consequences is the wave of public hospitals amalgamations that have occurred especially since the adoption of the new health law....

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the recent research litarature regarding public sector inter-institutional combinations. Based upon a sample of 51 articles published in 2010-2013 in four databases (Science Direct, Springer Link, Wiley Online Library and Sage), this study summarizes and...

This paper addresses to accounting researchers and proposes the use of abductive research strategy to improve the quality of accounting research outcomes. We argue that abductive reasoning has developed as a typical research method in all fields of interpretive studies but is still unrecognized...

The concept of transparency has increasingly attracted the attention of academic, political and business areas. Many studies have demonstrated the need for adopting this corporate governance principle also in the public sector, a phenomenon that has become widespread at international level. The...

The concept of a true and fair view is representative for the submission of the entities’ financial statements, considering that all other principles are derived and shall be subject to it. Along with the entry into force of Directive IV of the EEC, the financial statements should give a true...

Our research follows the path of fair value as a term and concept, as well as its disclosure, measurement and recognition back from 1953 until our days, and analyzes the regulations issued by United States Accounting Standard setters, through the point of view of the historical events, which led...