Motivée par les récents travaux de Lev [2001b ; 2004] et les débats actuels de l'IASB portant sur la traduction comptable de l'investissement immatériel (ci-après IIM), cette étude empirique pose la question de l'utilité de l'information comptable face à de tels investissements. A l'aide...

Motivated by the recent works by Lev [2001b ; 2004] and Villalonga [2004], and the current debate surrounding the international financial reporting standard n°38 (i.e. IAS 38) adoption related to reported intangible investment issues, this study investigates whether European firms using...

Selon le principe de continuité d'exploitation, une entreprise est réputée être en continuité d'activité en l'absence de toute information permettant d'établir le contraire. Durant les trente dernières années, la littérature académique s'est efforcée d'étudier les informations...

A recent report issued by the US-based audit company Ernst & Young (2006) stated that, in 2005, 23 out of the 39 French CAC 40 index companies initiated assets transfers. More specifically, 6 companies operated as transferee while 32 as assignor. Those transactions were mainly concerned with...

This study investigates whether European domestic GAAPs used for intangibles recognition prior to the IFRS adoption exhibit major differences while examining the relationship between a firm's economic (financial, operating and competitive) performance and its recognized intangible investment...

Résumé: Motivée par les récents travaux de Lev [2001b ; 2004] et les débats actuels de l’IASB portant sur la traduction comptable de l’investissement immatériel (ci-après IIM), cette étude empirique pose la question de l’utilité de l’information comptable face à de tels...

This study investigates whether European firms reporting under domestic GAAPs exhibit major differences while examining the relationship between their economic (financial, operating and competitive) performance and their recognized intangible investment (RII). Using a five-European-country...

This study investigates whether European domestic GAAPs used for intangibles recognition prior to the IFRS adoption exhibit major differences while examining the relationship between a firm's economic (financial, operating and competitive) performance and its recognized intangible investment...