The present research aims to propose a new approach to defining and measuring assets in terms of the negative effects and net benefits arising from their use and affecting the natural capital. In this regard, we provide a new definition and a reclassification of assets in three categories,...

The research presented in this paper aims at showing the "failure path" of firms over the five years preceding their default, based on the chronological analysis of a sample of published financial statements of both failing and non failing firms.

The accounting standardization process is in progress at international regional level, more and more countries have reached the same conclusion of enforcing high quality accounting standards like IAS/IFRS. At international level, on one hand it is thought to implement IASB's international...

The aim of this study is analyze the relationship between the quality of the services provided by accounting profession members and customer satisfaction by means SERVQUAL scale. The sample of the study is the companies based in EskiÅŸehir which have bought services from certified public...

The Romanian accountancy reorganisation process has registered an accelerated rhythm, defined by the need of communication and information in a common book-keeping.language, which was to assure the comparativeness, credibility and relevance of the information offered by the financial situations...

The data and information support are made from justifying documents, account books, financial situations and periodical account reports, electronic bearers (bands and magnetic disks, CDs, and floppy disks). Some of these supports assure, in a first stage, the data collection, meaning their...

The financial reports seldom represent for the American society the only source of information available directly from the entity. The name for the financial statements has not been standardized yet. The American legislators determine the general rules by the mean of the norms issued for the...

The sphere of internal audit activities has seen a continuous evolution that has frequently generated debates and controversies among specialists. The study realized in this context intends, firstly, a brief overview of the main stages of evolution and, secondly, it intends to highlight the...

Attempts to quantify the human assets of an organization happened the first time in the US in 1960, when it was tried to end it in their balance sheet. This idea of quantification started to analyze the differences in value between similarities or changes made in time by the same organization...

Accounting conservatism is an important aspect of financial reporting quality. Considering the tradeoff between relevance and reliability of the accounting information, it is argued that the level of conservatism of financial reports is increased by provision items, which are mainly future...