The purpose of this paper is to introduce and reflect on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) application in Central and South-Eastern European (CSEE) countries, by providing an overview of IFRS research conducted in this geographical area, put in the context of the countries...

This study is motivated by the importance of communication with consumers in the pharmaceutical industry. We view communication as part of the company’s responsibility towards consumers. The aim of this study is to examine the communication mechanisms of corporate social responsibility...

Over the last years an increasing number of companies issued Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Sustainability Reports to complement their traditional financial reporting. Companies use various sustainability reporting standards or develop their own reporting frameworks starting from the...

Les changements radicaux dans l'environnement interne et externe de l'entreprise ont créé des nouvelles exigences et possibilités pour faire de la recherche en contrôle de gestion dans les économies en transition. Cet article se propose d'identifier quelques directions pour faire de la...

There is an enormous literature relating to the true and fair view (hereafter TFV). We are concerned with how the concept is actually perceived by various actors in an emerging economy which has only recently joined the European Union, i.e. Romania. Romania has a code law system with an obvious...

One of the major roles in promoting accounting convergence is played by big accounting firms (Big 4). The objective of this paper is in this context to analyze and question the role of big auditing firms in developing and implementing IFRSs worldwide, in order to better understand the...

L'IASB a émis en 2009 l'IFRS pour les PME pour accroître la comparabilité des informations financières publiées par celles-ci. L'objectif de cet article est d'analyser les potentiels scenarios d'implémentation de l'IFRS pour les PMEs et leurs implications dans les économies émergentes,...

Purpose: This paper investigates the process of translating a costing tool into operational use in the context of a transitional (post-communist) economy, where local institutions challenge the rationality of western methods. Design/methodology/approach: By mobilizing Actor–Network Theory, in...

Over the last years an increasing number of companies issued Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Sustainability Reports to complement their traditional financial reporting. Companies use various sustainability reporting standards or develop their own reporting frameworks starting from the...

This study is motivated by the importance of communication with consumers in the pharmaceutical industry. We view communication as part of the company’s responsibility towards consumers. The aim of this study is to examine the communication mechanisms of corporate social responsibility...