Voluntary disclosure is a vital mechanism by which firms can signal their credibility and legitimacy to current and prospective stakeholders. Corporate governance structures significantly influence the extent and frequency of such disclosures. This study investigates the role of audit committees...

The objective of this study is to investigate the association between audit committee characteristics and audit report lag in the context of listed manufacturing companies in Bangladesh.Data from 240 firm-year observations for 2018-2022 are collected and analyzed using both the pooled-ordinary...

This Annual Report from the Audit Committee to the BoG provides a summary of the Audit Committee's work and activities focused on the Investment Facility Cotonou ('IF') during the year 2024. The Audit Committee issues a statement each year, confirming to the best of its knowledge and belief,...

This paper examines the association between audit committee characteristics (ACC) and risk disclosure (RD) of firms, focusing on the moderating effect of audit quality (AQ). The importance of RD to investors and stakeholders is that such a practice offers a better evaluation of the overall risk...

Purpose The main objective of the research is to examine the influence of audit committee attributes on the integrated reporting quality (IRQ) and to investigate whether this association is moderated by board gender diver‑ sity in the manufacturing and non‑manufacturing sectors. The study...

With the increasing demand for greater financial and sustainability reporting transparency, firms globally have embraced integrated reporting (IR). However, little is known about how audit committee effectiveness (ACE) affects IR quality and whether family ownership moderates this relationship....

This study explores the influence of audit firm and audit committee (AC) characteristics on the extent of reporting of key audit matters (KAMs) in the audit report of firms listed on the Palestine Exchange (PEX). The study employs a content analysis approach to measure the extent of KAMs...

This research examines the association between audit committee characteristics (e.g., audit committee presence, audit committee meetings, audit committee size, audit committee financial expertise, audit committee independence, and audit committee effectiveness) and sustainability disclosures by...

The study aims to identify the effect of the CEO and audit committee characteristics on financial performance. To achieve the study's goal, panel data was adopted for 43 private Iraqi banks from 2018 to 2022 with 215 observations. The data was analyzed using Stata. Three models were used to...

The primary objective of this research was to investigate the potential moderating role of audit fees in the relationship between audit committee characteristics and earnings management. Specifically, this study aimed to establish connections between audit committee features, such as committee...

The paper investigates the effect of Audit Committee Effectiveness (ACE) on Earnings Management (EM) and consequently examines whether audit quality (Big4) can moderate the link between ACE and EM in Ghana. First, the study uses panel data from 25 non-financial firms in Ghana, and employs the...

One of the key components of corporate governance frameworks, the audit committee is a potent instrument for controlling and supervising earning management. It might significantly affect how decisions about internal firm-board monitoring are made. The purpose of this study was to investigate the...

This study aims to examine the investigate the audit committee characteristics on tax planning in the agro-industry listed companies in Thailand. This research used 229 firm-year data extracted from the annual financial reports (form 56-1) and data from the SET Security Market Analysis and...

Objective: The objective of this research is to examine the connection between the efficiency of the audit committee and the quality of audits on the accuracy of financial reports.Method: The study collected data from annual reports and financial statements of listed companies across three...

Saudi Arabia has now opened its markets to foreign investors in line with its strategy to diversify its economy. However, investors need to feel confident that Saudi enterprises are being monitored and regulated appropriately. This study identifies the impact of improvements in Saudi corporate...

This study aims to analyze the influence of audit committee characteristics and intellectual capital performance on intellectual capital disclosure. Characteristics of the audit used in this research are the size of the audit committee, the Number of audit committee meetings, and the financial...

This research study aims to obtain empirical evidence to the influence of company characteristics (firm size, profitability, leverage and liquidity) and good corporate governance (audit committee, board size, and public ownership structure) toward the risk management disclosure. This research...

Launching and building a new business is a daunting task for any impact entrepreneur. So much to be done and so many issues to be understood and addressed. Impact entrepreneurs need a trusted group of advisors drawn from a broad range of fields and experiences to navigate the journey. Some of...

We investigate the effects of Audit Committee (AC) networks on the timeliness of financial reporting. Using a sample of 2,198 firms for the period 2002 to 2017, we find that firms led by well-connected ACs have lower audit lag, earnings announcement lag, and filing (10-K) lag. This timeliness is...

European Union is on a debate about relaxing the market requirements for listed firms in order to attract companies to trade on stock markets. In this context, we study the role of audit committees (AC) in the going public process of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in the Spanish market...

Aim: The primary role of audit committees is to provide oversight in the financial reporting, audit process, internal controls and in compliance with regulations and laws. The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of board audit committees attributes on firm performance....

We investigate the effects of both the busyness of audit committee (AC) members and the busyness of audit committee chairs on audit report lag (ARL) among Saudi non-financial firms between 2018 and 2021. In this study, a sample comprising a total of 515 firm-year observations from 140...