The research aims to make an introspection of the irrational behavior of the managers who, being under the pressure of sending as favorable as possible signals to different categories of users regarding the enterprise they manage, are tempted to use creative accounting techniques. The research...

The paper analyses the process of implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Poland. It presents the development of accounting in its historical perspective focusing on such events as the partitions of Poland, wars, the period of the centrally planned economy, the period...

This paper gives an overview of prior writings published by Estonian researchers that have analyzed the development of Estonian accounting legislation and financial reporting and potentially contributes to the understanding of Estonian international financial reporting standards' implementation...

The purpose of the paper is to discuss the introduction of IFRSs within the social history of the modernization of Romanian economy and society, and to investigate the extent to which the potential benefits expected from their adoption are starting materialize. Based on an extensive literature...

Implementation of IFRS was a controversial process in many countries. The case of the Republic of Moldova is not an exception from this rule. The initially established time framework (year 2009) for IFRS implementation could not be respected due to some objective reasons and it was postponed for...

This study investigates the extent of compliance with international financial reporting standards (IFRSs) by listed companies in Turkey. Based on a sample of 168 companies we investigate the extent to which companies comply with IFRS disclosure requirements in their year - 2011 financial...

"Alpha" has symbolic importance on the investments side of finance. That is, a fundamental pillar of modern finance theory is the risk-return relation, and traditionally alpha is taken to represent the degree of "mispricing" in asset returns. But, such an interpretation is not always appropriate...

The main objective of this paper is to test a research hypothesis regarding the preference for IFRSs adoption in Islamic countries. The hypothesis has been tested on a dataset of 38 Islamic countries inside the framework of a Discrete and Limited Dependent Variable Model. We have obtained robust...

This study examines the effect of IFRS adoption on the performance evaluation of a case firm using some financial ratios selected from four major categories of financial ratios. The study was conducted through comparison of the ratios that were computed from IFRS based financial statements and...

This paper investigates a range of approaches toward developing a Knowledge Management (KM) strategy according to the organizational vision of Romanian companies. Focused on issues which Romanian organizations face with respect to KM, this article centers on how the implementation of KM can be...