This paper investigates the impact of publicly disclosed information on market values for Romanian companies listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange, using as benchmark a more developed market, the Madrid Stock Exchange. The study is motivated by the European Union’s decision to require the use of...

The purpose of this study is to investigate accounting professionals’ perceptions of (1) importance of education phases and environmental conditions in development of ethics awareness, (2) approaches in accounting ethics education in university and professional pre-qualification, and (3)...

Accounting profession has had a bad reputation in many countries for years. This might come from misinformation or misperception. This has been well studied around the world recently. The studies realized in the last decade mainly have been on the understanding and analyzing the opinions and/or...

The Activity Based Costing (ABC) represents a new model in the management accounting. In recent decades, it has been the subject of several research papers, especially in developed countries (USA, UK, France...). However, this type of works is still absent in the Arab countries. In this context,...

The purpose of this study has been to measure the adoption of Activity-Based Costing (ABC) by Moroccan companies, and to identify the characteristics and causes of its implementation. Employing a survey methodology, a questionnaire was used to collect data on the organizational and cultural...

Labour Law is dealing with a period of tremendous changes, which may even jeopardise its legitimacy. Solidarity between employees has lost its vigour since the organisational culture of the company shows a trend towards internal competition. Indeed, decreased union membership and increased...

The aim of this study is to examine the factors affecting Malaysian male and female students’ intention to enroll in accounting programs. The study is based on the Theory of Reasoned Action as a theoretical framework. Based on Theory of Reasoned Action model, the factors that may affect...

The article looks at the pros and cons for the implementation of Target Costing method in Romanian household appliances manufacturing entities, based on its specific principle. Based on recent results obtained by experts in this field and taking into account the specific aspects of the Romanian...

This study aims to develop a real business life case on the two-step leveraged buyout transaction. Also, it is to share the case with the audience that might be globally related since the financial system has been global. And, consequently the language of financial reporting has been becoming...

The International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) is currently considered for adoption by national regulators in many emerging economies and a few developed countries. The cost-benefit approach is advanced as useful to investigate how the scope of...