Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between companies’ reputation and their purchase of non-audit services (NAS). Design/methodology/approach: This study measures company reputation using the reputation scores from Fortune’s “America’s Most Admired...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how companies’ reputation affects their selection of auditors. Design/methodology/approach: This paper measures company reputation using the reputation scores from Fortune’s “America’s Most Admired Companies” list. Multivariate...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how family ownership affects the disclosure tone of firm earnings press releases. Design/methodology/approach: Following prior literature, this study defines family firms as those in which members of the founding families continue to hold...