Whilst the impact of globalisation and harmonisation is currently being witnessed around the globe, and the need to embrace the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) is becoming increasingly evident, certain jurisdictions have been much quicker in their embrace,...

The emergence and development of small and medium enterprises has been and continues to be a driving force for the remarkable economic progress, influencing and accelerating economic growth through more efficient use of resources. Characterized by flexibility, mobility, innovation and capacity...

The authors perform an original research on the fundamentals of winning virtuous strategies creation toward the leveraged buyout transactions implementation during the private equity investment in the conditions of the resonant absorption of discrete information in the diffusion - type financial...

The International Accounting Standards Committee issued the the International Accounting Standard 11, Construction Contracts. The objective of IAS 11 is to prescribe the accounting treatment of revenue and costs associated with construction contracts. This Standard uses the recognition criteria...

Management Arabian and Anglo-American countries are different in style and orientation. Arab managers are concerned with the observance of the rules, regulations and customs instead of exercising their professional judgment style that leads to a sense of helplessness institution. Although...

We document a positive association between political uncertainty and accounting conservatism. In the year prior to a U.S. presidential election, on average, accounting conservatism increases by nearly 20 percent. This election year effect is stronger when the election is closer, when the...

The arm's length principle states that the transfer price between two associated enterprises should be the price that would be paid for similar goods in similar circumstances by unrelated parties dealing at arm's length with each other. This paper examines the effect of the arm's length...

Abstract: The financial accounting data about foreign direct investments (FDI), collected, classified, tabulated, and published by the leading statistical institutions of the world, are in part distorted (to the extent that General Partners and Limited Partnerships are involved), and in total...

Purpose: It is worth mentioning that mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have become a popular vehicle for emerging-markets firms to rapidly access new opportunities and market capabilities. Indeed, privatization and multi-nationalization have given a greater shore up in raising global and domestic...