The signalling theory posits that the most profitable companies provide the market with more and better information in order to be fairly evaluated. Empirical evidence that relates companies’ profitability to their disclosure habits, however, reveals disaccording results. To better...

Intangible assets and related performance measures assume increasing importance in valuation processes. Value relevance studies testify to their importance through an analysis of market stock prices. We aim to examine the value relevance of non-financial indicators in European fashion companies....

European Union Directive 51/2003 requires the publication of Financial Key Performance Indicators (FKPIs) in order to standardize this practice. We aim to test whether and to what extent the directive realizes the standardization of FKPIs. Because country factors are obstacles that the...

The Basel III Accord has reportedly had an impact on SME financing. In this paper, we aim to highlight the determinants of SME credit worthiness. We use credit history in addition to financial ratios and OhybridO indicators that have been built by mixing credit history with financial statement...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the companies’ motivations to issue or not issue voluntary standalone corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports in the Canadian context. Design/methodology/approach - The authors realized a questionnaire survey that asked...

Il presente lavoro mira ad individuare le prassi per la valutazione dei beni culturali di proprietà delle pubbliche amministrazioni attraverso lo studio del caso del Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze. Dopo aver esaminato le principali indicazioni della prassi e della dottrina in tema di...