Following the line of thinking that a firm is a nexus of contracts between stakeholders, with managers as "the central node" (Hills and Jones, 1992), this study examined how managers prioritize stakeholder relationships and to what extent firms engage in voluntary disclosure with the stakeholder...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine what factors in addition to the needs of financial markets drive the voluntary disclosure practices of companies in Italy and in the United States. Design/methodology/approach – Information provided in the management discussion and analysis...