Major corporate financial shenanigans get away in the name of creative accounting. But, they need to be studied for lessons learned and strategies to avoid or reduce the incidence of such frauds in the future. It is essential for shareholders, particularly the common man who does not have any...

In jüngster Vergangenheit hat die Versicherungswirtschaft einen grundlegenden Wandel durchlaufen. Deregulierung, Globalisierung sowie Substitutionskonkurrenz führten zu einem verschärften Wettbewerb um Marktanteile bei sinkenden Gewinnmargen. Aufgrund dieser neuen Wettbewerbsdynamik und den...

This paper provides the first estimate of the actuarial balance of the Spanish contributory pension system for the old age contingency, based on official data. The novel entry in the balance sheet, named "Contribution Asset" or "Hidden Asset", is at the centre of the theoretical discussion. A...

Im klassischen Beitrag von Salant, Switzer und Reynolds (1983) wird für symmetrische Unternehmungen gezeigt, daß bei Verfolgung einer Mengenpolitik Fusionen zur Einschränkung des Wettbewerbs nur dann für die beteiligten Unternehmungen lohnend sind, wenn wenigstens 80 % der Unternehmungen an...

Irrespective of the cultural environment in which companies operate (Europe, Asia, America or any other geographical area), intangible assets have a significant role in the development of a business since they contain knowledge that can be the engine of the respective business and they can offer...

The capital market has an important role at the micro and macro economical level, having the capacity to mobilize resources and to place them in a productive manner. The relation between accounting and capital market started to be analyzed from the middle of XXth century, when the investors...

In the context that consumption of white meat is increasingly recommended for a healthy diet, the study aims to highlight the main features of the performance in the manufacturing, processing and preserving sector of white meat in Romania. In this direction, the scientific approach was based...

Accounting profession is traditional profession and accounting rules and principles have been established and are the same for many years. However, globalization of business, stronger regulations and numerous technological solutions and innovations are not bypassing the accounting profession...

This paper describes Norges Bank's micro stress testing framework for assessing the Norwegian banking sector's losses on loans to the non-financial enterprise sector. Using projected macro variables and a stock-flow approach, annual financial statements of every firm in Norway are projected five...

US positivistic accounting research is increasingly perceived as having come to be the point of reference for researchers in other countries, including the German-speaking area where formerly normative research was widespread. In this paper, we present the survey results retrieved from 293...