Charles Whalen’s book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field’s leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of...

During the last twenty years, a change from a continental towards what can broadly be characterized as an Anglo-Saxon perspective of accounting has taken place in Norway. This paper discusses whether the new Norwegian Accounting Act of 1998 and the accounting standards issued by the Norwegian...

<title>ABSTRACT</title> The stimulus for this paper is an article published in 2005 by Wüstemann and Kierzek together with a critical comment thereon by Nobes in 2006. The original paper discusses the IFRS proposals, and the philosophy they represent, concerning revenue recognition. Nobes, in terms which this...

La nouvelle norme IFRS 11 impose l'utilisation de la mise en équivalence, contrairement à l'ancienne norme IAS 31 et aux pratiques de nombreuses sociétés. Après avoir examiné les éléments conceptuels sous-jacents à la consolidation des contreprises, nous proposons une analyse des...

This paper explores the significant changes which have taken place in recent years, and continue to take place, in relation to the role of, and desirable characteristics of, a conceptual framework (CF). More precisely, we address the following three questions. 1) Why were conceptual frameworks...

Ce papier résume les résultats et les premières conclusions d'un projet de recherche conjoint sur le concept français des Provisions pour risques et charges et sur le concept britannique de contingencies. Le travail effectué inclut une analyse comparée de ces concepts ainsi que d'une...

Alors que l'IASB vient de lancer son étude de mise en œuvre de la norme IFRS 8 (post-implementation review), les recherches sur l'application de cette norme par les entreprises sont encore peu nombreuses et essentiellement centrées sur les firmes de grande taille. Dans ce contexte, notre...

This paper explores the significant changes which have taken place in recent years, and continue to take place, in relation to the role of, and desirable characteristics of, a conceptual framework (CF). More precisely, we address the following three questions. 1) Why were conceptual frameworks...