This single-case study explores whether Lean management can improve efficiency in patient treatment at hospitals. Using a case study methodology, we investigate the implementation of Lean at Odense University Hospital (Denmark) and rely on both qualitative and quantitative data for our...

Environmental uncertainty is a major determinant in many managerial decisions and evaluations. Yet, there is no consensus what constitutes a valid measure of uncertainty to which executives can respond. This paper explicates conceptual and methodological differences between Archival...

<Para ID="Par1">Recently, the International Integrated Reporting Council has published an integrated reporting framework stimulating major further development in corporate reporting. In combination with a commonly recognized high-level status quo in matters of management commentary, the German two-tier system...</para>

Durch das Bilanzrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz (BilMoG) wurde das pauschale Aktivierungsverbot für selbst erstellte immaterielle Vermögenswerte des Anlagevermögens gestrichen. Nach §248 Abs. 2 Satz 1 HGB dürfen diese Vermögensgegenstände bei Erfüllung der Vermögensgegenstandseigenschaften...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the firm-level factors effect on the audit pricing in China and Pakistan. For this purpose, we used the panel data of 160 firms of each country of study for the period from 2005 to 2011. First, we run the combined model for two countries and observed...

The European Commission (EC) discusses in her regulation draft of 2011 the external mandatory auditor rotation (audit firm rotation) principally after six years as a reform measure to increase auditor independence, which could complement the internal mandatory rotation (auditor rotation) by the...

Erklärungsansätze für Koalitionsbildungen im Rahmen der Corporate Governance bieten die traditionellen agencytheoretischen Modelle und Quasi-Renten-Ansätze einerseits und die Organisations- und Stewardship-Theorie andererseits. Während sich die beiden erstgenannten Ansätze ausschließlich...