This paper aims to identify the level of business model voluntary disclosure adopted by three manufacturing companies within Initial Public Offering (IPO) prospectus in order to investigate whether any differences in the level of disclosure may depend on differences among their business models...

We investigate the content, timing and relevance of firms’ narrative disclosure about the effects of IFRS adoption in annual statutory financial statements and firm announcements to the stock exchange for 150 large listed Australian firms in the three-year period surrounding adoption...

This paper examines whether accruals anomaly is related to cross-country factors of the developed stock markets. The paper finds that the extensive use of an accrual accounting system or accounting standards with a spread ownership concentration may impact negatively the accruals anomaly in...

This paper presents a new way of measuring residual income, originally introduced by Magni (2000a, 2000b, 2003). Contrary to the standard residual income, the capital charge is equal to the capital lost by investors. The lost capital may be viewed as (a) the foregone capital, (b) the capital...

In this paper, we review scholarly accounting research published within the Asia Pacific Region by analysing nine of the main accounting journals within the region along five dimensions. The nine journals we focus on are: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal; Australian Accounting...

A new wave of financial crises generates a need for placing certain limitations on positive & negative dynamics of the defining or assessed indicators & the factors influencing their formation. In similar, constantly arising situations, the author pioneers the use of the system of triggers or a...

Although accounts consolidation was used in practice from the early 1900’s its theoretical basis were developed later in concordance with the rise of concepts like “entity” and “group”. The aim of this article is to examine the literature in the accounting field regarding the...

This paper empirically and critically investigates the issue of creative accounting in financial reporting. It not only analyzes the ethical responsibility of creative accounting but also focuses on other factors which influence the financial reporting like role of auditors, role of government...

This study aims to examine the associations between strategic variables and use the payback period (PBP) in evaluating the capital budgeting decisions from the perspective of managers and investors in Oman. These variables are risk, liquidity, profitability, market obstacles, management...

La baza marilor scandaluri financiare și implicit a crizei economice globale, se află în bună măsură, manopere frauduloase de proporții. Prin utilizarea “contabilității creative”, fraudă și eroare, companii celebre au reușit să distorsioneze realitatea privind performanța și...