Accounting and financial information to enable internal and external users to identify, measure, classify and evaluate operations and activities of an organization to be able to substantiate and adopt management decision Information is an essential element of progress, because with the economy...

Fair value estimates of debt and equity securities play an increasingly important role in the economy. For example, International Financial Reporting Standards require companies to report many of their investments at fair value on the balance sheet or to use fair values in goodwill impairment...

The measurement & reporting of brand has recently attracted a growing interest from accounting researchers, prompting a lively & far reaching debate. Companies of late have realized the importance of a brand and started investing huge amounts in promotional activities is an attempt to get their...

Based on three case studies, a new Lean financial model is developed. This new model improves the organization by increasing Lean goal congruent behavior. The new financial (costing) model uses the waste categories known from Lean in order to create decision information for Lean decisions such...

Malawi Stock Exchange Listing Rules stipulate that listed companies are required to publish interim financial statements covering half year period in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. Equally, Reserve Bank of Malawi Information Directive dictates that all Malawian...

The contribution of a vibrant Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector in the socio – economic development of Zimbabwe has been widely recognized. In view of its increasing importance, the success of SMEs has been of interest to a plethora of researchers and economists and has therefore,...

The relevance of academic accounting research to practice has been frequently discussed in the accounting academy, yet very little data has been put forth in these discussions. We create relevance of accounting research (ROAR) scores by asking accounting professionals to read and evaluate the...

Financial performance is the measure of an organization's productivity and effectiveness. It is used as an indicator of an organization’s ability to use available resources in generating returns and profits for its stakeholders. Determinants of financial performance include employee...

In relation to the finances of Regions – particularly, to the determination of “fundamental expenses” referable to the constraint specified in the letter m), 2nd paragraph, of the article 117 of Italian Constitution – in the Delegation Act on Fiscal Federalism (Law n. 42 of 5 May 2009),...

This dissertation explores the notion of environmental management accounting innovation and aims to explore how they are created, if they are adopted or not into companies and the consequences thereof, and finally how they are practiced. Research methods combine participant observation,...