Purpose – The first objective of this study is to examine the nature and extent of intellectual capital (IC) information Australian hospitals disclose to their stakeholders (patients, general public, healthcare professionals) via the internet. The second objective is to examine whether four...

Purpose – The paper seeks to investigate the key drivers and level of voluntary disclosures in biotechnology company annual reports. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses an intellectual capital disclosure index score of voluntary disclosures in a large sample of listed biotechnology...

Purpose – The purpose of this research project is to compare the nature and extent of voluntary intellectual capital disclosures (ICD) by UK and Australian biotechnology companies. The motivating research question was whether the nature and extent of voluntary ICD by preparers of financial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of independent directors and ownership structure on voluntary disclosures of Vietnamese listed firms. Design/methodology/approach – Year‐ending 2008 annual report disclosures of 45 Vietnamese listed firms are analyzed....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of independent directors and ownership structure on voluntary disclosures of Vietnamese listed firms. Design/methodology/approach – Year-ending 2008 annual report disclosures of 45 Vietnamese listed firms are analyzed....