Face à la mutiplication de mesures de performance financière dénuées de cohérence et souvent de fondement théorique — situation jugée préjudiciable au bon fonctionnement des marchés financiers —, l’IASB et le FASB américain ont constitué en 2003 un groupe de travail ayant pour...

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...

Following the debate on the Conceptual Framework revision undertaken by the IASB and the FASB, this paper discusses three major concerns about the way financial reporting standards should be determined: (1) What is the role a Conceptual Framework?; (2) For whom and for which needs are accounting...

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...

Following the debate on the Conceptual Framework revision undertaken by the IASB and the FASB, this paper discusses three major concerns about the way financial reporting standards should be determined: (1) What is the role a Conceptual Framework?; (2) For whom and for which needs are accounting...

Ce papier a pour objet d'étudier la convergence du droit comptable français vers les IAS/IFRS et la comparabilité des résultats obtenus selon les deux référentiels. Tout d'abord, nous avons essayé d'exposer les différentes stratégies de normalisation en se basant sur deux critères...

À défaut de légitimité politique, le normalisateur comptable international s’est doté d’une légitimité procédurale et substantielle que la crise a mise à mal. Cet article fait la cri- tique de cette légitimité construite. Il montre en particulier que le due process est certes une...