Le groupe Unilever est le n° 2 mondial de la vente de produits de consommation courante, derrière Procter & Gamble. Il détient un grand nombre de marques leaders dans les secteurs de l’agroalimentaire, des cosmétiques et des produits d’entretien. Le cas insiste sur la nature...

The objective of the present paper is to study the accounting treatment of goodwill and practices concerning this intangible asset before the application of new international accounting standards. The empirical study is based on the analysis of 33 annual reports of French top companies listed on...

Cet article tente de dresser un état des lieux du traitement comptable de l’écart d’acquisition à la veille de l’application des nouvelles normes internationales en se basant sur l’analyse des rapports annuels de 33 entreprises françaises cotées sur le CAC 40. Malgré une grande...

In 2003, the IASB and the US FASB formed a Joint International Group (JIG) whose objective was to carry out a project originally untitled « Performance Reporting » establishing new international financial reporting standards for performance reporting. By envisaging the use of a comprehensive...

According to IFRS 8, segment reporting has to be based on information prepared for internal management decisions. In this paper, we attempt to explain the gap between the expected impact of this standard and its actual implementation. Indeed, disclosed segment information apparently complies...