The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to examine the disclosure level of operational performance and second; to examine whether firm and industry characteristics matter in the disclosure of corporate information. The study uses data from twenty-one companies listed at the Dar Es Salaam...

Rapid developments in information and communications technology, especially with regard to Internet, have caused a substantial impact on the delivery and dissemination of business information. Internet reporting is expected to bring significant benefits to reporting companies, including...

Despite the importance of intellectual capital (IC), accounting standards are conservative concerning the capitalization of IC as assets. Thus, intangible-intensive firms disclose additional IC information, e.g. in their annual reports. The market-to-book value (MBV) ratio is regarded as an...

We investigate how the accounting treatment of intangible assets on managers' likelihood of issuing voluntary earnings guidance (MEF). We find that unrecognized intangibles (immediately expensed) are negatively associated with MEF issuance, while recognized intangibles (capitalized) show a...

We study how to improve the value-relevance of financial information for intangible-intensive firms by investigating two alternatives: capitalizing R&D expenses and disclosing intangible information. Using patent counts/citations to proxy for intangible intensity, we find that the incremental...

This paper examines the disclosure of intangible assets by 'high user' industrial firms in the Australian market subsequent to the introduction in 2005 of AASB 136 and AASB 138. Using a sample of ten large industrial firms with combined intangible assets of $37,758 million as at 2006, the paper...

This paper examines the disclosure of intangible assets by 'high user' industrial firms in the Australian market subsequent to the introduction in 2005 of AASB 136 and AASB 138. Using a sample of ten large industrial firms with combined intangible assets of $37,758 million as at 2006, the paper...

The basic purpose of this paper is to examine the trend of intellectual capital (IC) disclosures in Nigeria following the adoption of international financial reporting standards. The analysis is based on a sample of 91 listed firms on the Nigeria Stock Exchange over the three fiscal years 2012...