This paper presents a new approach in evaluating risks of material misstatements in financial audit using dependency structure matrices (DSM). This perspective allows the identification of significant audit risks and can be used by audit managers to optimise resource allocation by focusing on...

The purpose of this paper is to present the perspectives of using XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) as a tool for financial auditors considering the increasing coverage of this language for financial reporting. We performed an extensive literature review concerning XBRL utilisation...