In a world in which uncertainty and risk generate alternatives or options, economic life does not raise the question of choosing between risky situations and certain situations, but between different degrees of risk and different possible contexts. The existence of a wide range of risks with...

The current economic and financial crisis appeared without the anticipation of audit and control organizations, without objecting its manifestation or denouncing the practices that triggered it, that's why the limits and the potential were highlighted. To maximize the internal audit function, to...

In addition to the well-known facilitators of good corporate governance, such as executive boards (EBs) and audit committees (ACs), recent literature increasingly refers to the benefits of implementing an internal audit function (IAF). This may lead to imminent problems, which are discussed...

This work investigates the role and contribution of external auditing as practised in the Malaysian society during the forty year period from independence in 1957 to just before the onset of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. It applies the political economic theory introduced by Tinker (1980)...

Exploiting existing resources or exploring new ones is an old dilemma. As exploitation consists in “the refinement and extension of existing competences, technologies and paradigms” (March, 1991, p. 85) and exploration means “experimentation with new alternatives” (March, 1991, p. 85),...

The world has always been in constant change and evolution, but the rate atwhich changes and the evolution of humanity take place has dramatically increased over thepast 70 years. Corporate governance and internal audit profession were no exception, bothevolving with great speed. All changes on...

In Romania, internal audit has been adopted as a fashionable term in the field of financial control, but with time we managed settling internal control concepts and internal audit. Currently there is a problem with understanding the internal control system, which is the subject of internal...

This study analyzes the integration of the internal audit function (IAF) into the organizational governance structure of nine different organizations and identifies best practices and organizational differences to improve the overall governance quality from the perspective of IAFs. The results...

We examine whether internal auditing provides value to organizations by reducing risk. We compare the changes in risks between audited business units and matched non-audited units within the same company. This design allows us to isolate the importance of an internal audit while holding constant...

While the functions of local government are many and varied, the primary role is to provide effective performance which arguably will coincide with good governance for its municipality. Internal audit and relevant controls play a key role in ensuring that good governance. The introduction of...