This paper traces the development of Enron Corp. from a regulated natural gas distribution company to a worldwide energy trading company to its ultimate demise in bankruptcy in December 2001. The paper examines whether Enron should be viewed as an accounting failure, with investors and creditors...

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to investigate the introduction of French theory into English language accounting research and to assess the impact of the work of French social theorists on the accounting research domain. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a citation...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to illustrate the complexity surrounding the meaning of the terms “economic reality” and “neutral representation” as these terms are applied to the resolution of financial accounting issues. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the...

Les chercheurs comptables font leurs recherches en façons différentes. En Angleterre, beaucoup de chercheurs comptables suivaient la mode américaine en faisant des études empiriques. En même temps, des autres chercheurs font des études historiques ou théoriques. Pendant le deux dernières...

After the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in the European Union in 2005, many countries including Canada, United States and Mexico have now announced that they will adopt IFRSs for all listed entities from 2011, 2014 and 2012 respectively. Thus, the process...

Cette recherche tente de répondre à la question de savoir si l'application des normes IAS/IFRS répond à un impératif de gouvernance d'entreprise ou aux objectifs d'une gouvernance mondiale. Dans la première partie de notre article, les résultats d'un questionnaire mené auprès des...

The topic of corporate governance has become increasingly prominent in recent years in many different academic areas in recent years. In this article we address various approaches to corporate governance, with a particular emphasis on the historical role of the State. It seems that certain...

Bien que le paradigme positiviste constitue le principal segment de recherche en comptabilité, depuis les deux dernières décennies un certain nombre de chercheurs comptables anglo-saxons en sont venus à baser leurs travaux de recherche sur les œuvres de penseurs et sociologues français...