Purpose This paper aims to investigate auditor choice in those Italian non-listed firms adopting the “traditional” model of corporate governance. In Italy, non-listed firms can choose between two types of auditor: the Board of Statutory Auditors (BSA), that is the statutory auditors, or an...

La letteratura che si è occupata di disclosure da un lato ha analizzato il comportamento dei redattori del bilancio rispetto al grado di dettaglio delle informazioni in esso incluse (cd. disclosure level evaluation), dall’altro ha tentato di individuare le motivazioni che spingono talune...

Prior literature states that the voluntary adoption of IFRS by private firms is related to some firms’ contracting incentives (for example, the leverage or the firm’ size). In Italy, from the 2006 the private firms that meet the criteria of the Legislative Decree 38/2005 may prepare...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between intellectual capital (IC), measured in terms of the market to book (MTB) ratio, and potential key determinants of IC value such as intangible assets (IA) and a range of other factors. Design/methodology/approach The...

Purpose This study aims to explore the effects of intellectual capital (IC) on the occurrence of a modified audit opinion decision. The authors expect that high IC intensive firms are positively associated with the occurrence of a modified audit opinion since they are associated with an...