Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the preparedness of the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) for SMEs in Turkey; and to analyze the effect of several firm characteristics on such preparedness....

Purpose: The objective of this study is to investigate whether the institutional environment is associated with the adoption of integrated reporting. Design/methodology/approach: The sample of the study is based on the firms included in the list of Fortune Global 500. The logistic regression...

Purpose: The paper aims to identify and critically analyze the factors influencing cost system functionality (CSF) using several machine learning techniques including decision trees, support vector machines and logistic regression. Design/methodology/approach: The study used a self-administered...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the ethics and accountability environment influences the voluntary assurance demand for integrated reports through the lens of institutional theory. Design/methodology/approach: This study used an international sample of 192 companies...

Purpose: Board committees enable boards to function effectively, as committees improve the quality of corporate governance by fulfilling specific, assigned tasks. This study aims to explore how board structure, CEO duality and audit quality are associated with board committee structure in the...