Continuing the search for greater reflectivity regarding accounting's role in society, this volume identifies the many ways accounting contributes to knowledge creation and the consequences in socio-economic realms. Accounting practice has always been concerned with fraud, legitimacy and trust....

This dissertation explores how financial reporting enforcement differs in Europe and how these differences influence the materiality assessment and disclosure decisions made by the preparers of the financial statement. Furthermore, it analyses how financial reporting enforcement influences the...

IFRS in emerging economies -- IFRS adoption in Brazil / Isabel Lourenço and Guillermo Braunbeck -- IFRS in India in the context of developing the profession / Shraddha Verma and Sarada Rajeswari Krishnan -- Applying IFRS in Russia / Viatcheslav I. Sokolov, Natalia V. Generalova, Iurii N. Guzov...