Production of Scotch single malt whisky requires at least 3 years of storage time. The majority of whiskies are stored for about 10-18 years, several sorts are matured for even up to 70 years. This can be justified by the common opinion that older whisky is 'better'. This paper gives a...

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The research aims to make an introspection of the irrational behavior of the managers who, being under the pressure of sending as favorable as possible signals to different categories of users regarding the enterprise they manage, are tempted to use creative accounting techniques. The research...

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