Der Beitrag untersucht die Wichtigkeit gängiger firmenspezifischer Einflussgrößen auf die quantitative Dimension der Segmentberichterstattungstransparenz. Unter Einsatz verschiedener Klassifikationstechniken werden mit der Unternehmensgröße, dem relativen Sachanlagevermögen und der...

Kapitalmarktorientierte Unternehmen haben nach dem Rechnungslegungsstandard IFRS 8 finanzielle und sonstige Angaben zu ihren Segmenten zu machen. Damit ermöglichen sie externen Abschlussadressaten Einblicke in die Aktivitäten eines Unternehmens. Im Rahmen der vorliegenden empirischen Analyse...

I use an accounting reform to assess the agency cost of debt in diversified firms. Firms that switch from single-to-multisegment following the reform suffer a 12% increase in the bond spread than their standalone peers. Consistent with lenders anticipating underinvestment and asset substitution...

A growing number of leaks and scandals from tax havens have put tax avoidance by multinational companies on the political agenda. Yet under conditions of corporate financial secrecy, reforms remain incomplete and their impact on reducing illicit financial flows uncertain. This paper details how...

The IFRS 8, the operating segments was converged of the IAS 14 and SFAS 131(US GAAP). It was issued in November 2006 and subsequently has been applied since 2009. The core of convergence is to reduce the differences between IAS 14 and SFAS 131. The IASB expected that a change would increase...

This paper aims to be a theoretical but also an empirical study regarding the way listed companies in Romania comply with the requirements of IFRS 8 “Operating Segments”, assessing which is the information companies usually disclose about their operating segments. The second part of the...

This paper contributes to the debate on segment reporting standards in the UK and Europe and, specifically, the merit of IFRS 8 relative to predecessor standards (SSAP 25 and IAS 14R). We carry out a longitudinal analysis of segment reporting practices of a large sample of listed UK companies,...

Konzeptionelle Würdigung des IFRS 8 -- Auswirkungen des Standardwechsels von IAS 14 zu IFRS 8 -- Entwicklung der Segmentberichterstattung unter IFRS 8 -- Segmentbezogene Angaben im Lagebericht -- Weiterentwicklung des IFRS 8

Focusing on the Spanish setting, traditionally characterized by high ownership concentration and a regulatory framework which has traditionally given more priority to the avoidance of proprietary and competition costs related to segment disclosures than promoting transparency, this paper aims to...

We develop a cost-benefit tradeoff that provides new insights into the frequency with which firms should be required to report the results of their operations to the capital market. The benefit to increasing the frequency of financial reporting is that it causes market prices to better deter...

The focus of the present study is the management practice of disclosing disaggregated (financial) information in a company's annual report. In this study, a sample of 232 Slovenian unlisted companies has been examined. The results show that less than a quarter of the companies disclose...

The focus of the present study is the management practice of disclosing disaggregated (financial) information in a company’s annual report. In this study, a sample of 232 Slovenian unlisted companies has been examined. The results show that less than a quarter of the companies disclose...