Search results for "Accounting information system"
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On the Asymmetric Recognition of Good and Bad News in France, Germany and the United Kingdom
2001
We investigate whether accounting systems recognise bad news more promptly in earnings than good news, where news is proxied by changes in share price. The analysis is based on a sample of firm/years drawn from France, Germany, and the UK during 1990 to 1998. These three countries are the originators of three distinct legal traditions. Previous studies have argued that asymmetric recognition, one manifestation of conservative accounting, is sensitive to legal background and history. We find that in all three countries the contemporaneous association between earnings and returns is much stronger for bad news (i.e. when price changes are negative) than for good news, and although the results …
Institutional characteristics and managers’ perceptions of accounting information: impact on e-government use and organisational performance
2017
The use of e-government practices facilitates the disclosure of accounting information, and lets citizens monitor how public managers administer their financial resources and assets. In order to as...
Hacia una ordenación de las pequeñas empresas atendiendo a su posible situación de fracaso
2021
En la literatura contable son muchos los trabajos que han intentado explicar el posible fracaso empresarial a partir de la información contable y poner de manifiesto la relación entre dicha información y la situación de fracaso. Sin embargo, los resultados obtenidos hasta ahora no son definitivos, en cuanto no existe un mínimo común en todos ellos que permita modelizar el comportamiento de dicho fracaso. Este trabajo pretende constatar, mediante la definición de un indicador en el que intervengan una gran batería de ratios contables, que efectivamente la información contable ofrece pistas sobre el posible fracaso de la empresa. Al canalizar toda la información de los ratios contables a trav…
Evaluating the statistical significance of de facto accounting harmonization: a study of European global players
2000
Two different forces are involved in the international harmonization of accounting: institutional endeavours to harmonize accounting internationally by developing common accounting rules and reporting standards, and spontaneous efforts by ‘global players’ to adopt accounting methods that will improve communication with users in other countries. These two developments are proceeding side by side, generally reinforcing one another but occasionally moving independently. This paper is primarily concerned with the process of harmonization of financial accounting within the European Union. The hypothesis we want to test is that, in spite of the obstacles to the harmonization of regulations in the…
Making Business Partners: A Case Study on how Management Accounting Culture was Changed
2007
Abstract There has been a lot of debate on the new business-oriented role of management accountants during recent years. This paper examines how a case company is trying to change its management accounting culture in practice. Furthermore, it illustrates how accounting practices are woven into the cultural fabric of an organization and the great diversity of practices constituting its business orientation. This longitudinal case study explores and theorizes the multiple cultural change interventions related to management accounting, including how the case company reorganized the management accounting organization, implemented new accounting systems and innovations, pursued a new kind of hum…
Economic and normative pressures as drivers for the adoption of International Accounting Standards in Finland since 1976
2005
This paper deals with the internationalisation of Finnish business life and the attempts to introduce and apply international accounting standards (IASs) in Finnish accounting practice before the latest developments at the EU level in 2002. The internationalisation of business life creating economic pressures for changes is illustrated. Analysis of four accounting issues is made in order to exemplify how IASs have affected Finnish accounting legislation and practice. The results of the analysis indicate that the effect of IASs has been notable but secondary because of the implementation of the EU Directives in Finnish accounting legislation in the 1990s. IASs have not caused any drastic cha…
Understanding the Consequences of Accounting Standards in Europe: The Role of EFRAG
2012
The global financial crisis has accelerated the need for standard-setters to demonstrate that they understand the effects of the accounting standards they are setting. Within a European context, the endorsement process and the ultimate adoption of new and amended International Financial Reporting Standards into European Union law demand that there is evidence to support the assertion that such standards will improve financial reporting. Our analysis is anchored in the ideology theory of regulation which provides a compelling case for effect analysis to underpin the standard-setting process. For that process to work effectively, a number of key actors need to engage in the process. According…
An example of creative accounting in public sector: The private financing of infrastructures in Spain
2008
Abstract This paper analyses some proposals for private financing of public works having emerged in Spain in recent years. We show that all the new financing methods assessed are incorrectly named as “private”, for the payments are finally made by the Government by means of its budgetary resources. A deferral of accounting and budgetary recognition of these transactions, together with a false disclosure in financial statements of the debt connected with the projects, are the main reporting consequences of the new funding methods. In short, it is a clear example of “creative accounting” with the aim of meeting the convergence criteria imposed by the European Union.
ACCOUNTING OUTSOURCING SERVICES IN LATVIA: PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
2013
Accounting outsourcing services as a type of business started developing in 1990ies. In compliance to the requirements of laws and regulations, accounting could be organized at companies in two ways – accounting could be performed by hired employees or a company may use accounting services by concluding a contract with a legal or a physical person on fulfilling the accounting functions. The authors perform research on the development of accounting services in Latvia in the historical context, carry out the analysis of the market of accounting services, study the factors influencing the quality of accounting services and develop the possible solutions for the improvement of the quality of th…
International experiences in whole of government financial reporting: lesson-drawing for Spain
2009
This article focuses on whole of government accounts from a comparative perspective and identifies key lessons for Spain and other European countries with a continental accounting system. The authors examine the issues involved in whole of government financial reporting in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and North America. They conclude that whole public sector consolidated accounts are not currently feasible in Spain and that consolidation should start at each level of government.