Paper No. 1976 International Accounting Standards and Accounting Quality Mary E. Barth Wayne R. Landsman Mark H. Lang September 2007 RESEARCH PAPER SERIES http://ssrn.com/abstract=1029382 International Accounting Standards and Accounting Quality Mary E. Barth* Graduate School of Business Stanford University Wayne R. Landsman and Mark H. Lang Kenan-Flagler Business School University of North Carolina September 2007 Forthcoming, Journal of Accounting Research * Corresponding
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of options outstanding and when employees have large numbers of options currently exercisable. Once the decision to repurchase is made, the amount repurchased is positively related to total options exercisable by all employees but independent of managerial options. These results are consistent with managers repurchasing both to maximize their own wealth and to fund employee stock option exercises. The market appears to recognize this motive, however, and reacts less positively to repurchases announced
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------------------------------------------------- ENRON SCANDAL Enron’s Accounting Methods April 30, 2015 Acct 301-d02 LUO [Company address] April 30, 2015 Acct 301-d02 LUO [Company address] Melissa Vest Liberty University I. Introduction: Enron used many legal accounting practices to commit fraudulent accounting activities II. The genius, or ingenious, accounting methods Enron used: 1. Special purpose entities a. Synthetic leases b. FAS 140’s 2. Hedges
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INTRODUCTION Internal control, the strength of every organization, has become of paramount importance today in Nigerian banks. The reason being that the control systems in any organization is a pillar for an efficient accounting system. The need for the internal control systems in the organizations, especially banks, cannot be undermined, due to the fact that the banking sector, which has a crucial role to play in the economic development of a nation is now being characterized by macro economic
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Financial Accounting Theory Chapter 8 – Summary The Positive Theory of Accounting 8.1 Outline In the text, Scott defines Positive accounting theory (PAT) as: “concerned with predicting such actions as the choices of accounting policies by firms and how firms will respond to proposed new accounting standards.” (263) PAT uses theory to predict the choices that management will make regarding their choice of accounting policies. This theory is introduced as a way to merge efficient securities
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Information Technology (2005) 20, 67–87 & 2005 JIT Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. All rights reserved 0268-3962/05 $30.00 palgrave-journals.com/jit Research article A critical analysis of decision support systems research David Arnott1, Graham Pervan2 1 2 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Correspondence: G Pervan, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. Tel: þ 618-92667390; Fax: þ 618-92663076; E-mail: pervang@cbs.curtin.edu.au
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Managerial Economics Case Number 6 Topic: Elasticity of Demand Objective: a) To apply the concept of elasticity of demand b) To correlate elasticity with decision making University fees – part I President Jones of Indian Institute of Business Economics (IIBE) is concerned about the financial state of his institution. Last year there was a loss of Rs.1.5 million and the trustees are getting restless. Currently there are 1000 full-time students, 700 of whom are degree students from their country
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USA d Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167, USA Received 22 May 2000; accepted 16 May 2001 Abstract This paper examines whether shareholder value-maximizing corporate governance mechanisms assist in reducing the managerial incentive to enter value-destroying bank acquisitions. We find that diversifying bank acquisitions earn significantly negative announcement period abnormal returns (AR) for bidder banks whereas focusing acquisitions earn zero AR. We then find that
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Missouri State UniversityA Project Report On: | Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals | ForACC 715Instructor: Carl E. Keller Jr., Ph.D., CPABy | | Dong, Yifei,Nan, Tiewen,Zhou, Bojun | | Case Summary In 1999, the new CEO of Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals introduces an Economic Value Added (EVA) program to focus the company on long-term shareholder value. The EVA program consists of three elements: EVA centers (business units), EVA drivers (operational practices that improve EVA results), and an EVA-based
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the paper. Further, we thank Fredrik Nilsson and Nils-Göran Olve for their encouraging and helpful comments. All remaining errors are of course the responsibility of the authors. The authors are listed in alphabetic order. 1 Introduction Since the mid 1980’s accounting has attempted to turn strategic. In the area of strategically oriented performance measurement Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has been one of the most debated
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