emergence of new research directions around the organizational and social aspects of accounting. During this time the accountancy profession was rapidly growing and moving into many new areas, there was a new standard-setting process, greater use of accounting controls in both private and public-sector enterprises, new forms of social accounting, intervention by government in the inflation accounting debate and calls on accounting to change in diverse directions. All of these rapid changes were forcing
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COSTING CONVERGENCE UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS Casey Reineking Department of Accounting Murray State University Murray, KY 42071-3314 E-mail: casey.reineking@hotmail.com Don H. Chamberlain Department of Accounting Murray State University Murray, KY 42071-3314 Holly R. Rudolph Department of Accounting Murray State University Murray, KY 42071-3314 L. Murphy Smith* Department of Accounting Murray State University 351 Business Building
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forms the largest sector in the suncare market, accounting for almost two thirds of value sales in 2011. The self-tan sector is in second place, accounting for 28% of sales, and aftersun accounts for 8% of sales. - There has been an increasing trend of trading up to higher SPF products in the sun protection sector, as consumers become more aware of sun safety thus seeking sunscreens that offer maximum protection. Products with factors over 30 take 71% of sun protection sector sales in 2011
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Salary Survey About IMA® IMA®, the association of accountants and financial professionals in business, is one of the largest and most respected associations focused exclusively on advancing the management accounting profession. Globally, IMA supports the profession through research, the CMA® (Certified Management Accountant) program, continuing education, networking, and advocacy of the highest ethical business practices. IMA has a global network of more than 80,000 members in 140 countries
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2009 ____________________________________________________________ _____________ We thank Wendy Hsu, Tasha Grieve, Dessalegn Mihret, Lalith Seelanatha and Anthony Vu for data collection assistance. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), UWA Business School and the University of Southern Queensland. We thank Millicent Chang, John Holland, Izan and seminar participants at Monash University and the University of Queensland
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International Research Journal of Finance and Economics ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 30 (2009) © EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2009 http://www.eurojournals.com/finance.htm Fundamental Analysis Strategy and the Prediction of Stock Returns Jaouida Elleuch* Faculty of Economics and management sciences (FSEG), University of Sfax, Tunisia E-mail: Elleuchj@yahoo.fr Abstract This paper examines whether a simple fundamental analysis strategy based on historical accounting information can predict stock returns
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Coloplast A/S Holtedam 1 3050 Humlebæk Denmark www.coloplast.com Company registration (CVR) No. 69 74 99 17 Coloplast Annual Report.indd 1 Company registration (CVR) No. 69 74 99 17 12/09/13 10.27 Management’s report - Five-year financial highlights and key ratios DKK million 2012/13 2011/12 2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 11,635 11,023 10,172 9,537 8,820 -380 -342 -415 -409
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Does Mandatory Adoption of IFRS Improve Accounting Quality? Preliminary Evidence* ANWER S. AHMED, Texas A&M University MICHAEL NEEL, University of Houston DECHUN WANG, Texas A&M University 1. Introduction We provide evidence on the preliminary effects of mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on accounting quality for a relatively broad set of firms from 20 countries that adopted IFRS in 2005 relative to a benchmark group of firms from countries that did not
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generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). If this warranty is breached, the deal can be terminated. We hypothesize that low-quality financial reporting by target firms prior to the announcement of a deal increases the likelihood that a target firm’s U.S. GAAP warranties stated in the acquisition agreement are breached. Therefore, we predict that deals involving targets with low-quality financial reporting are more likely to be terminated (i.e., go bust). Based on prior research, we identify five
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(ROIC) and Return on Equity (ROE): Measurement and Implications Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business July 2007 2 ROC, ROIC and ROE: Measurement and Implications If there has been a shift in corporate finance and valuation in recent years, it has been towards giving “excess returns” a more central role in determining the value of a business. While early valuation models emphasized the relationship between growth and value – higher growth firms were assigned higher values – more recent
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