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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"International Accounting Standards (IAS)"”.
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Harmonization of Accounting Practices Among IAS Firms Listed in the U.S. and Its Capital Market Implications
… Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) but using International Accounting Standards (IAS). This study addresses two issues, (1) whether the comparability of financial reporting among firms using IAS in credit and equity financing jurisdictions increases over time and (2) the associated capital …
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A Comparative Study of the Usefulness of Accounting Systems
… of this study is to test whether the U.S. accounting system is more useful than other accounting systems in estimating firms' value by using a new method of comparing alternative accounting systems. This method examines whether one accounting system is superior to another accounting system …
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Corporate value creation for Japan's construction firms in the shrinking and changing domestic market
… disappearing. In addition, the introduction of International Accounting Standards (IAS) ruthlessly discloses the real financial conditions of Japan's firms and drives the firms to adverse circumstances. The firms have to sustain these changes and compete to survive in the shrinking market. It is …
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The Quality of Corporate Annual Reports: Evidence from Libya
… bank credit officers; chief executives; and accounting professionals. The second method was based on analysing a sample of corporate annual reports published by Libyan companies. The analysis aimed to identify the level of corporate disclosure as well as to what extent Libyan companies do …
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Formulation of weighted disclosure indices and its application in evaluating accounting disclosure and financial performance of listed firms
… novel weighted disclosure indices for evaluating accounting disclosure in financial statements, and apply them in a multivariate regression analysis together with agency costs and economic value-added metric, to study listed firms on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Ghana Stock …
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Technical uncertainties in and practical implications of the capitalisation of borrowing costs in South Africa
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have reaffirmed their commitment to accomplishing the convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (US GAAP), …