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Aleraig, Mahmoud Ali M. "Exploring perceptions on financial reporting standards in Islamic financial institutions." Thesis, Durham University, 2015. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11356/.
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Islamic finance, emerged in modern times, as a religiously or Shari’ah constructed financial method and institution with the objective of providing religio-ethical financial solutions. Due to its different and unique nature, it is considered by that a special accounting system based on Shari’ah that fulfils the particular requests of Islamic finance instruments is required. For this purpose, the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) have been issuing and developing Islamic accounting standards. Nevertheless, those standards are not adopted by most of the Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) that are still reporting with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), which are issued for conventional financial institutions. It is, on the other hand, claimed that IFRS may be irrelevant to the needs of other cultures and people of the world especially for institutions emerged from Islamic worldview, such as Islamic banks and financial institutions due to the nature and working mechanism of these institutions. This study, hence, aims at exploring and critically investigating the main environmental factors influencing the adoption of IFRS to IFIs. This study also aims to investigate empirically the need for special accounting treatments for Islamic financial institutions that is reliable worldview, and in consistent with the values and socioeconomic formation of Muslim society by harmonising or merging with AAOIFI and IFRS. The identified research questions were responded through primary data collected from a survey questionnaire, which, among other things, mainly attempted to explore IFIs in relation to their position as to whether they would prefer to account under IFRS issued by the IASB or under the Financial Accounting Standards or FAS issued by the AAOIFI. This questionnaire, also aimed at exploring the perceptions of the participants regarding accounting practices employed in different Islamic institutions and the issue of considering adopting a particular accounting system that satisfy their needs if it is available. In addition, the questionnaire also aims to investigate the perceptions of the participants on the nature of Islamic finance and whether IFRS is considering its special needs. Furthermore, particular attempt is made to measure the perceptions on rationalising Islamic accounting as a practice and as a paradigm. The study finds that most of the IFIs participated in this study employed IFRS’ as the main accounting system, which resulted in a number of problematic issues in treating Islamic finance transactions and contracts and endogenising other religious elements, such as the prohibition of riba and paying zakat. The findings also indicate that employing IFRS in the IFIs is not applicable within the normative world and the requirements of Islamic finance as aspired by the foundational axioms developed by Islamic moral economy despite the extensive use of it in current times. Therefore, in order to be authentic IFIs require special accounting standards that are different from the IFRSs, such as AAOIFI accounting standards, which may be considered as rationalising the emergence of Islamic accounting as a practice and field, which was the case in history.
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Forst, Christian. "Bewertung des Waldvermögens nach den International-Financial-Reporting-Standards." [Ilmenau] : [Univ.-Bibliothek] [Vertrieb], 2007. http://d-nb.info/991149270/34.
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Al-Jabri, Hamdan. "Financial reporting practices in Oman and compliance with disclosure requirements of international reporting standards." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500585.
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Mohamed, Abdulbari Mostafa. "International Financial Reporting Standards in Libya : an institutional theory perspective." Thesis, Keele University, 2016. http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/4154/.
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This thesis seeks to investigate a number of issues relating to the mandating of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) in Libya in 2006. This includes examining the factors that influenced the decision of the Libyan government to mandate these standards and, following this decision, examining the obstacles to implementing these standards in Libya. The benefits of these standards are also investigated. In addition, this thesis seeks to assess the level of compliance of the companies listed in the Libyan Stock Market (LSM) with the disclosure requirements of IFRSs over two years (2008-2009) after the mandating of the standards. Finally, the study investigates the association between the level of compliance with the disclosure requirements of these standards and corporation-specific characteristics, namely company size, type of audit firm, profitability, liquidity, listing status, ownership structure and industry type. To explore the factors, benefits and obstacles to the mandating, the research is based on multiple methods for collecting data. These methods include questionnaire surveys and semi-structured interviews. To assess the mandatory disclosure level, a checklist is developed involving 72 mandatory disclosure items which representing 7 International Accounting Standards (IASs). Finally, the infonnation disclosed in the financial statements of a sample of 14 companies listed in the LSM carefully examined against the checklist The results of the questionnaire surveys and interviews show that the mandating of these standards in Libya was a result of a mimetic external force, that is, the influence of global capital markets. At the same time, the role of the Libyan government as an internal coercive force exerted pressure, through legislation on an organisational field (the Libyan stock market), to mandate these IFRSs. Regarding the benefits, the most perceived benefits of JFRSs are the improved of quality of financial reporting in Libya and the attraction of foreign investors. Lack of training and lack of professionalism among accounting staff are the most frequently perceived obstacles to IFRSs implementation. Finally, this study reports that the degree of compliance with the disclosure requirements of IFRSs is low in both 2008 and 2009, and has not significantly improved over time. The multiple regression results reveal that there is no significant association between the disclosure requirements of IFRSs and any independent variables in 2008. Type of audit firm is the only independent variable that is being positive and significant to the level of CMD (Corporate Mandatory Disclosure) in 2009. This result suggest that the Libyan authorises should give more attention to companies which are audited by local firms.
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Muhlke, Katrin. "Bilanzpolitische Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der Rechnungslegung nach den international financial reporting standards /." Aachen : Shaker, 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=015656686&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Ho, Thuy Huu. "Implementation of international financial reporting standards : case study in Vietnam." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2015. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=25524.
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This study investigates the process of implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) in Vietnam during eleven years. Up to the end of 2012, twenty six of Vietnamese Accounting Standards (VASs) have been issued "based on" IFRSs. This study aims to obtain an understanding of theories and factors influencing the implementation, and explore benefits and challenges for the implementation. The main goal of this study is to find a suitable accounting theory of the implementation of IFRSs in Vietnamese accounting. An interpretivist paradigm, qualitative methodology and inductive reasoning are employed in this study. The methodology helps to obtain essential understanding of what happened, and explain why those incurred. Three methods used in this study consist of comparison, interview and case study. The findings of this study indicate that communist theories and Hochiminh's thoughts significantly influence the implementation. Vietnamese culture also participates to cause more challenges for the implementation. Many individual factors which are different from developing countries have been found in the implementation in Vietnam, particularly, the Vietnamese law system and values/behaviours of the Vietnamese people. The findings also indicate that benefits for the implementation in Vietnam outweigh challenges. This study enriches literature of implementation of IFRSs around the world and gives useful lessons for other countries in implementation of IFRSs. Particularly, the contributions of this study are essential to the countries which have accounting environments and attributes similar to Vietnam, such as an economy developed at a low level, and heavy intervention of government in the process of setting up accounting standards.
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Long, Margaret J. "E-Business Reporting: Towards a Global Standard for Financial Reporting Systems Using XBRL." NSUWorks, 2013. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/221.
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Reporting systems can provide transparency into financial markets necessary for a sustainable, prosperous global economy. The most widely used global platform for exchanging electronic information about companies to regulatory bodies is XBRL. Standards for this platform are in the process of becoming legally harmonized, but not all countries are mandating e-business reporting. A harmonized global standard for business reporting aligns practices between countries, while recognizing the need for flexibility within each social system and government, whereas international law would establish one standard for all. The research shows that goal of creating transparent global financial information in aggregate searchable form for the public remains elusive under the harmonized approach.
The research explores the standardization process at the country level using a grounded theory approach in the G20 countries. The problem of a not having a global standard is framed in the financial reporting dimensions of Law, Accounting Standards, Information Standards, and Assurance Standards, which are existing standards integral to creating high quality transparent financial information. The dimensions exist to some extent in each country, and are in process of being harmonized. The research shows that current legal mandates for the XBRL standard impact the number of firms filing in XBRL to regulators. However, problems with data quality and data assurance have not been addressed with the current legislative initiatives. There is supply of data, but no public demand due to quality issues. There are three levels in the process where data alignment is needed for interoperability: taxonomy use must be consistent, taxonomy structure must be the same, and agreed upon minimum content must be useful for analysis. Currently, data sets between countries are not interoperable or comparable for aggregation due to local adoptions of XBRL taxonomies. Legal mandates alone have not produced quality electronic financial information. Additionally, accounting and assurance standards are not completely aligned. The contributions of this paper provide an understanding of how global standards are being harmonized in the G20 countries based on the common value of financial information transparency in e-business reporting.
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Haaker, Andreas. "Potential der Goodwill-Bilanzierung nach IFRS für eine Konvergenz im wertorientierten Rechnungswesen : eine messtheoretische Analyse /." Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2008. http://d-nb.info/987521772/04.
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Dietel, Marco. "International Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards und steuerliche Gewinnermittlung : Möglichkeiten für eine modifizierte Massgeblichkeit /." Sternenfels : Verl. Wiss. und Praxis, 2004. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=012926115&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Smith, Clint W. "The Impact of International Financial Reporting Standards on Key Financial Indicators of Canadian Companies." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2582.
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Companies throughout the world use different methods for reporting their financial information to capital market investors and regulators. These different methods have caused financial reporting of statements to become less transparent, has increased adjustment errors and forecasting errors, and has reduced investor confidence. As a result, the International Accounting Standards Board created International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to establish a global standard. Currently, 140 jurisdictions worldwide have implemented IFRS. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of IFRS on 248 Canadian companies and to analyze whether the 2011 implementation of IFRS affected corporate stock prices, key financial measurements of companies, and industry sectors. Arrow's social choice theory and general equilibrium analysis provided the theoretical framework for this quantitative investigation. Two 1-year time periods, 2009-2010 (the year before IFRS was implemented) and 2011-2012 (the year after IFRS was implemented), were analyzed using secondary data. A multiple regression model was used to examine the impact of IFRS implementation on price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-sales ratio, and price-to-cash flow ratio of the 248 Canadian companies. Findings indicate that IFRS led to an overall improvement in financial reporting by Canadian companies, which suggests IFRS's effectiveness. Mandating IFRS worldwide may facilitate comparisons of corporate financial information, reduce costs, reduce investor fatigue, improve adjustment errors and forecasting errors, and provide capital market participants the confidence to make valued investment decisions, leading to positive social change.
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Brüggemann, Benedikt. "Die Berichterstattung im Anhang des IFRS-Abschlusses /." Düsseldorf : IDW-Verl, 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016154663&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Mantzari, Elisavet. "Adoption of international financial reporting standards in Greece : a critical approach." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2013. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/adoption-of-international-financial-reporting-standards-in-greece(f907ab6d-4fdc-43a2-9cf0-3e68008d1190).html.
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This thesis studies the way the profession, key actors and other users perceive the use of IFRSs in Greece. The focus is mainly on providing evidence of perceptions towards the transition and implementation process, the way financial statements are used, what challenges are encountered and the recognised benefits after the adoption of IFRSs. The thesis explores the views of actual users about the usefulness of financial reports relating to the impact of IFRSs in an economy with different institutional infrastructures and accounting tradition from the ‘Anglo-Saxon’ model. It provides a critical perspective on the understanding of actors’ experience and interpretation of accounting change and challenges unquestioned beliefs and taken-for-granted assumptions surrounding the adoption of IFRSs. Drawing on a historical and political economy analysis of (inter)national accounting standard-setting and practices the driving rationale behind actors’ views is investigated. Gramsci’s conceptual vocabulary is utilised in order to encourage a theoretical insight into the empirical material. Empirical evidence has been gathered through interviews with key individuals in the implementation and establishment of IFRSs and secondary data, such as public statements, policies and the IASB’s exposure drafts and comments. The impact of IFRSs is evident in areas of measurement and disclosure while the user groups that make meaningful use of IFRSs’ financial information is narrow. The identified benefits of IFRSs in terms of the usefulness of financial information feature great similarity and consensus among local key actors. However, there are still challenges in the implementation and interpretation of IFRSs hindering the accomplishment of the IASB’s pronouncements in regard to the benefits of the standards. IFRSs convergence seems to improve over time. The state exerts significant influence over accounting practices and taxation considerations are generally considered as inhibiting compliance with IFRSs. It appears that there is a shift in the perceptions and beliefs of key individuals about the role of financial reporting in line with the neo-liberal shift in the rationale of IFRSs as promoted by standard-setters and dominant capital economies. The thesis challenges the position purported by standard setters that the adoption of IFRSs is a necessity driven by the natural forces of economic globalisation and that it results in improved decision usefulness of financial statements. There is more to financial reporting quality and comparability than imposing a common set of standards. Despite the inconsistencies in the application of IFRSs and the contradictions in actors’ views about the actual benefits of IFRSs, this has not led them to challenge the basic assumptions and hegemonic structures inherent in the domain of accounting and capital markets.
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Alon, Anna. "THREE STUDIES RELATED TO THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2245.
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This dissertation consists of three separate, but related, studies on the institutionalization of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The first study examines the relationship between the national variables and the level of IFRS adoption. Theoretical insights regarding the level of national IFRS adoption come from the world-level institutional theory (Meyer et. al., 1997). Archival data are utilized for the study. The findings indicate that countries with weaker national governance structures and lower economic development demonstrate the highest level of commitment to IFRS. Nationalism was found to influence the extent of adoption. The study contributes to IFRS adoption literature by recognizing the multi-level possibilities of IFRS adoption and discovering the factors that drive the degree of IFRS adoption on a national level. The second study examines the ongoing change in the U.S. accounting regulation related to IFRS. The specific event investigated is an historic ruling by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made in 2007 to accept IFRS filings from foreign issuers. This move toward acceptance of IFRS by the primary U.S. regulator is of academic interest because it represents an opportunity to study regulatory institutional change. The event is analyzed using a qualitative study of the rhetoric found in the comment letters submitted to the SEC. The following theoretical frameworks were used to interpret the qualitative findings: a model of institutional change (Greenwood et. al., 2002), the role of rhetoric in legitimating institutional change (Suddaby & Greenwood, 2005), and the agents of change model (Djelic & Quack, 2003b). The conversation of opponents and proponents through the comment letters revealed the struggle of the participants to legitimize their positions. As expected, rhetorical themes associated with the moral and pragmatic legitimacy of their positions were utilized. Unexpectedly, the shifting site of regulation and the related power of SEC were troubling for proponents and opponents of the change. The study contributes to transnational accounting regulation literature in a number of ways. It presents a synthesis of different theoretical perspectives to investigate institutional change in accounting regulation. It also deepens the understanding of how institutional change is theorized by evaluating the rhetoric of domestic, foreign, and transnational participants. The third study evaluates the diffusion of IFRS in developing countries, using the specific case of Russia. The study investigates whether individual perceptions of various aspects of financial reporting and reforms are associated with IFRS adoption. Particularly of interest is whether there are differences between voluntary adopters and those for which adoption was mandated. The data were obtained from a 2007 survey exploring Russia s transition to IFRS. In general, adopters had a more positive view of transition toward IFRS and financial reforms in Russia. Further, the perceptions of reforms by adopters did not vary based on whether the adoption was required by a national or a foreign mandate. The study contributes both theoretically and empirically to the literature on IFRS in developing countries. Taken together, these three studies focus on issues that have not been addressed previously in the accounting literature. They will advance the international accounting literature on factors related to IFRS adoption, regulations, and influences.<br>Ph.D.<br>Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting<br>Business Administration<br>Business Administration PhD
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Oldeweme, Daniel Johannes. "Die Bilanzierung von Commodity-Hedges nach International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) /." St. Gallen : [s.n.], 2008. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00240573.pdf.
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Tawiah, Vincent K. "Adoption, compliance, and consequences of International Financial Reporting Standards in Africa." Thesis, Griffith University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/386887.
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This thesis investigates the adoption, compliance and consequences of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Africa, a continent which has mostly been ignored in prior studies due to the use of generic proxies. Drawing on DiMaggio and Powell (1983), this thesis examines the institutional pressures of IFRS adoption in Africa. Stakeholder salience theory, developed by Mitchell, Agle and Wood (1997), is employed to analyse the determinants of IFRS compliance outside the traditional capital market settings. As regards to the consequences of IFRS in Africa, this thesis analyses the impact of IFRS on audit fees, audit reporting lags and auditor switch. The study used panel data from 54 countries and 205 firms covering the financial years 2003-2016. Secondary data was sourced from reputable database and annual reports of sample companies. Different analytical tools such as ordinary least squares, logit and multinomial regressions were used based on their suitability to address the research questions. The study found that only 18 out of the 54 countries required all listed and large companies to report per IFRS, while 25 did not permit IFRS. The results supported the theoretical prediction that coercive, mimetic, and normative isomorphism influenced IFRS adoption in Africa. Specifically, the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) influence on African countries in adopting IFRS was not through foreign aid and grants; instead, their recommendations made in the Report on Observance of Standard and Codes (Accounting and Auditing) initiatives. The finding(s) also demonstrated that the presence of global audit firms and the number of years of IFAC membership had a strong association with a country’s decision to adopt IFRS. Moreover, countries with strong professional accounting organisations (PAO) were more likely to adopt IFRS. On IFRS compliance, the study found that the average compliance score among the companies over the period was 70.94%, with a minimum score of 58.59% and a maximum of 83.55%. The findings reported a significant positive association between audit committee competence (ACC) and compliance, and between chartered accountants on board (AOB) and compliance. The thesis also documented that compliance has been increasing over the years. Regarding the impact of IFRS on the audit market, the findings suggested IFRS was positively and significantly associated with an increase in audit fees regardless of early or late adoption. Also, on average, ARL increased by 26% across all samples, with late adopters experiencing 28% and earlier adopters 22% during the adoption year. Contrary to the late adopters, early adopters experienced a significant increase in audit fees during the pre-IFRS period due to the set-up and implementation at the time. In addition, IFRS adoption was likely to cause companies to switch from small audit firms to the Big 4. The findings on adoption suggest that global accounting agencies such as IFAC and IASB should focus on building vibrant national level accounting institutions such as PAOs to facilitate the adoption of IFRS in Africa. The thesis, therefore, adds to the adoption literature the finding that the isomorphic pressures in Africa are different from those suggested in prior studies. The results on compliance imply that companies that appoint more professional accountants to their boards are more likely to comply with the requirement of IFRS. Therefore, it is suggested that companies should engage more chartered accountants in their governance. Also, corporate boards must strive to strengthen their audit committees by appointing more NEDs and CAs to the committee. The findings also provide valuable information for professional accounting organisations on the role of its members (professional accountants) in the effectiveness of IFRS compliance. The findings of the consequences of IFRS on the audit market alert small and medium practitioners (SMPs) in non-IFRS countries of the possible loss of clients to the Big4 due to the adoption of IFRS. To mitigate this effect, the national PAO should build the capacity of their local accountants through training and education to handle the complexities and continuous upgrading of IFRS. Such training is seen as being crucial for SMPs in OHADA countries, Ethiopia, Djibouti and other countries which are in the process of implementing IFRS.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>Dept Account,Finance & Econ<br>Griffith Business School<br>Full Text
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Ogbenjuwa, Emmanuel Inalegwu. "Implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards by listed companies in Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2327.
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This study is on implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by reporting entities in Nigeria. Since Nigeria adopted IFRS in 2010, managers of reporting entities have been confronted with organizational changes both in the structures and processes of financial reporting. Previous studies have not assessed the claims that adopting IFRS improves the quality of financial reports and managerial efficiency. This study evaluated the assertion that IFRS adoption impacts the quality of financial reports, operational costs, and operational efficiencies of management. The theoretical frameworks which undergirded the study were theories of organizational behaviors and attitudinal change. Data were collected via a stratified sampling of 520 respondents who completed a 5-point Likert scale, which has a long history of reliability and usage in social science research. This study adopted a documentary review of financial statements before and after IFRS implementation to evaluate how IFRS adoption affected them. Logistic regression was used to test the main effects of IFRS adoption as independent variable to predict managerial efficiency as outcome variable. The study found statistically significant improvement in the quality of financial reporting and managerial efficiency following IFRS adoption. Participants' perceptions about IFRS measured on the attitudes scale did not significantly predict managerial efficiency, however, and the cost and benefit of implementing IFRS had no significant relationship with managerial efficiency. The study has positive social change implications as its findings, when implemented, may lead to more efficient company management, business expansion, improved government accounting oversight, more job opportunities, and reduced crime rates.
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Prinz, Pascal Paul. "The Impact of Dilution on the Value of Employee Stock Options." St. Gallen, 2006. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01666023002/$FILE/01666023002.pdf.
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Cataldi, Simona <1994>. "The convergence of Chinese accounting standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): effects on economic growth." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/15988.
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The aim of this thesis is to describe and analyze the process of the convergence of Chinese accounting standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and its positive effects on the economic growth of China. In order to support this theory, the level of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) from 1997 to 2017 is evaluated. The first chapter serves as a general introduction on the Chinese economic growth from the economic reforms of 1979, aimed at transforming China from an isolated economy to a market-oriented system, until today. The agricultural and the industrial sector and the effects of the “open door policy” on foreign trade and foreign investment are discussed. The second chapter is a historical overview of the process of convergence of Chinese accounting standards with IFRS, divided into three phases: the introduction of the first reform in 1992, the harmonization phase with the 1998 and 2001 reforms and the convergence phase in 2006. The third chapter is a review of the main studies conducted on the relationship between the convergence with IFRS and FDI, between FDI and economic growth and between convergence with IFRS and economic growth both in developed and developing countries, including China. The fourth and final chapter firstly focuses on the definition of FDI in general and then, more specifically, on the main characteristics of FDI in China (sources, determinants and sectoral distribution). It secondly continues with the discussion of the impact of FDI on economic growth, by taking into account three main research areas: export promotion, income distribution and urbanization. Data collected show how economy grew faster in the period after the convergence, when the level of FDI was increasing at faster pace.
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Smith, Christelle. "The mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards and financial statement comparability : South African evidence." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62682.
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In this study, I examine whether the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in a country where local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is of similar quality to IFRS is associated with changes in the comparability of financial statements. I also investigate the sources of any changes in the comparability of financial statements. I use data from South Africa, where, word for word, prior to the mandatory adoption of IFRS, local GAAP was the same as IFRS, and enforcement remained unchanged. I use two different measures of comparability, one based on accounting data (accruals-cash flow measure) and the other based on both accounting data and market data (earnings-return measure). I compare South African firms with two different groups, namely other mandatory IFRS adopters and non-adopters. My data show evidence of an increase in the comparability of the financial statements of South African firms with those of both adopters (both measures) and non-adopters (the earnings-return measure) following the mandatory adoption of IFRS. In additional analysis, I found a global increase in the comparability of firms' financial statements that is consistent with market changes unrelated to IFRS adoption as one of the sources of the increase in comparability. Moreover, an incremental increase in the comparability of the financial statements of South African firms after the mandatory adoption of IFRS, relative to the increase in the comparability of the financial statements of non-adopting firms, is consistent with benefits from using the IFRS "label" and with the expanded IFRS network as sources of increased comparability.<br>Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017.<br>Accounting<br>PhD<br>Unrestricted
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Lantto, A. M. (Anna-Maija). "International Financial Reporting Standards adoption in a continental European context: perspectives of preparers." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2014. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526204604.
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Abstract This dissertation provides a comprehensive picture of IFRS adoption from the perspective of preparers of accounting information in a continental European context. The dissertation examines the differences between IFRS and continental European accounting and analyses whether these differences influence and have implications for accounting and controlling practices and, if so, in what ways. The dissertation, therefore, presents case studies on accounting and controlling practices and develops theoretical explanations for these practices. This dissertation develops theoretical explanations of why and how business becomes involved in accounting (or accounting and business come closer to each other) and identifies different ways in which business becomes involved in accounting. Moreover, the dissertation provides insights into the implications of business involvements for accounting and control practices at three different levels, i.e. organisation, accounting function and individual accountants. In more general terms, this dissertation provides evidence of how financial accounting becomes more horizontal and has implications for both accounting and control practices. On the one hand, the dissertation examines management across two worlds, i.e. accounting and business, and focuses on the role of boundary objects used to mediate different worlds. On the other hand, the dissertation highlights learning at the boundaries and shows how boundary crossing was used as a strategy to fulfil the requirements of financial and corporate reporting. Finally, the dissertation argues that, rather than describing financial accounting and corporate reporting purely as a vertical process, we should pay attention to the lateral processing of information as required by the standards as well as the needs of management<br>Tiivistelmä Tämä väitöskirja tarjoaa laajan kokonaiskuvan IFRS-standardiston käyttöönottoon tilinpäätösinformaation laatijan näkökulmasta. Tutkimus tarkastelee käyttöönottoa ja laatijan näkökulmaa erityisesti mannereurooppalaisessa kontekstissa. Tutkimus analysoi niin kutsutun mannereurooppalaisen normiston ja IFRS-standardiston välisiä eroja sekä näiden seuraamuksia laskenta- ja kontrollikäytäntöihin. Tutkimus tarjoaa tapaustutkimuksia laskenta- ja kontrollikäytännöistä sekä löytää ja kehittää teoreettisia selityksiä näille käytännöille. Tutkimus löytää teoreettisen selityksen sille, miksi ja miten liiketoiminta on läsnä raportoitavan informaation laatimisessa tai miksi liiketoiminnan johtaminen ja raportoitavan informaation laatiminen lähenevät toisiaan. Lisäksi tutkimus identifioi eri tapoja sille, miten liiketoiminta on läsnä informaation laatimisessa. Tutkimus tarjoaa tietoa liiketoiminnan läsnäolon seuraamuksista laskenta- ja kontrollikäytäntöihin kolmella eri tasolla: yrityksen, taloushallinnon funktion sekä taloushallinnon henkilöstön tasolla. Tämä väitöskirja osoittaa, miten tilinpäätösraportointi tulee IFRS-standardiston käyttöönoton myötä horisontaalisemmaksi ja miten tällä on seuraamuksia laskenta- ja kontrollikäytäntöihin. Tutkimus analysoi kahden maailman, ts. laskennan ja liiketoiminnan, välistä johtamista ja keskittyy rajaobjektien roolien tarkastelemiseen. Lisäksi tutkimus korostaa rajavyöhykkeellä tapahtuvaa oppimista ja osoittaa, kuinka rajanylitystä käytetään täyttämään sekä tilinpäätösraportoinnin että yhtiöiden sisäisten raportointien tarpeet. Tämä tutkimus osoittaa, että tilinpäätösraportoinnin ja yhtiötason raportoinnin horisontaalisiin piirteisiin tulisi kiinnittää huomiota sen sijaan, että ne kuvattaisiin puhtaasti vertikaalisina prosesseina. Tutkimus osoittaa, että sekä tilinpäätösstandardit että yhtiön johdon tarpeet vaativat raportoinnilta lateraalisia prosesseja
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Wojcik, Karl-Philipp. "Die internationalen Rechnungslegungsstandards IAS/IFRS als europäisches Recht /." Berlin : Duncker & Humblot, 2007. http://d-nb.info/990680746/04.
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Lühn, Michael. "Bilanzierung und Besteuerung von Genussrechten /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2006. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014928518&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Abuarqoub, Mohammad. "Strategies to Reduce Excessive Transition Costs to the International Financial Reporting Standards." Thesis, Walden University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10748396.
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<p> The excessive cost of the transitioning from the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a vital business challenge. Based on the transaction cost economics (TCE) theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies that some of the organizational financial professionals use to minimize excessive transition costs from GAAP to IFRS accounting systems. Data were collected from 3 financial professionals of a corporation located in the west coast region of Northern California using semistructured interviews, besides reviewed public records, and studies of developed countries that adopted IFRS. Using the thematic analysis approach, 4 themes emerged, (a) strategic planning and strategy, (b) strategies formulation, implementation, and evaluation, (c) contract negotiation and enforcement, and (d) information system and project cost. The findings of this study could add practical knowledge of focused and consistent actions to IFRS adoption strategies, which could give priority to reducing the costs of the transaction from implementing GAAP to IFRS in local firms’ financial reporting. The implications for positive social changes could include the potential to enhance knowledge of financial reporting, motivate investments, increase economic resources, and improve local employment growth.</p><p>
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Skotarczyk, Mitchell A. "The Effect of Culture on the Implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/165.
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As globalization increases at a blistering pace, more and more business entities continue to get involved in cross-border capital investments. A considerable cost can be applied to these types of transaction for the translation of financial statements prepared under dissimilar accounting guidelines into a comparable form. There exist a multiple number of accounting systems that create these dissimilarities, because accounting is a language of business that has been created by society to provide information as to the economic health of an entity. Similar to any other language, varying types of “accounting language” are used across different regions of the globe to convey this information.
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Alkhtani, Sultan S. "The relevance of international financial reporting standards to Saudi Arabia : stakeholder perspectives." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2415.
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This thesis investigates the suitability of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) for Saudi Arabia by examining the perceptions of accounting users and preparers. It explores the information needs of the main users of accounting, the factors that represent barriers to the adoption of IFRSs, and the costs and benefits of the adoption of IFRSs. The study compares Saudi Accounting Standards (SASs) and IFRSs. In addition, a questionnaire survey was conducted and semi-structured interviews were carried out to examine the issues in greater depth in order to answer the research questions. The political nature of accounting standards is investigated, as well as theories of accountability and decision usefulness in order to interpret the results and explore to what extent and in what manner these frameworks function in the Saudi environment. The Islamic accountability framework would suggest that companies represented by owners and managers are accountable to their stakeholders’ interests, and owners and managers must protect those interests and disclose everything that may help them to discharge their accountability. However, the findings presented in this thesis suggest that practice of the Islamic accountability framework is limited. The influence of religious factors on the accounting system is limited in some cases as there is inadequate disclosure and transparency, such as a lack of information required for Sharia compliance; this affects users’ ability to make decisions. The results also reveal some evidence that accounting standard setting is dominated by political (rather than ‘user-needs’) considerations. Furthermore, economic factors override social and cultural factors, including religion, in terms of their influence on the accounting system. The results suggest inter alia that religious factors will not represent a barrier to the use of other standards such as IFRSs. The findings suggest that the adoption of IFRSs would contribute to enhancing the quality of financial reporting. The results also reveal that financial reporting prepared on the basis of IFRSs provides more of the information required for decision-making. The results also suggest that there is, to some extent, agreement among participants as to the suitability of IFRSs to Saudi Arabia, and that their benefits would eventually overcome the difficulties and problems that may arise from their adoption, although it is still be necessary to consider certain specific requirements, such as those related to Sharia law.
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Mohamad, Housam. "The impact of international financial reporting standards on earnings quality : EU evidence." Thesis, Brunel University, 2016. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15830.
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Earnings have numerous properties that can be investigated, including earnings smoothness, abnormal accruals after modelling the accruals process and asymmetric timely loss and gain recognition. In latest decades, as earnings are the main source of firm-specific information for investors, earnings quality has become a significant focus in the financial accounting field. Moreover, high-quality financial reporting helps investors improve decisions and better evaluate firm performance because capital markets depend on the credibility of financial accounting information. The aim of this study investigates the impact of the mandatory adoption of IFRS on earnings quality in term of earnings management and accounting conservatism in consideration of eleven European countries (Germany, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, Norway and the United Kingdom) as a sample study. Then to test whether investors could predict a company's future performance efficiently based on deferred tax expense as one of the accruals components before and after the mandatory adoption of IFRS. Since the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) required by the European Union (EU) Parliament, numerous research studies have examined whether earnings management has been reduced due to the mandatory adoption. Chapter two of this study examines whether the board of directors is more effective in constraining earnings management after the mandatory application of IFRS. More specifically, the study explored ways that two board characteristics, board independence and the existence of an audit committee, have impacted earnings management since 2005. The empirical results with eleven European countries (Germany, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, Norway and the United Kingdom) showed evidence of an inverse relationship between the strength of corporate governance and the extent of earnings management. This negative association suggests that firms that apply IFRS with a high level of corporate governance standards are less likely to be involved in earnings management. This study indicates that board independence and the existence of audit committees play important and effective roles in reducing earnings management after the introduction of IFRS. The results also provide evidence that the internationally uniformed accounting regulatory framework significantly contributes to the effectiveness of the two corporate governance mechanisms. Chapter three examines the impact of the mandatory IFRS adoption on the asymmetrically timely gain and loss recognition (accounting conservatism). The findings provide evidence of the importance of the mandatory adoption of IFRS in increasing of accounting conservatism in pooled samples and separate samples. Chapter four investigates whether investors could predict a company's future performance efficiently based on deferred tax expense as one of the accruals components before and after the mandatory adoption of IFRS. Moreover, whether or not the predictions could be generalised to other European countries was examined. The results imply that an accrual anomaly exists in pooled samples before and after mandatory IFRS adoption and the study prove that deferred tax expense as a determinant factor of accounting accruals is overweighed by stocks prices before and after IFRS adoptions.
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Kaminski, Volker. "Der Mittelstand im Fokus der International financial reporting standards : Internationalisierung - Rechnungslegung - Handlungsempfehlungen /." Hamburg : Kovač, 2008. http://d-nb.info/990050416/04.
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Ranker, Daniel. "Immobilienbewertung nach HGB und IFRS : Auslegung, Konzeption und Einzelfragen der Bilanzierung des Anlagevermögens /." Berlin : Erich Schmidt, 2006. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=015012114&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Pferdehirt, Henrik. "Die Leasingbilanzierung nach IFRS : eine theoretische und empirische Analyse der Reformbestrebungen /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016136340&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Fink, Christian. "Lageberichterstattung und Erfolgspotenzialanalyse : Eignung der Lageberichterstattung nach deutschem Recht und IFRS für die strategische Unternehmensanalyse /." Marburg : Tectum-Verl, 2007. http://d-nb.info/986459925/04.
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Al-Ulis, Ibrahim. "Corporate financial reporting reform in economics in transition : the extent of compliance with international financial reporting standards disclosure requirements in annual reports." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2006. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2730/.
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This thesis investigates the extent of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards disclosure requirements in annual reports of listed companies in seven economies in transition countries in the Middle East region. This thesis extends the literature on corporate financial reporting in economies in transition. The adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards as one type of corporate financial reporting reform in economies in transition may increase the quantity and quality of corporate disclosure in annual reports, thus meeting the needs of market participants, particularly investors and creditors, and serving the purpose of economic reforms, in particular with regard to attracting foreign investments and retaining national capital and preventing capital leakage. To achieve the objective, the following analyses were conducted. First, the extent of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards disclosure requirements in annual reports of listed companies was computed. The indexes of the extent of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards disclosure requirements range from 23% to 90% with a mean of 69%. This indicates that there are substantial variations in the extent of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards disclosure requirements in annual reports of listed companies in the seven countries. Second, a cross-sectional study was used to investigate what environmental factors were influencing variations in the extent of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards disclosure requirements in annual reports of listed companies in the seven economies in transition. It was found that five variables can explain 75% of the cross-sectional variations in the extent of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards disclosure requirements in annual reports. Of these variables, three are country-specific, namely level of foreign direct investment, capital market size and country governance regime, and two are firm-specific, namely company size and ownership structure were significantly associated with the extent of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards in annual reports of listed companies in the seven economies in transition in the Middle East region. Consistent with the literature on disclosure and compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards, the results were mixed. The results suggest that it is the incentive of reforming the financial reporting environment, rather than the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards per se that is crucial in corporate financial reporting reform for the seven economies in transition. This means that to achieve a high level of compliance with IFRS disclosure requirements in a country, a strong country governance regime with a high degree of political and economic freedom are needed.
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O'Malley, Sean L. "A State of Flux: The Future of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the Face of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338838501.
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Miková, Tereza. "IFRS Influence on Financial Reporting Quality." Doctoral thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-201134.
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Dissertation interfaces two current accounting issues: International Financial Reporting Standards and financial reporting quality. Theoretical framework begins with historical development and contemporary position of IFRS. It is followed by financial accounting quality where overview of methods is used for assessment of accounting quality. The literature underpinning represents the final part of theoretical part. Dissertation examines publicly traded Czech companies on Prague stock exchange and together their financial statements are presented under Czech accounting standards and later on switched on International Financial Reporting Standards. Final sample consists of 15 companies (222 firm-year observations) during period 1993-2013. World accepted models were adjusted before its application to be more convenient for Czech environment. Research results show that there are only limited improvements in financial reporting quality in IFRS period, only some companies are models applicable and therefore law and professional environment play significant role within quantitative methods.
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Lohwasser, Ekaterina. "Effizienz der Kapitalmärkte durch Enforcement von IFRS /." Lohmar ; Köln : Eul, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2868879&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Beyer, Michael. "Eigenkapital von Kreditgenossenschaften - Auswirkungen der Internationalisierung auf Bilanzierung und Aufsicht." Göttingen : Sierke, 2008. http://d-nb.info/990245438/04.
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Jödicke, Dirk. "Einfluss kultureller Unterschiede auf die Anwendung internationaler Rechnungslegungsregeln : eine theoretische und empirische Untersuchung zur Anwendung der IFRS in Deutschland, Frankreich und UK /." Hamburg : Kovač, 2009. http://d-nb.info/995847339/04.
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Hepers, Lars. "Entscheidungsnützlichkeit der Bilanzierung von Intangible Assets in den IFRS : Analyse der Regelungen des IAS 38 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der ergänzenden Regelungen des IAS 36 sowie des IFRS 3 /." Lohmar [u.a.] : Eul, 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2713746&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Bewley, Kathryn Anne. "The economic consequences of financial reporting standards, the market valuation of environmental liabilities." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0017/NQ38222.pdf.
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Kosi, Urska. "Studies on the importance of incentives and standards in the financial reporting process." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557294.
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This thesis consists of three self-contained studies on the factors affecting the financial reporting process. The first study investigates the role of reporting incentives in private firms. I observe significant decrease in asset -write-offs after an adverse change in tax treatment of write-offs. This change does not affect any other economic incentive to use accounting discretion and thus permits me to disentangle the tax- minimisation incentive from other incentives including debt contracting, dividends and employee relations that cause the anomalous positive relation between write-offs and profitability. I provide new and complementary evidence that tax incentives play an important role in firms' financial reporting behaviour. The second study examines whether mandatory adoption of IFRS affects the source and cost of debt financing. First, I find that mandatory IFRS adopters more likely issue public debt. Second, I show that IFRS adopters pay lower bond yield spreads but there is no significant effect on loan spreads. My findings are consistent with IFRS enhancing the quality and comparability of accounting information, and suggest that mandatory IFRS adoption is beneficial primarily for bond investors. Finally, I find that the positive effects of IFRS are present only in countries with strong institutions and less harmonised accounting standards. The third study investigates whether mandatory IFRS adoption affects credit relevance of accounting information. First, I find significant increase in credit relevance of mandatory IFRS adopters after the adoption. Second, I show that increase in credit relevance after IFRS adoption is greater for IFRS firms than for matched US \ \ firms, Third, I find that IFRS firms exhibit relatively higher credit relevance compared to US firms in the post-adoption period. Additionally, I show that IFRS effects vary between countries. I interpret higher credit relevance of IFRS-based accounting information relative to local standards as an increase in accounting quality from the debtholders' perspective. '.
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Kühn, Victoria. "Enforcement of the IAS/IFRS in the European Union since 2005." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/05610282001/$FILE/05610282001.pdf.
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Eiselt, Andreas. "Jahresabschlussanalyse bei Rechnungslegung nach IFRS Erkenntnismöglichkeiten und Methodenkonzept." Göttingen Cuvillier, 2009. http://d-nb.info/1000879291/04.
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Antonakopoulos, Nadine. "Gewinnkonzeptionen und Erfolgsdarstellung nach IFRS Analyse der direkt im Eigenkapital erfassten Erfolgsbestandteile." Wiesbaden Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2006. http://d-nb.info/985774150/04.
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Haenelt, Timo. "Die Zwischenberichterstattung nach IFRS : eine empirische Analyse der gesetzlichen Vorschriften und der Anforderungen des Kapitalmarkts /." Lohmar ; Köln : Eul, 2009. http://d-nb.info/996164561/04.
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Shanus, O. V. "Accounting Salaries by International Standards: Features and Harmonization." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2017. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/7767.
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Cutler, Joshua. "Private Litigation as a Regulator of Accounting Standards." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19230.
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I examine the impact of the trend of private class actions targeting alleged violations of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). I document the specific allegations in GAAP lawsuits and find that allegations involving revenue recognition and asset impairment recognition are two of the most common areas of GAAP cited. I test whether lawsuits lead to a reduction in the allegedly improper behavior, whether sued firms and their peers make other financial reporting changes, and whether these changes change firms’ stock price characteristics. I find that following relevant lawsuits, sued firms, firms in the same industry, and firms with a shared auditor generally exhibit less aggressive revenue recognition, but firms may increase aggressive revenue recognition in certain cases. Next, I examine the impact of asset impairment recognition allegations on the reporting of negative special items. I find few changes directly associated with these allegations but show that other litigation is associated with both increases and decreases in the propensity and size of negative special item reporting. I note that GAAP violations most often arise in an attempt to meet or beat analysts’ estimates, and I show following litigation firms are often more likely to beat analysts’ expectations by a larger margin. I also find significant increases in real earnings management of sued firms and their peers following many lawsuits, indicating a shift away from accruals-based management towards real activities management. Finally, I find mixed evidence of changes in stock return attributes. In some cases I observe significant changes consistent with reduced litigation risk and in others I observe the opposite. The results have implications for accounting standard setting and show that the legal system plays a critical role in shaping the financial reporting environment.
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Matena, Sonja. "Bilanzielle Vermögenszurechnung nach IFRS : Konzept und Analyse der Zurechnung von Vermögenswerten zum bilanziellen Vermögen von Unternehmen /." Düsseldorf : IDW Verl, 2004. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/389230111.pdf.
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Burkhardt, Henriette. "Bilanzansatz und Bewertung latenter Steuern nach IFRS und US-GAAP : Unterschiede, Gemeinsamkeiten, Perspektiven." kostenfrei kostenfrei, 2008. http://d-nb.info/993638953/34.
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Tsalavoutas, Ioannis. "Adoption of IFRS by Greek listed companies : financial statement effects, level of compliance and value relevance." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4060.
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This study examines issues relating to the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by Greek listed companies. Initially, the impact of transition, as a result of differences between IFRS and Greek GAAP, on the first IFRS financial statements in 2005 is assessed. Then, a disclosure index is constructed, containing all the disclosure items mandated by the IFRS extant at the end of April 2006. Based on this research instrument, and two disclosure index methods, compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosures in their first year of implementation is examined. A review of disclosure theories, the features of the Greek financial reporting system, and considerations regarding the timing of the research are used as a basis for establishing a priori expectations and testing the potential factors explaining compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosures. Subsequently, any change in the value relevance of accounting information before and immediately after IFRS mandatory implementation is examined. Whether the reconciliation statements required by IFRS 1 provided value relevant information to investors is also explored. Finally, the valuation implications of IFRS mandatory disclosures are explored. The above analyses indicate the following. Greek listed companies’ financial statements were affected significantly by the adoption of IFRS. The average level of compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosures approximates to 80%. The impact on net income and shareholders’ equity, as a result of the transition to IFRS, as well as audit firm size, are significantly associated with the extent to which companies comply. No change in the value relevance of accounting information between 2004 and 2005 is identified. Reconciliation adjustments are incrementally value relevant and levels of mandatory disclosures do have valuation effects. Based on the findings of the above analyses, the study contributes to the relevant literature and discusses policy implications. It also concludes with suggestions for further research and recommendations on the methods for measuring compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosures.
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Braun, Robert. "Die Neuregelung des Firmenwerts nach international financial reporting standards bilanzpolitische Möglichkeiten und empirische Befunde." München Utz, 2009. http://d-nb.info/994238827/04.
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Edlund, Henrik. "Reasons behind presumed low financial reporting quality (FRQ) in China." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-60385.
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China and its economic development is today something that affects us all in one way or another. Through economic expansion Chinese companies starts to be an important player on the global scene. They are getting an international competitor, co-operating with foreign companies and it has the latest year been heavily invested in by foreign financiers. Conversely, according to recent research a vast majority of the experts claims that the Chinese companies’ financial reporting disclosure holds a low quality. That these financial reports include plentiful falsified information is disturbing the market and prevents shareholders a fair and free view of the companies, it also reduces the control possibilities. Voices have been raised demanding changes to ensure a higher FRQ in the future. But to find the right actions and point out needed changes, the first requirement is finding the roots behind the presumed low FRQ. Experts’ point at different directions, comprising of nine main underlying reasons that are primarily considered affecting the FRQ in negative matters. These nine explanations will be evaluated against each other in this thesis to find out where the main focus needs to be to prevent future falsified financial statements. The nine reasons where it is claimed that China are lacking are: - Legal system -Education -Pressure -Political impact -Ownership structure -Auditing -Low Business ethics -Tax avoidance -Cost reduction This thesis finds that the main underlying reasons behind Chinese firms’ falsified financial stamen are: (1) Pressure – that influences managers and is a great incentive for earnings management. (2) Political impact – the political impact seem to have a substantial negative influence on companies FRQ. (3) Ownership structure – low transparency and hierarchal business structures appears to be biggest problems within the corporate governance. (4) Low business ethics – a too corrupt and non-moral business structure threatens the integrity of the financial reports. (5) Tax avoidance – the unwillingness to pay taxes makes many companies reduce earnings or hide sales to avoid value added tax (VAT). (6) Cost reduction – The high endeavor to keep costs down might in many cases also bring effects on the quality of disclosed material.