Middle East countries have begun to implement economic reforms to stimulate private investment, promote economic growth and support the transition to market economy. Although, it is difficult to define the direct impact of the accounting system reform on economic transformation, as there are many other conditions that have influence on the transition process. However, with the central position ...

This paper examines the value relevance of Local Accounting Standards (LAS) earnings and their voluntarily disclosed reconciliations to the International Accounting Standards (IAS). The empirical evidence is from Finland where, as discussed in our paper, restricted shares (available only to domestic investors) and unrestricted shares (available to both foreign and domestic investors) were liste...

We investigate the changes in the value relevance of accounting information among Chinese firms over the past two decades, during which accounting reforms are launched to provide decision makers with increased disclosure and higher quality financial information. We also investigate the factors that differentiate firms showing significant value relevance improvement from firms showing little imp...

The aim of this study was to investigate accounting principles of integrated management using a critical approach. To this end, in this study, we used four principles of relevance, influence, value, and trust as the global management accounting principles. The research questions and hypotheses were developed based on the critical thinking that management accounting is not currently convincing b...

The present study analyses the combined, individual, and incremental value relevance of accounting information produced by firms listed on the S&P BSE-500 for FY-2006 to FY-2010, and changes therein over a period of time. Results provide sufficient evidence that accounting information is value relevant for BSE-listed firms. The combined value relevance of accounting information represented by e...