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...

accounting is a social knowledge which is inherently related to the environment, values and economic, social and cultural norms of the society where it is used.thus it is better to consider the requirements, conditions and qualities of the target society when using the theoretical framework and standards of financial reporting. therefore, according to some researchers, the unconditional use of ...

Did fair value accounting play a role in the current financial crisis? This appendix explores the issue. Fair value accounting implies that assets and liabilities get measured and reflected on a firm`s financial statements at their market value, or close substitutes. Extensive academic research done over the past 20 years shows that financial statements that reflect the market values of assets ...

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...

We develop a theory of how agency conflicts between the shareholders and debt holders of a financial institution, accounting measurement rules, and prudential capital regulation interact to affect the institution’s capital structure and project choices. We show that, relative to a benchmark historical cost regime in which assets and liabilities on the institution’s balance sheet are measured at...

during the past two decades business and manufacturing have observed significant and radical changes. companies have used automation in the manufacturing, in order to improve quality and competency. it was expected that along with these changes, management accounting systems, which focus on monitoring and analyzing management decisions, should adapt with and encourage the changes. many authors ...

With such damning statements about traditional cost accounting and its elements, one must wonder if cost accounting has any value, and indeed, why it is used at all . But cost accounting does have value and is needed. Accounting is an organization's information collection mechanism, and as such is a vital and necessarily integrated support system for any firm . The primary issue regarding cost ...