Essays about: "Big Four audit firm"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Big Four audit firm.
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1. Auditor incentives and audit quality : A qualitative study regarding influence of incentives on audit quality based on Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : The primary goal of this study is to identify the influence of auditor incentives in audit quality and how and why it influences the auditor in practice in south Asian countries like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This research will be relevant to authorities like audit firms, regulators, practitioners, and academics and it will be helpful to make the standard setup to establish the methods or procedures to offer the incentives which can be matched with the global context. READ MORE
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2. The Image of Authorized Auditors in Relation to Audit Quality and Professional and Client Identification : A Swedish Quantitative Study
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Abstract Background: Auditors play a crucial role in financial statements. This paper discusses auditor image and its relationship with audit quality, professional identification, and client identification. Preserving a favorable auditor image can lead to auditor leniency, compromising the integrity of financial reporting. READ MORE
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3. Can risks be defined while flying blind? : Performing audit risk assessments under environmental uncertainty; a qualitative study using COVID-19 as an empirical example
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Abstract Background & Problem: Risk assessment is a central part of the audit process. Previous audit failures have increased the importance further. Several suggested determinants of risk assessments have been explored within literature. READ MORE
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4. The Changing Nature of the Audit Profession - Opportunities and Challenges with Digital Transformation and the Use of Audit Support Systems, Big Data and Data Analytics
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This exploratory study aims to illustrate the changing nature of the audit profession by providing a comprehensive overview of the main challenges and opportunities that increasingly sophisticated audit support systems with more Big data and Data analytics capabilities induce upon the profession, and how these are addressed. The empirical findings are based on ten semi-structured interviews with eight different practitioners from the Big Four auditing firms, of which four are closely involved in the digitalisation and transformation processes at each respective firm. READ MORE
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5. The absolution of non-audit services – unravelling a nexus of research : A quantitative study of non-audit services’ impact on financial reporting quality among private firms in Sweden.
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Non-audit services provided by audit firms have been a popular scientific topic within the fields of audit and accounting research over the past decades. Numerous researchers have attempted to provide a theoretical contribution by examining different ways of measuring the concepts of audit quality and financial reporting quality. READ MORE
