Essays about: "Non financial accounting"
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1. "Wake up and smell the CSRD" Framing strategies employed by the Big 4 on discourse about CSRD
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : With the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) coming into effect in the EU, a significant number of companies will be subjected to unprecedented non-financial reporting requirements. The Big 4 accounting firms (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG) are important providers of sustainability assurance and, more generally, act as the allies of firms in both the political and corporate fields. READ MORE
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2. The Effects of Ownership Structure on Earnings Management in Public listed firms in Nigeria.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The efficacy of corporate governance is enhanced when managers demonstrate a willingness to act in a manner that is contrary to the preferences of shareholders. An instance of management's potential disregard for shareholders' interests is the employment of accounting accruals as a means of manipulating earnings for management purposes. READ MORE
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3. The Moderating Role of Employee Skill on the Relationship between R&D Intensity and Firm Performance
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper investigates the moderating effect of employee skill, as measured by employee productivity and training, on the relationship between R&D spending, measured as R&D intensity, and firm performance, measured as ROA, for the accounting-based standard, and market capitalization, for the market-based standard. The study employs a hierarchical Pooled OLS logistic regression and a Fixed Effects regression model, to account for the structure of the panel data. READ MORE
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4. Can Machine Be a Good Stock Picker?: Bridging the Gap between Fundamental Data and Machine Learning
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : We investigate the efficacy of historical accounting data and consensus forecasts for relative valuation of stocks, employing tree-based machine learning methods. We run an XGBoost model for monthly cross-sections of financial and pricing data of US equities from 1984 to 2021. READ MORE
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5. 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
