Essays about: "accounting in practice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 103 essays containing the words accounting in practice.

  1. 1. THE SHIFTING DYNAMICS BETWEEN WORK AND LIFE IN REMOTE WORKING

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Bo An; [2023-10-10]
    Keywords : Work-life balance; work-family border theory; flexibility; remote working; new work practices; boundaries;

    Abstract : Purpose: Aiming to investigate how knowledge workers organise their work through boundary practice in remote working, this study has partnered with one online consulting company who provides professional accounting services to third party customers. This study tries to explore 1) how accountants organize their work through managing and shaping their physical and temporal boundaries to establish flexibility in remote working; 2) how are technologies harnessed to manage work-life boundaries in the context of remote working. READ MORE

  2. 2. Taking Climate into Account - Carbon Management Tools for Investment Decisions and Progress Tracking at an Energy Company

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : Rebecca Ahlin; Anna Malmberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Carbon accounting; carbon disclosure; carbon management; carbon management tools; environmental change management; internal carbon price; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background: Climate change is becoming a more urgent issue, where global agreements and regulations are putting pressure on companies to calculate and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions to combat the problem. Other driving forces of carbon disclosure for companies include social, economic, and financial pressure, as well as firm specific internal factors. READ MORE

  3. 3. 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/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Abeysiri Munasinghege Lasanthi; Sharmin Akther; [2023]
    Keywords : Financial incentives; Non-financial incentives; Auditor behaviour; Auditor motivation; Auditor performance; Audit evidence; Technology and Audit quality.;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 4. Unemployment and Household Debt - A Practical Example

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Elias Bayat; Daniel Appelgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Unemployment; Household debt; Labor market; Debt overhang; OECD;

    Abstract : In the previous literature, a theoretical correlation has been established in between household indebtedness and the unemployment rate. This study uses several forms of regressions and OECD data on the years 1995 - 2021 to see if this correlation exists in practice. READ MORE

  5. 5. Impact of organisational characteristics on carbon accounting and reporting: A study of Swedish organisations’ scope 3 reporting

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Clara Myhrman; [2023]
    Keywords : Scope 3 reporting; carbon accounting; value chain emissions; organisational characteristics; Scope 3 rapportering; koldioxidredovisning; värdekedjans utsläpp; organisatoriska egenskaper;

    Abstract : The practice of producing and publishing sustainability reports that include carbon accounting has become common for companies and organisations to communicate their sustainability performance. The GHG Protocol publishes the most widespread standards for carbon accounting following a methodology approach consisting of scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions where scope 3 emissions constitute the biggest share for most organisations. READ MORE