Essays about: "goodwill impairments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words goodwill impairments.

  1. 1. Intangible assets and earnings management : An analysis in an EU context

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Simon Björkmo; Magnus Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Accrual-based earnings management; Earnings Management; European Union; Goodwill; Intangible Assets; Invisible Intangible Assets;

    Abstract : The topic of intangible assets in relation to earnings management has been a debated subject for a long time. Different aspects of intangible assets have been thoroughly examined in relationship to earnings management by scholars over the years whether it’s about goodwill from business acquisition, recognition of intangible assets, timely impairments and so on. READ MORE

  3. 2. Goodwill Impairment and Earnings Management in the year of the pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Christine Dicken; Oskar Unger; [2021]
    Keywords : Goodwill Impairment; Earnings Management; Discretion; IFRS 3; IAS 36; COVID-19; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the research is to analyze managers’ use of accounting discretion in goodwill impairment losses of European firms in 2020 – a year of financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic – and whether the discretion employed reflects earnings management. Methodology: The difference in earnings between impairers and non-impairers is analyzed by employing a Mann-Whitney U-test and an independent T-test. READ MORE

  4. 3. Are Goodwill Impairments Value Relevant? : A comparative study between two European countries

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Gustav Posth; Marcus Stoltz; [2021]
    Keywords : goodwill impairments; value relevance; learning effect; institutional settings;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine the value relevance of goodwill impairments in regard to market value. A quantitative methodological approach was used to determine if the relation between goodwill impairments was influenced by different institutional settings, which was the first research question. READ MORE

  5. 4. A holistic clarification of the accounting item goodwill : Based on acquirers' perceptions, what is the meaning of the accounting item goodwill?

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Simon Burman; Gabriel Demirel; [2021]
    Keywords : Goodwill; business combinations; corporate acquisitions; subsequential measurements; purchase price allocation; impairments; amortization; intangible assets;

    Abstract : Goodwill is one of the most complex and unclear concepts within financial accounting; it is uncertain what it represents as an asset, it is only recognized during the creation of business combinations and is subject to impairments. The question becomes therefore what meaning is actually to be made from goodwill’s definite appearance as a financial statement line item? Due to a perceived low relevance by users of financial statements, it can be stated that the current narration by the accounting item goodwill fails to meet the fundamental purpose of accounting. READ MORE

  6. 5. Goodwill impairment factors in Sweden : - A study of Large Cap and Mid Cap firms in 2006-2012

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Kristoffer Engberg; Jörgen Schenberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Goodwill Impairment; CEO Change; Earnings Management; Big Bath;

    Abstract : Background: The recent decades there has been a big shift in the focus of accounting standards, going from mostly being based on historical cost to being more based on fair value. How to account for goodwill has been widely discussed for many years. READ MORE