Comparative Research On Earnings Management Corporate Governance And Economic Value

New trends are emerging regarding earnings management and corporate governance showing similarities and striking differences in the practices of different countries and economies. These new trends currently shape the field of modern corporate governance with crucial issues being looked at in governance law and practices, accounting systems, earnings quality and management, stakeholder involvement, and more. In order to advance these new avenues in corporate governance, research looks at accounting policies firms use in different opportunistic circumstances in order to manage earnings, the corporate governance practices in different countries, firm performance, and other dimensions of companies. The understanding of these topics is beneficial in understanding the current state of different types of firms and their practices in modern times. Comparative Research on Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, and Economic Value is focused on the investigation of key challenges and perspectives of corporate governance and earnings management and outlines possible scenarios of its development. The chapters explore this new avenue of research and cover theoretical, empirical, and experimental studies related to different themes in the global context of earnings management and corporate governance. This book is ideal for economists, businesses, managers, accountants, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in the current issues and advancements in corporate governance and earnings management.

This book analyzes the impacts that family control of firms has on capital structure choices, leverage and the risk of financial distress, earnings management practices, and the relation between accounting choices and firm market value. For these purposes, longitudinal data on Italian family and non-family non-financial firms are closely analyzed. The Italian setting is of special interest in this context because family businesses account for 94% of GDP, families are particularly committed to maintaining control of firms, and the economy is bank based rather than market based. The analyses draw on the socioemotional wealth approach, which emphasizes the importance of the stock of emotional value in family firms, in combination with financial theories such as Pecking Order Theory, Trade-off Theory, and Agency Theory. The findings cast significant new light on differences between family and non-family firms and the effects of different forms of family influence. The book will have broad appeal for academics, managers, practitioners, and policymakers.

"This book goes back to a symposium held at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and Private International Law in Hamburg on May 15-17 1997"--P. [v].

This research handbook provides a state-of-the-art perspective on how corporate governance differs between countries around the world. It covers highly topical issues including corporate purpose, corporate social responsibility and shareholder activism.

Examining how finance and governance influence employment relationships, work organization and industrial relations by means of a comparative analysis of Anglo-American, European and Japanes economies, this book is about the relationship between corporate governance regimes and labour management.

The financial community has undergone a realization of the failure of corporate communication required for forensic professionals to expose structural weaknesses within businesses. Many organizations and businesses within the financial community have flawed internal controls, poor corporate governance, and fraudulent financial statements. It is vital to develop forensic accounting techniques to reduce external auditor deficiencies in fraud detection and their implications and enhance corporate efficiency in fraud detection. The Handbook of Research on the Significance of Forensic Accounting Techniques in Corporate Governance discusses forensic accounting techniques and how forensic accountants add value while investigating claims and fraud. It further highlights the benefits of forensic accounting audits for corporate benefits and evidence acceptability. Covering topics such as credit card fraud, blockchain technology, and developing countries, this book is an excellent resource for accounting professionals, external auditors, students and faculty of higher education, auditors, researchers, and academicians.

In the past, corporate governance was an important control mechanism for maintaining the accountability of management and directors of an organization. However, the value of strong corporate governance has assumed a critical role in organizations since recent highly publicized business failures of a number of large companies. Claims about the unreliability of reported earnings continue, as evidenced by an increase in the frequency of earnings restatements, earnings management, and fraud. Thus, corporate governance systems continue to be of utmost importance based on the impact of financial reporting (e.g., firm value, earnings and audit quality, firm performance) on capital markets. This book provides a comprehensive review, discussion, and analysis of over 150 research works on the usefulness of corporate governance codes to US firms based on theory underlying corporate governance, anecdotal evidence, and practices. The book first introduces the multi-faceted aspects of corporate governance, reviews corporate governance codes and their unplanned consequences on US firms, and then classifies the extant literature on corporate governance over the last two decades, from 1990 to 2010. The book further discusses the association between corporate governance and organizational outcomes such as firm value, performance, and financial reporting quality to draw conclusions regarding the overall effectiveness of corporate governance codes to US firms. Based on this classification, the book offers directions for future research regarding corporate governance mechanisms to maximize their benefit to US firms.

Advances in Financial Economics, volume 18, will present research on corporate governance both in the US and globally. The volume will aim at providing a deeper understanding of corporate governance practices, trends, innovations and challenges using international data.