Search for dissertations about: "international reporting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 swedish dissertations containing the words international reporting.

  2. 1. States under scrutiny : International organizations, transformation and the construction of progress

    Author : Matilda Dahl; Bengt Jacobsson; Miriam Salzer-Mörling; Fabrizio Panozzo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; scrutiny; audit; construction; progress; transparency; transformation; international organizations; the Baltic States; EU enlargement; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Opinions, rankings and evaluations of states’ development are proliferating. In the context of the transformation and EU accession of the Baltic States, there were many organizations involved in the scrutiny of their efforts to become accepted as modern and European. READ MORE

  4. 2. "Nationalising" Foreign Conflict : Foreign Policy Orientation as a Factor in Television News Reporting

    Author : Kristina Riegert; Jan Hallenberg; Tom Olsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign news coverage; foreign policy; international news; national journalist cultures; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This study explores the notion that national television news covers foreign conflicts in ways that reflect a country's foreign policy orientation and its stance towards that particular conflict. Sweden and Britain were chosen for comparison since both are European countries with similar public service broadcasting systems, but with different foreign policy orientations and positions in the international system. READ MORE

  5. 3. Disclosures and Judgment in Financial Reporting - Essays on accounting quality under International Financial Reporting Standards

    Author : Emmeli Runesson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting quality; Judgment; Disclosures; Principles-based Accounting; Employee Benefits; Credit losses;

    Abstract : As capital markets become more integrated and globalized, standard setting in financial accounting faces multiple challenges. Financial accounting standards must adapt and change in ways that make them usable to firms in varying institutional and economic settings, and by extension, make the financial state- ments produced under those standards useful to capital market participants worldwide. READ MORE

  6. 4. Who can save the unseen? : Studies on neonatal mortality in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam

    Author : Mats Målqvist; Lars-Åke Persson; Uwe Ewald; Lars Wallin; Zulfiquar Bhutta; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neonatal mortality; Inequity; Ethnic minorities; Care seeking; Delivery care utilization; Under-reporting; Vietnam; Paediatric medicine; Pediatrisk medicin; International Health; Internationell hälsa;

    Abstract : Globally, neonatal mortality has remained basically unchanged for the last three to four decades and every year almost four million newborns die before reaching one month of age. This persistent mortality is related to an invisibility of the newborn child in policies and statistics and a neglect of health care decision-makers, planners and practitioners to deliver a perinatal continuum of care. READ MORE

  7. 5. National Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards : The case of China

    Author : Maria Bengtsson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IFRS; Adoption; National; Policy; Accounting;

    Abstract : In the past few decades, there has been a global trend of international harmonization of accounting standards, with many countries having either partially or completely replaced their national accounting standards with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The intended goal is to remove the barriers that hinder investors when comparing accounting information of companies from different nations, while simultaneously reducing the transaction costs for firms. READ MORE