Search for dissertations about: "Accounting Standards"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words Accounting Standards.

  2. 1. Constituting performance : Case studies of performance auditing and performance reporting

    Author : Fredrik Svärdsten Nymans; Anders Grönlund; Bino Catasús; Andrea Mennicken; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Constituting performance; performance measurement; performance management; performance reporting; performance audit; performance standards; audit independence; accounting concepts; output; representation; government at a distance; social construction; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to problematize how and under what conditions organizational performance is constituted in the practices of performance auditing and accounting. Organizational performance disclosure is a world-wide phenomenon for enabling accountability relationships in large organizations regardless of the societal sector they operate in. READ MORE

  4. 2. Group Accounting Across Borders

    Author : Arne Fagerström; Lars Hassel; Gary M Cunningham; Åbo Akademi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International accounting; consolidated reports; accounting regulation; income smoothing;

    Abstract : Over the last twenty years, accounting diversity between countries has been an important issue in international accounting research. A driving force has been the growth of multinational companies across borders. The development has created new challenges in consolidating financial statements across borders to a common group accounting report. READ MORE

  5. 3. Application of Principles-based Accounting Standards : the case of internally generated intangibles

    Author : Simon Lundh; Magnus Frostenson; Sven Helin; Karin Seger; Gunnar Rimmel; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Principles-based accounting standards; IFRS; intangible assets; research and development; institutional theory; translation;

    Abstract : The uncertainty involved in the application of principles-based financial accounting standards raises the general question of how such standards are applied. The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are principles-based, meaning that they provide a conceptual basis for application rather than detailed rules. READ MORE

  6. 4. From Cost Accounting to Customer Accounting in the HospitalityIndustry : a Constructive Approach

    Author : Mats Carlbäck; Sweden Göteborg Handelshögskolan Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Restaurant Industry; Management Accounting Tools; Management Control; Experience Accounting; FAMM; Cost Allocation; Performance Measurement; Constructive Approach;

    Abstract :  The objective of this research project is to analyse and identify the role of tools used in the restaurant industry to improve resource management efficiency and performance, to develop and test the Experience Accounting tool, and to test and evaluate if this particular system is the system that could fill a gap in the hospitality industry.The research is based on the notion that the hospitality business is part of the experience industry and is producing experiences rather than a plate of food and a bed to sleep in. READ MORE

  7. 5. Institutional Logics and Accounting Professionals : The case of K2 and K3

    Author : Karin Seger; Hans Englund; Magnus Frostenson; Roland Almqvist; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Institutional logics; multiple logics; co-existing logics; accounting professionals; accounting firms; small companies; small limited companies; the K-project; K2; K3;

    Abstract : Accounting firms have long been considered a ‘black box’ in the literature, but over the last two decades or so, a growing body of literature has emerged which points to how the accounting profession may be seen as a profession in transformation, one in which the underlying logic of their work has gone from emphasizing professional values to one in which commercial values constitute the main rules of the game.This thesis draws upon and add to this literature as it directs attention to how co-existing and potentially conflicting institutional logics enable and constrain accounting professionals, in practice and over time. READ MORE