Search for dissertations about: "Accounting information"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 230 swedish dissertations containing the words Accounting information.

  2. 6. The Pursuit of Relevance : Studies on the Relationships between Accounting and Users

    Author : Johan Graaf; Matti Skoog; Roland Almqvist; John Holland; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting; Information; Relevance; Financial analysis; Social and Institutional Practice; Capital Markets; Sell-side; Analyst; Broker; Equity sales; Investment recommendations; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : Relevance has become one of the key priorities for accounting policy, and implies that accounting should have an impact on the economic decision-making of accounting users. Despite the increased importance given to users, however, little is known concerning the properties of such relevance in practice. READ MORE

  4. 7. An Eye for Accounting : Studies investigating judgmental effects of visual cues in accounting communication

    Author : Jenny Backman; Jan Lindvall; Frank Hartmann; Jonas Gerdin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Behavioral accounting research; Visuals; Framing; Accounting communication; Judgment and decision-making; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates judgmental effects of visual cues in accounting communication. The dissertation comprises a comprehensive summary and four empirical studies. READ MORE

  5. 8. On the Importance of Accounting Information for Stock Market Efficiency

    Author : Jiri Novak; Jan-Erik Gröjer; Mattias Hamberg; Mats Åkerblom; Colin Clubb; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; accounting; capital makets; efficiency; momentum; liquidity; accounting conservatism; transitory earnings; IFRS; goodwill; Sweden; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the discussion on the importance of accounting information for stock market efficiency. As any analysis of market efficiency depends on the use of adequate risk proxies, the thesis first investigates the ability of commonly used risk factors to explain the cross-sectional variation of Swedish stock returns. READ MORE

  6. 9. Essays of Financial Performance and Capital Structure

    Author : Lars Lindbergh; Lars G. Hassel; Michael B. Adams; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; financial accounting; financial statements; financial performance; capital structure; tax allowances; comparative studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four self-contained essays on financial performance and capital structure. Essay I assesses the strength of strategic inputs into profitability among firms within several sub-sectors within the industrial service sector in the U.S. and Sweden. READ MORE

  7. 10. Autonomous cloud resource provisioning : accounting, allocation, and performance control

    Author : Ewnetu Bayuh Lakew; Erik Elmroth; Hiaohui (Helen) Gu; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; cloud computing; distributed infrastructure; monitoring; accounting; performance modeling; service differentiation; business data processing; administrativ databehandling;

    Abstract : The emergence of large-scale Internet services coupled with the evolution of computing technologies such as distributed systems, parallel computing, utility computing, grid, and virtualization has fueled a movement toward a new resource provisioning paradigm called cloud computing. The main appeal of cloud computing lies in its ability to provide a shared pool of infinitely scalable computing resources for cloud services, which can be quickly provisioned and released on-demand with minimal effort. READ MORE