Search for dissertations about: "Accounting related essays"

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2. 1. Essays on manufacturing-related management accounting

   Author : Andreas Myrelid; Jan Olhager; Helene Lidestam; Carin Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; operations management; performance measurement; decision making; verksamhetsstyrning; prestationsmätning; beslutsfattande;

   Abstract : In general companies continuously have to improve their operations to be able to survive in the global competition. They have to be better in utilizing their resources today compared to what they were yesterday. The production systems have changed during the 20th century and factories today do not look like they did hundred years ago. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Disclosure Practices in Sweden - Causes and Effects

   Author : Anders H Adrem; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Earnings Forecasts; Financial Analysts; Annual Report; Strategy; Voluntary Disclosure; Accounting; Investor Relations; Redovisning;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines the causes and effects of corporate disclosure practices. The thesis consists of four independent but related essays that collectively make up a country study for Sweden. 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. Social and Economic Factors in Decision Making under Uncertainty : Five Essays in Behavioral Economics

   Author : Kinga Posadzy; Peter Martinsson; Gustav Tinghög; Pablo Brañas Garza; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; behavioral economics; experimental economics; social factors; coordination; competition; deciding for others; mental accounting;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to improve the understanding of human behavior that goes beyond monetary rewards. In particular, it investigates social influences in individual’s decision making in situations that involve coordination, competition, and deciding for others. Further, it compares how monetary and social outcomes are perceived. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Information Disclosure : Content, Consequence and Relevance

   Author : Niklas Ström; Jan-Erik Gröjer; Bino Catasús; Kenth Skogsvik; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Business studies; IPO; prospectus; disclosure; valuation; underpricing; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis provides new insight into the information environments of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and analysts’ equity reports. The thesis consists of four essays that address the issues of firm disclosure and the relevance of information for analysts and investors in the capital market. READ MORE