Search for dissertations about: "Quality of reporting"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 198 swedish dissertations containing the words Quality of reporting.

2. 21. The Auditor at Work : A study of auditor practice in Big 4 audit firms

   Author : Pernilla Broberg; Anne Loft; Torbjörn Tagesson; Bino Catasús; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Auditing; Auditors; Practice; Profession; Structure; Judgment; Comfort; Audit quality; Audit firm; Big 4; Auditing; auditors; practice; profession; structure; judgment; comfort; audit quality; Big 4; audit firms;

   Abstract : By combining different aspects of auditing and by focusing on the individual auditor and observing auditors at work, this dissertation explores the auditing concept. It focuses on activities carried out by auditors in local settings and how the macro-level phenomenon of “auditing” is realised in micro-level, day-to-day audit work. READ MORE

4. 22. 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

5. 23. Essays on behavioral determinants of earnings quality

   Author : Savvas Papadopoulos; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Företagsledare; Redovisning; Accounting; Executives;

   Abstract : The neoclassical economic view of the firm - upon which most of the empirical financial accounting research is based - assumes that managers are rational wealth optimizers. Therefore, managers are considered homogeneous and selfless inputs into the production process, and this implies that different managers are perfect substitutes for one another. READ MORE

6. 24. Cardiovascular disease and hypertension : Population-based studies on self-rated health and health-related quality of life in Sweden

   Author : Carola Bardage; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pharmacy; Cardiovascular disease; hypertension; antihypertensive treatment; side effects; self-rated health; health-related quality of life; health-state utilities; SF-36 Health Survey; rating scale; time trade-off; general population; twins; FARMACI; PHARMACY; FARMACI; Social Pharmacy; samhällsfarmaci;

   Abstract : The aim with this thesis was to study cardiovascular disease and hypertension, use of drugs and health from an epidemiological perspective. Various methods - self-rated health (SRH), health related quality of life (HRQL) - the 36-item short form questionnaire (SF-36) - and health utility measurements - the rating scale (RS) and the time-trade off (TTO) methods - were employed. READ MORE

7. 25. Hip disorders and osteoarthritis: focus on health-related quality of life, assesssment and intervention

   Author : Anne Sundén; Människan i rörelse: hälsa och rehabilitering; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; physiotherapy; intervention; hip; osteoarthritis; health-related quality of life; physical function; self-efficacy; Tai Chi; patient education;

   Abstract : The overall aims of this work were to investigate the consequences of hip disorders and hip osteoarthritis (OA) on health-related quality of life (HRQL) physical function and self-efficacy. The condition, hip OA, is often associated with significant pain and has a strong impact on physical function and quality of life. READ MORE