Search for dissertations about: "accounting figures"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words accounting figures.
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1. Management Accounting and the Institutionalisation of Trust
Abstract : Bearing in mind the important features of accounting figures with regard to performance evaluation, the value of the way accounting figures are experienced as trustworthy and fair cannot be stressed enough. Surprisingly, with the overall focus on efficiency in today´s companies and the intensified use of performance evaluation measurements, the question of trust has been somewhat neglected within accounting research. READ MORE
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2. Explanation and deduction : a defence of deductive chauvinism
Abstract : In this essay I defend the notion of deductive explanation mainly against two types of putative counterexamples: those found in genuinely indeterministic systems and those found in complex dynamic systems. Using Railton's notions of explanatory information and ideal explanatory text, deductivism is defended in an indeterministic setting. READ MORE
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3. Valuation and Performance Reporting in Property Companies Accouding to IFRS
Abstract : Applying a historical cost accounting (HCA) concept in property companies led on many occasions to a situation where everyone knew that the figures in balance sheets and income statements were wrong from a market perspective, but the analysts knew how the figures had arisen. Applying a fair value accounting (FVA) concept has led to a situation, on many occasions, where almost everyone believes that the figures in balance sheets and income statements accurately and fairly reflect reality, whereas few have sufficient knowledge how these figures have arisen. READ MORE
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4. Product Costing for Sawmill Business Management
Abstract : Several Swedish sawmill groups have recently developed product-costing systems to possibly compensate for diminishing production knowledge in recently centralized market organizations. The concept of product costs is challenging in sawmilling, since production is of a joint type – each log typically yields many products. READ MORE
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5. Investor behaviour : an empirical study of how large Swedish institutional investors make equity investment decisions
Abstract : By describing investors' decision-making processes and actions, this thesis provides a background to the share prices that millions of people follow closely everyday. It focuses on the reasons for institutional investors' investment actions on the stock market, and in particular the role of financial information about the quoted companies. READ MORE