Quality measurement indices of narrative information of financial reports before and after the adoption of IFRS

Abstract

The research for the annual reports quality and more specifically of their narrative segments has been underestimated, mainly due to the lack of trustful quality measurement and analysis methods of the businesses narrative information. This thesis, using two composed indicators, the non-weighted Index (Ma.Co.I) and the weighted Index (Ma.Co.Iw), examines the quality of narrative sections before and after I.F.R.S adoption to a sample of firms originate from Northern Europe, Western Europe and U.S.A. This time period is not characterized only by the reform of the accounting standards but also by the reform of management commentary standards. The results suggest that the I.F.R.S. adoption affect in positive way the overall annual reports quality. This positive relation is reflected more to the financial information (35%) than to ESG information regarding to environmental, social and corporate governance firms’ behavior (20%). Despite of the pressure for quality and transparency of annua ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/44357
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http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/44357
ND
44357
Alternative title
Δείκτες μέτρησης ποιότητας της αφηγηματικής πληροφόρησης των χρηματοοικονομικών καταστάσεων πριν και μετά την εισαγωγή των διεθνών λογιστικών προτύπων
Author
Garefalakis, Alexandros
Date
2018
Degree Grantor
Hellenic Open University
Committee members
Δημητράς Αυγουστίνος
Ζοπουνίδης Κωνσταντίνος
Σπαθής Χαράλαμπος
Τσούμας Χρήστος
Δούμπος Μιχαήλ
Ιατρίδης Γεώργιος - Εμμανουήλ
Κουσενίδης Δημήτριος
Discipline
Social SciencesEconomics and Business
Keywords
Accounting; Operational research; Auditing; Management accounting; Financial accounting
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
324 σ., tbls., fig., ch.
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