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Current Issues Faced By Controllers, Anthony C. Bucaro, T. Jeffrey Wilks, Christopher Yust

Faculty Publications

We conduct a series of semi-structured interviews with controllers and chief accounting officers from large public and private companies—over half are Fortune 500—to identify the current issues faced by the controllership function. We map these issues into the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA®) Management Accounting Competencies and highlight recent research that addresses these issues and where there are gaps. Our findings suggest three IMA competencies that weigh heavily on controllers’ minds: (1) collaboration, teamwork, and relationship management; (2) information systems and technology; and (3) talent management. Finally, we describe how the insights from controllers suggest important improvements to accounting curriculum …

Exploring The Benefit Of Introducing Accounting And Finance Knowledge For Micro And Small Entrepreneurs During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Nurul Hidayah, Lucky Nugroho, Harry Suharman, Anees Janee Ali

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

This study aims to explore the benefit of introducing the accounting and finance knowledge for micro and small business enterprises, in particular during the time of the coronavirus disease 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the micro and small enterprises. A large number of industries faced the risk of lower sales, which in turn badly hit their businesses. To assist micro and small business entrepreneurs in maintaining sustainability by improving their bookkeeping skills by using digital applications, a team of lecturers from Universitas Mercu Buana, Indonesia, and Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, collaborated on socialization activities and interactions. The lecturers …

Features Of Organizing Of General Accounting In The Aspect Of Pension Insurance System In Condition Of Sustainable Development Of Tajikistan, Muqadamkhon Zokirkhonovna Abdurahmonova

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

This article considered basic organizational aspects of general accounting of pension system in sustainable development condition of Republic of Tajikistan. Theoretical bases of pension system accounting are analysed. The key aspects of research work are based in the regulations confirmed on the “Instruction about general accounting organization and recording pension operations in accounting”. The problems of transformation of accounting and the pension system are pushing scientists to pay attention to the issues of organizing pension accounting. This scientific article is based on the research regarding to the theme of my candidate dissertation on theme: “Features of development and modernization of …

محاسبة التكاليف البيئية واثرها في قرار الشراء للمستهلك في ظل جائحة كورنا (بحث تطبيقي في شركة الكندي وشركة المنصور للصناعات الدوائية), عمار سليم محمد كاظم العامري

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى معرفة دور محاسبة التكاليف البيئية في التأثير على قرار الشراء الخاص بالمستهلك خلال فترة انتشار وباء كورنا (covid -19)، اذ تعاني الشركات العاملة في مجال صناعة الادوية في العراق من ضعف الالتزام البيئي وعدم قدرتها على مواجهة ازمات انتشار الاوبئة ، اذ مثل هذا البحث محاولة في عينة من الشركات العراقية للصناعات الدوائية لغرض معرفة مقدار التزاماتها تجاه البيئة والمحافظة عليها خلال الفترة نهاية (2019) وسنة (2020) والنصف الاول لسنة(2021) وتم من خلال ذلك التوصل الى تحقيق اهداف البحث واختبار الفرضية . واهم اما توصل اليه البحث تمثل بان عناصر محاسبة التكاليف البيئية تعد من اهم الجوانب …

هيكل الايرادات العامة وأثرها على الموازنة العامة باستخدام أنموذج الابطاء الذاتي الموزع Ardl, عقيل حميد الحلو, قمر ماجد الغرابي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى تحليل والتنبؤ بهيكل الايرادات العامة (اجمالي الايرادات واجمالي ايرادات النفط واجمالي ايرادات الضرائب واثرها على دعم الموازنة الاتحادية للعراق للمدة (2004-2020)، اذ تكمن اهمية البحث في الدور الذي تؤديه الايرادات النفطية وايرادات الضرائب لتخفيض العجز، باستخدام منهجية الابطاء الذاتي الموزع ARDL، كونه احد نماذج التنبؤ، للكشف عن التكامل المشترك بالاجل الطويل، وقد توصل البحث الى جملة من الاستنتاجات أهمها: ان مشاكل الاقتصاد العراقي تعود بمجملها الى عدم وجود تخطيط سليم وادارة فعالة للمرحلة ما بعد 2003، اذ ان الاعتماد المفرط على الايرادات المتحققة من صادرات النفط شكلت النسبة العظمى من اجمالي الايرادات، والتي كان من المفترض ان …

اتجاهات مسار اجمالي الودائع ونسب المساهمة لعينة من المصارف ذات التصنيف المتوسط, حيدر حسين عذافة, بشائر عزيز سلمان

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى تسليط الضوء على دور سعر الفائدة وفاعليته في توجيه مدخرات الافراد وايداعها لدى المصارف خلال مدة البحث (2005-2019)، اذ يعد سعر الفائدة احد اهم العوامل التي تعمل على تحويل مدخرات الافراد الى ودائع، تم قياس العلاقة لمتغيرات البحث بالاستعانة بالأساليب القياسية المتمثلة في برنامج (12E-views) بالاعتماد على انموذج الانحدار الذاتي (ARDL) لبيان العلاقة الدالية بين اسعار الفائدة ونسب مساهمة ودائع المصارف المتوسطة الى اجمالي المدخرات، ولعل اهم الاستنتاجات التي تم التوصل اليها هي وجود علاقة تكاملية طويلة الاجل بين متغيرات البحث.

Decision Usefulness Of Goodwill In Financial Statement Reporting, B. Mechelle Lafon

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The subsequent accounting for goodwill has been and continues to be debated among standard setters, financial statement users, and the academic community. Accounting guidance surrounding the subsequent accounting for goodwill has been amended over the past 2 decades to address cost and complexity, comparability, and faithful representation. This study attempted to determine if faithful representation of goodwill improved with the passage of ASU 2011–04, which amended SFAS 142 and could be adopted by companies with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. ASU 2011–04 offered a qualitative assessment of the faithful representation of goodwill based on certain events and circumstances …

Financial Statement Analysis Project: "The Big Simulation", Luna Y. Goldblatt, João Branco Chaves, Andrew M. Landman, Salmin B. Mwinjuma, Braden C. Vitelli

Open Educational Resources

This project uses real-world financial statements (for Best Buy Co. Inc. and Nvidia Corporation) and creates a role-playing game where students can choose to be one of 4 capital market participants: an innovator that designs a brand-new accounting system, a company that prepares its best version of financial statements, an investor that chooses its ideal portfolio stocks, and a forensic accountant that looks for evidence of earnings management. The project helps student learn to conduct financial statement analysis and appreciate the impact of these statements on company financial ratios and capital market performance.

Understanding Sentiment Through Context, Richard M.Crowley, M.H. Franco Wong

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

We examine whether empirical results using text-based sentiment of U.S. annual reports depend on the underlying context, within documents, from which sentiment is measured. We construct a clause-level measure of context, showing that sentiment is driven by many different contexts and that positive and negative sentiment are driven by different contexts. We then construct context-level sentiment measures and examine whether sentiment works as expected at the context-level across four prediction problems. Our results demonstrate that document-level sentiment exhibits significant noise in prediction and suggest that document-level aggregation of sentiment leads to missed empirical nuances. The contexts driving sentiment results vary …

The Effectiveness Of Using Python Programming Approach In Teaching Financial Analytics, Clarence Goh, Yuanto Kusnadi, Gary Pan

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study presents a learning method and challenges regarding implementing a Python programming approach in teaching financial analytics to graduate accounting students. The advent of Big Data, as well as related applications and technologies, has significantly changed the process and practice of accounting. This has led to essential changes in the construction and teaching content of accounting education. While there have been several studies examining how data analytics is embedded in the accounting curriculum, the majority of the teaching cases in accounting focus on analysis and communication with Excel as the principal tool, with very few covering the necessary steps …

Coeur Mining Inc. A Financial Statement Analyis, Justin Czech

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

This Financial Statement Analysis of Coeur Mining Inc. looks at the firms, past, present, and future projects, trends, and financial statements in order to come to a conclusion about the firm as a whole, and the stock of the firm. In this analysis, I will discuss the firm as compared to a competitor firm; Compass Minerals Inc. Through this comparison, I will decide the strength and legitimacy of the financial statements of Coeur Mining Inc.

The Effect Of Accounting Conservatism On Measures Of Financial Constraints, Taewoo Kim, Brandon Byunghwan Lee, Bo Meng, Daniel Paik

Accounting Faculty Publications

This study examines the relationship between accounting conservatism and measures of financial status. We find that, in general, a higher level of accounting conservatism is associated with a lower level of financial constraints – thereby making external funds less costly. The results also show that for a firm with a higher bid-ask spread or a higher likelihood of bankruptcy, this negative relationship between conservative financial reporting and financial constraints is intensified. In other words, a higher level of accounting conservatism is likely to make external funds less costly especially for those firms with a higher level of bid-ask spread or …

Commdent Letters On Proposed Peer Review Standards Update No. 1, Omnibus Enhancements And Technical Corrections, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Peer Review Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

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Proposed Peer Review Standards Update No. 1, Omnibus Enhancements And Technical Corrections; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2022, November 16, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Peer Review Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

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Is The 340b Hospitals Battle At The Supreme Court Over?, Casey W.. Baker, Susan W. Lanham, Alberto Coustasse

Accounting Faculty Research

Under the Federal 340B Program, hospitals and eligible health care clinics that serve low income or rural populations can qualify for federally negotiated manufacturer discounts on purchases of prescription drugs. Approximately 50,000 entities participate in the 340B program, where pharmaceutical manufacturers are instructed to supply outpatient medications to participating providers at discounted rates of 20% to 50%. Participating hospitals depend on profits from the differential between their reimbursement for these drugs and the discounted rates they disburse to finance affordable patient care in underserved communities. On June 15, 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled that major cuts to 340B payments …

Do Chief Financial Officers Need To Be Qualified Accountants? A Study Of Whether And When Accounting Qualification May Not Be Necessary For Cfos., Vincent Boon Seng Lim

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Many empirical research studies suggest that Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) with accounting qualifications improve company performance in various ways such as through better financial reporting accuracy (Aier et al., 2005), internal control (Li et al., 2010), corporate governance (Sun et al., 2015) and tax efficiency (Chen et al., 2020). This suggests that CFOs should be qualified in accounting. However, this study found that this may not always be the case.

By looking at the top listed companies in Singapore, it was found that a significant percentage of CFOs are not accounting qualified, which indicates a significant gap. The study conducted …

A Covid-Related Fraud At Applied Biosciences Corp: What Are The Lessons?, Scott Jackson, Paul Ordyna, Srinivasan Ragothaman

Mountain Plains Business Conference

No abstract provided.

Replenishment-Shipment Decision For A Multiproduct Producer-Client Coordinated Fpr Model With Postponement, Rework And Subcontracting, Yuan-Shyi Peter Chiu, Ting-Fang Yan, Yunsen Wang, Hui-Chi Wang

Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This research constructs a mathematical scheme to explore replenishment-shipment decisions for a multiproduct producer-client coordinated finite production rate (FPR) model with the postponement, rework, and subcontracting plan. The considered multiple goods have a common component, and a batch FPR fabrication with postponement is planned to meet the annual multiproduct requirements. The first fabricating phase makes only the standard components needed for a batch and subcontracts a proportion of them (with additional cost) to expedite the process. In contrast, the second fabricating phase produces the finished multiple merchandise in sequence. The in-house rework processes with extra expense help retain the desirable …

Auditor's Approach To Statistical Sampling, Volume 3. (Supplementary Section) Stratified Random Sampling, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Development Division. Individual Study Program

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.

The Importance Of Clarification Of Auditors' Responsibilities Under The New Audit Reporting Standards*, Ann G. Backof, Kendall Bowlin, Brian M. Goodson

Faculty and Student Publications

Given the uncertainty regarding auditors' responsibilities, standard setters considered the need for clarification of technical terms such as reasonable assurance in the new audit reporting models. The PCAOB ultimately decided to exclude clarifying language from its final standard, while the Auditing Standards Board and IAASB made such language mandatory. Given the difference in reporting models, this study investigates the role clarification of reasonable assurance plays in auditor negligence. We predict and find that, absent clarification, jurors judge auditors to be more negligent when the audit report includes a related critical audit matters disclosure than when it does not. However, consistent …

The Use Of Data Envelopment Analysis To Improve The Efficiency Of The Scientific Departments In The Technical Institute Of Al-Suwaira, Muna Shaker Salman, Ruqayah Yassir Abdul Ameer, Athraa Kamel Al Mashhadani

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

The mechatronics system is considered one of the most important systems developed globally due to its effective importance in implementing various works such as producing goods, services, industrial products, and communication systems. It is concerned with designing products and integrating industrial, electrical, mechanical, and computer processes into a modern production system. Therefore, the effective performance and organization’s effective achievement of its goals and the emphasis on the quality of performance, as the system is one of the keys to success and how to provide advanced technological products, as the design of the mechatronics system is characterized by efficiency and competitiveness …

Digitalization And Tax-Motivated Income Shifting, Devenni Putri Fau, Lestari Kurniawati

BISNIS & BIROKRASI: Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi

Numerous studies show that the tax rate difference between parent and subsidiaries as well as among subsidiaries acts as the incentive for income shifting between multinational corporations (MNCs). Digital business models that emerged as an impact of digital transformation may exacerbate income shifting by MNCs. However, empirical studies to support the relation between digital business models and income shifting is still scarce. Thus, this study examined whether Indonesia’s foreign-owned manufacturing companies shift income in respect to its foreign-parent tax rate and if the level of digitalization exacerbates the practice. This study used the income-shifting approach by Hines and Rice (1994) …

الايرادات البديلة (غير النفطية) واثرها على الموازنة العامة باستخدام الدالة اللوغاريتيمة, عقيل حميد الحلو, قمر ماجد الغرابي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى تحليل واقع الايرادات غير النفطية وسبل تعزيزها من اجل دعم الموازنة الاتحادية، فضلاً عن إمكانية تبني الدولة لسياسات اقتصادية لأنعاش القطاعات الاقتصادية (الصناعية، الزراعية، السياحية، الضرائب، المنافذ الحدودية … الخ)، ولتقدير العلاقة بين متغيرات الدراسة تم اعتماد منهجية الابطاء الذاتي الموزع ARDL، بإعتباره احد نماذج التنبؤ بالعلاقة الدالية بين الايرادات وأثرها على الموازنة الاتحادية وايضاً تقدير العلاقة بين عجز الموازنة والايرادات الاخرى باستخدام الدالة اللوغاريتمية، وتوصلت الدراسة الى جملة من الاستنتاجات اهمها: عدم وجود تخطيط سليم وادارة فعالة للمرحلة ما بعد 2003، وفشل خطط التنمية الاقتصادية التي سعت الى تنويع منافذ الايرادات العامة، ووجود عجز دائم في …

The Extent Of Readiness Of Organizations To Establish A Mechatronics System An Exploratory Study Of The Opinions Of A Sample Of Workers In The General Company For North Electricity Distribution, Raafat Assi, Safa Adnan Altaie

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

The mechatronics system is considered one of the most important systems developed globally due to its effective importance in implementing various works such as producing goods, services, industrial products, and communication systems. It is concerned with designing products and integrating industrial, electrical, mechanical, and computer processes into a modern production system. Therefore, the effective performance and organization’s effective achievement of its goals and the emphasis on the quality of performance, as the system is one of the keys to success and how to provide advanced technological products, as the design of the mechatronics system is characterized by efficiency and competitiveness …

الكفاءة الذاتية, التنمر في مكان العمل ودورهما في جودة الخدمة الفندقية, مروة عبد الكريم الزهيري, مريم إبراهيم الكرعاوي, ازهار عزيز العبيدي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

ان الهدف الاساسي للدراسة يتمحور حول معرفة طبيعة العلاقة بين متغيرات البحث (الكفائة الذاتية, التنمر في مكان العمل و جودة الخدمة الفندقية) في مجوعة فنادق الثلاث نجوم في مدينه النجف الاشرف. ولندرة الدراسات العربية في هذا الميدان تعد الدراسة الحالية محاولة جادة لتقديم مجموعة حلول لتحسين جودة الخدمة في الفنادق التي تستقطب زائرين من مختلف انحاء العالم. تم جمع البيانات من خلال استبانه موزعة على (121) عامل تم استرجاع 105 منها, اي كانت نسبة الاسترجاع تقريبا(87%) وهذه نسبة جيدة يمكن اعتمادها في تحصيل النتائج. ومن خلال الاستعانه ببرنامج SPSS الاحصائي, تبين ان هناك تأثير ايجابي للكفاءة الذاتية على جودة الخدمة …

An Examination Of The Effect Of The Coronavirus Pandemic On Firm Value In Egypt: A Panel Pmg/Ardl Approach, Wafaa Salah, Lela Pumphrey

Business Administration

This study investigates the short-and long-term consequences of coronavirus-induced declines in firm activity on firm value. This association was explored explicitly at both the market and industry levels. The panel data covers the period from March 19,2020,to June 25,2020,for 136 publicly traded non-financial companies. The panel pooling mean group/Autoregressive Distributed Lag estimate method is utilized to investigate the Coronavirus's short-and long-term effects on firm value. The primary findings indicate that the pandemic negatively impactedthe daily stock returns of all industries besides healthcare. This outcome could be ascribed to a 24,3 percent increasein Egyptian healthcare spending in 2019/20 to assure the …

Internal Controls In Small City Government, M. Wade Cothran

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The flexible design multiple case study was performed to broaden the understanding of the possible rationale for city government officials' failing to implement effective internal controls related to the global business problem of occupational fraud. The leadership of an organization should assume a stewardship attitude to reduce fraud risk by designing, implementing, monitoring internal controls, and testing their effectiveness. Asset misappropriation from occupational fraud results in the loss of assets and potential business failure. The research questions explored the internal control procedures implemented to prevent and detect property theft. Additionally, the research questions addressed the strategies implemented to establish segregation …

Giving Shareholders Real Rights, Reducing Excessive Executive Pay, And Reducing One‐Size‐Fits‐All Regulation, Dan Palmon, Gary Kleinman, Ann F. Medinets

Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This paper questions the effectiveness of shareholders’ protection from managers who may make choices contrary to the shareholders’ interests. We focus on “silent shareholders” who rarely vote because their goal is purely financial return with no intention or ability to participate in corporate strategies. Since they have virtually no influence on company policies, we argue that they should not be viewed as firm owners, but as consumers of managerial services. Therefore, we suggest the creation of a new class of “capital contract” stock that would grant silent shareholders an explicit legal contract that clearly specifies their rights and compensations in …

Is Your C-Suite Risk Literate?, Jason Bergner, Joshua J. Filzen

Accountancy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Managing risk effectively is essential for business success, and thus understanding risk is vital for business executives. Effective risk management increases firm value, whereas poor risk management will damage shareholder wealth. In this article, we examine the risk literacy of business executives and find significant variation among the leaders we sample. Our findings suggest that business executives would be well served to evaluate their own risk literacy, and remediate, if necessary; to work to increase risk literacy in the company’s employees; and to include risk literacy as an important and routine part of the firm’s overall culture. Because the importance …

Strategic Disclosure And Debt Covenant Violation, Thomas Bourveau, Derrald Stice, Rencheng Wang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study examines how managers change their forecasting behavior as a debt covenant violation approaches. Using a sample of firms that disclose a debt covenant violation (DCV) in their financial statements, we find that management forecasts are more optimistic in the period leading up to a DCV, and this result is not driven by managers’ unintentional forecast bias. Additionally, we find that managers who are more optimistic in their forecasts also take on more risk and increase dividend payouts before violations, consistent with managers strategically using earnings forecasts to justify their activities favorable to shareholders but likely to be curtailed …