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Information Systems Procurement Process Risk And Control: Insights From A Public Sector Organization, Shan Chi Gary Pan, Manjari Mehta, Poh Sun Seow May 2012

Information Systems Procurement Process Risk And Control: Insights From A Public Sector Organization, Shan Chi Gary Pan, Manjari Mehta, Poh Sun Seow

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This case highlights the specific risks and issues that may be encountered in the information systems (IS) procurement process in a country where bribery and corruption are more common. PSO is a large Indian public sector organization involved in energy-related business. Being financially deprived, PSO relied on government funding to build its infrastructures. Besides the funding support, PSO also inherited the bureaucratic structure and the corruption practices. Lately, PSO was involved in several IS infrastructure and applications upgrading projects and wanted to review its IS procurement process. Does PSO understand the process risks in public IS procurement? Does PSO have …


Construction Contractors With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) May 2012

Construction Contractors With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Life And Health Insurance Entities, With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Life Insurance Audit Guide Task Force May 2012

Life And Health Insurance Entities, With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Life Insurance Audit Guide Task Force

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Investment Companies, With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountant. Investment Companies Expert Panel May 2012

Investment Companies, With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountant. Investment Companies Expert Panel

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Implications Of Being A Highly Rated Organization: Evidence From Four-Star Rated Nonprofits, Qianhua Ling, Daniel G. Neely May 2012

Implications Of Being A Highly Rated Organization: Evidence From Four-Star Rated Nonprofits, Qianhua Ling, Daniel G. Neely

Accounting Faculty Research and Publications

This study examines a group of nonprofits rated four stars by Charity Navigator. The purpose is to determine whether this select group of charities exhibits characteristics associated with top charitable organizations, or whether the four-star rating achieved is limited to the more narrow financial metrics employed in the methodology utilized by Charity Navigator. This study finds that organizations rated four stars by Charity Navigator show a lower level of excess cash holdings, report a lower level of compensation expenses and exhibit lower sensitivity of compensation to performance. Financially, these organizations are less vulnerable than their lower rated peers. The results …


External Stakeholders And Internal Controls In Churches, David Myers May 2012

External Stakeholders And Internal Controls In Churches, David Myers

Accounting Undergraduate Honors Theses

This paper deals specifically with churches, a subset of religious non-profit organizations chosen due to their near-ubiquity in the United States, specifically how an external organization can affect the internal control environment of a local congregation’s financial system.


Film Financing: Thrilling Scenes And Investing Schemes, Charlotte Moore May 2012

Film Financing: Thrilling Scenes And Investing Schemes, Charlotte Moore

Accounting Undergraduate Honors Theses

This thesis discusses investing in independent films and researches whether or not it is a scam by looking at techniques to draw in investors, accounting practices, and professional advice.


Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, May 1-3, 2012, Boston, Ma, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Highlights (Asb) Meeting, May 1-3, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board May 2012

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, May 1-3, 2012, Boston, Ma, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Highlights (Asb) Meeting, May 1-3, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


In Search Of A Different Accounting Graduate: Entry-Point Determinants Of Students’ Performance In An Undergraduate Accountancy Degree Programme In Singapore, Poh Sun Seow, Gary Pan, Joanne Tay May 2012

In Search Of A Different Accounting Graduate: Entry-Point Determinants Of Students’ Performance In An Undergraduate Accountancy Degree Programme In Singapore, Poh Sun Seow, Gary Pan, Joanne Tay

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study investigates the association of prior academic achievement, admission interview, critical thinking, mathematical aptitude, gender and age with successful academic performance in an undergraduate accountancy degree programme at a Singapore university. The purpose of revisiting the determinants of academic performance is twofold: firstly, university accounting education in Singapore has changed greatly since Koh and Koh’s earlier study (1999), so this study examines if determinants previously identified as significant continue to be so in the new setting; secondly, the study tests the usefulness of admission interview in identifying applicants who achieve subsequent academic success. All the data on students’ performance …


Counterparty Responses To Managerial Overconfidence, Paul Hribar, Jaewoo Kim, Ryan Wilson, Holly I-Hwa Yang May 2012

Counterparty Responses To Managerial Overconfidence, Paul Hribar, Jaewoo Kim, Ryan Wilson, Holly I-Hwa Yang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Existing research links CEO personality traits to a number of corporate decisions including overinvestment, external acquisitions, and earnings management. These findings raise the question of whether counterparties distinguish between differences in individual CEO behavior, and how they respond to it. We focus on two key counterparties – auditors and credit rating agencies – and examine whether audit fees and credit ratings are affected by CEO overconfidence. We find a positive association between audit fees and CEO overconfidence, suggesting that auditors exert more effort or increase the risk premium associated with auditing firms with more overconfident CEOs. We also find a …


Geographic Proximity Between Auditor And Client: How Does It Impact Audit Quality?, Jong-Hag Choi, Jeong-Bon Kim, Aini Qiu, Yoonseok Zang May 2012

Geographic Proximity Between Auditor And Client: How Does It Impact Audit Quality?, Jong-Hag Choi, Jeong-Bon Kim, Aini Qiu, Yoonseok Zang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Using a large sample of audit client firms, this paper investigates whether and how the geographic proximity between auditor and client affects audit quality proxied by accrual-based earnings quality. We define an auditor as a local auditor (1) if the auditor’s practicing office is located in the same metropolitan statistical area (MSA) as the client's headquarters and (2) if the geographic distance between the two cities where the auditor’s practicing office and the client’s headquarters are located is within 100 kilometers or they are in the same MSA. As predicted, our empirical results are consistent with local auditors providing higher-quality …


Characteristics Of Auditors Reporting Material Weaknesses In Internal Control Over Compliance For Federal Grants, Julie Hyde Apr 2012

Characteristics Of Auditors Reporting Material Weaknesses In Internal Control Over Compliance For Federal Grants, Julie Hyde

Faculty Works

Are auditor characteristics associated with the reporting of a material weakness in internal control over compliance for federal grants?


Checklists And Illustrative Financial Statements For State And Local Governmental Units, April 30, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Apr 2012

Checklists And Illustrative Financial Statements For State And Local Governmental Units, April 30, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Aicpa Comment Letter, Re: Pcaob Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 039., American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Public Practice And Global Alliances Apr 2012

Aicpa Comment Letter, Re: Pcaob Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 039., American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Public Practice And Global Alliances

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Honors Banquet, April 26, 2012, University Of Mississippi. Patterson School Of Accountancy Apr 2012

Honors Banquet, April 26, 2012, University Of Mississippi. Patterson School Of Accountancy

State Publications

No abstract provided.


Statement Of Aicpa President And Ceo Barry C. Melancon, Cpa, Cgma, Supporting Xbrl Provisions In H.R. 2146, The Digital Accountability And Transparency Act., Barry C. Melancon Apr 2012

Statement Of Aicpa President And Ceo Barry C. Melancon, Cpa, Cgma, Supporting Xbrl Provisions In H.R. 2146, The Digital Accountability And Transparency Act., Barry C. Melancon

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Detecting Fraud In Bankrupt Municipalities Using Benford's Law, Allyn H. Haynes Apr 2012

Detecting Fraud In Bankrupt Municipalities Using Benford's Law, Allyn H. Haynes

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis explores if fraud or mismanagement in municipal governments can be diagnosed or detected in advance of their bankruptcies by financial statement analysis using Benford’s Law. Benford’s Law essentially states that the distribution of first digits from real world observations would not be uniform, but instead follow a trend where numbers with lower first digits (1, 2…) occur more frequently than those with higher first digits (…8,9). If a data set does not follow Benford’s distribution, it is likely that the data has been manipulated. This widespread phenomenon has been used as a tool to detect anomalies in data …


The Increased Savings Of Cash By United States Firms, Robert M. Zak Jr. Apr 2012

The Increased Savings Of Cash By United States Firms, Robert M. Zak Jr.

Honors Theses

Today, many United States firms are holding nearly double the amount of cash they held in the 1980s. The purpose of this discussion is to interpret and analyze the increase of cash-holdings of United States firms throughout the last 30 years, and to determine exactly how and why firms are holding so much more cash than they used to hold in the past. This discussion conveys significant reasons of why firms throughout the United States are holding more cash, including: a recent drop in on-hand inventories, an increased risk of cash flows for firms, money spent on capital by firms …


Gough, William Henry, 1826-1910 (Sc 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Gough, William Henry, 1826-1910 (Sc 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 275. Record book of William H. Gough, the first sheriff of Meade County, Kentucky, containing notes of court cases and jury lists. Includes notes and diary entries relating to his activities at Mount Merino Seminary in Breckinridge County, and lists of students, 1841-1842.


Tichenor, A. K. (Sc 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Tichenor, A. K. (Sc 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 274. Record book of dry goods purchases in account with J. B. Dyer, a merchant at Sonora, Hardin County, Kentucky.


Barrick, Russell M., Jr. (Sc 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Barrick, Russell M., Jr. (Sc 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 273. Account books, 1859-1861, of a tobacco dealer of Barren County, Kentucky.


Marshall & Cowherd - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Marshall & Cowherd - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 271. Account book, 1859-1862, of general merchants at Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky.


Tinsley, Alanson, 1816-1899 (Sc 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Tinsley, Alanson, 1816-1899 (Sc 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 272. Account book, 1860-1861, of a general merchant at Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky.


Letter From Patricia A. Thompson, Cpa, Chair, Aicpa Tax Executive Committee, To Internal Revenue Service, Re: Comments On Proposed And Temporary Regulations Under Section 162(A), 168, And 263(A) Regarding Deduction And Capitalization Of Expenditures Related To Tangible Property (Reg-168745-03 And Td 9564) And Revenue Procedures 2012-19 And 2012-20., Patricia A. Thompson, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee. Apr 2012

Letter From Patricia A. Thompson, Cpa, Chair, Aicpa Tax Executive Committee, To Internal Revenue Service, Re: Comments On Proposed And Temporary Regulations Under Section 162(A), 168, And 263(A) Regarding Deduction And Capitalization Of Expenditures Related To Tangible Property (Reg-168745-03 And Td 9564) And Revenue Procedures 2012-19 And 2012-20., Patricia A. Thompson, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee.

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Organizational Ethics In Accounting: A Comparison Of Utilitarianism And Christian Deontological Principles, Katherine Y. Masten Apr 2012

Organizational Ethics In Accounting: A Comparison Of Utilitarianism And Christian Deontological Principles, Katherine Y. Masten

Senior Honors Theses

Within the field of accounting, there never seems to be a lack of conflict between an individual’s morals and the ethical responsibilities an employee has to the company. This paper will demonstrate many of these ethical conflicts within the field of accounting. It will also demonstrate how strong leadership and leaders who adhere to strong values and ethical systems will positively affect the relationship between employees’ ethical values and the application of their moral values to the company. A specific ethical dilemma that arises within accounting tends to be the utilitarian conflict. Since the greater good is accomplished in this …


Accounting Systems Must Grow With Your Company, Michael Lee, Spencer Cobia Apr 2012

Accounting Systems Must Grow With Your Company, Michael Lee, Spencer Cobia

Accountancy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Atlas is a niche company that resells used medical equipment via the Internet. The business has experienced enormous growth each year to date.


Louisville And Nashville Railroad Company (Mss 399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Louisville And Nashville Railroad Company (Mss 399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 399. Ledger book containing information about road repairs and construction projects on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad line, chiefly in Tennessee and Kentucky. The ledger includes tools and materials used in these projects, a brief account of the work, and information about employees used during the projects.


Ole Miss Accountant – Spring 2012, University Of Mississippi. School Of Accountancy Apr 2012

Ole Miss Accountant – Spring 2012, University Of Mississippi. School Of Accountancy

Ole Miss Accountant

Cover story: Accountancy Steps It Up


Gloria Vollmers Named New Editor Of The Accounting Historians Journal, Academy Of Accounting Historians Apr 2012

Gloria Vollmers Named New Editor Of The Accounting Historians Journal, Academy Of Accounting Historians

Accounting Historians Notebook

Picture of Gloria Vollmers


F.A.C.E.S. (Faculty Academic Community Education Showcase): Professional Growth Experiences In A Career University, Paul J. Colbert, Ph.D. Apr 2012

F.A.C.E.S. (Faculty Academic Community Education Showcase): Professional Growth Experiences In A Career University, Paul J. Colbert, Ph.D.

MBA Faculty Conference Papers & Journal Articles

Institutes of higher education exist for the purpose of developing, fostering, nurturing, and stimulating the intellectual growth and development of students. The core values of a college education provide students conceptual and practical educational opportunities that focus on improving their skills and knowledge. These skills and knowledge translate into purposeful, real-life learning experiences. However, in the academic community, learning is not restricted to students. Faculty, too, must be supported and provided opportunities for personal and professional growth and development. Although professional development is not a novel concept in the education profession, schools often take up the gauntlet, but fall short …