IMPACT OF INFORMATION TEHNOLOGY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING 1.0 INTRODUCTION The introduction of the computer and advent of the Internet has changed the way we live in the modern world. This spans across every aspect of human life. Modern innovations have led to the description of the age in which we live as “the Information age”. Information technology and management therefore plays a vital role to the extent that timely access to Information could save a life while improper
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recent global financial crisis‚ companies must put into perspective the necessity of altering their strategies and their long-term goals. Information technology can play a pivotal role in facilitating such changes in the way that the business operates and brings products or services to market. As these companies plan their strategies to weather the difficult period‚ they should in turn‚ also consider the possibility of utilising this time for change to amend their information technology infrastructure
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Jajoria|Rohit Raj|Suresh K Introduction Many governments all over the world are today embarking on an ambitious e-governance projects aimed at bridging the digital divide between the rich and poor as well as the urban and rural citizens. However a closer look at the statistics at this stage would give us the real picture. According to a World Bank estimate about 85% of the e-governance projects across the developing countries have failed to achieve the desired result either totally or partially. The
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Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Corporate Governance: Corporate governance is a combination of corporate policies and best practices adopted by the corporate bodies to achieve its objectives in relation to their stakeholders. It is also the field of economics‚ which studies the many issues arising from the separation from ownership and control. The fundamental objective of corporate governance reforms is to enhance transparency and transparency enhances accountability. It is widely recognized that
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848 The impact of corporate governance on the timeliness of corporate internet reporting by Egyptian listed companies Amr Ezat and Ahmed El-Masry Plymouth Business School‚ Plymouth‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This study seeks to examine the key factors that affect the timeliness of corporate internet reporting (CIR) by the Egyptian listed corporations on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use firm characteristics and corporate governance variables
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1.0 Introductory part 1.1 Introduction: Financial statements are a structured representation of the financial position and financial performance of an entity. The objective of financial statements is to provide information about the financial position‚ financial performance and cash flows of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users in making economic decisions. Financial statements also show the results of the management’s stewardship of the resources entrusted to it. BRAC Bank is one
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THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LXVII‚ NO. 1 • FEBRUARY 2012 Information Disclosure and Corporate Governance BENJAMIN E. HERMALIN and MICHAEL S. WEISBACH∗ ABSTRACT Public policy discussions typically favor greater corporate disclosure as a way to reduce firms’ agency problems. This argument is incomplete because it overlooks that better disclosure regimes can also aggravate agency problems and related costs‚ including executive compensation. Consequently‚ a point can exist beyond which additional
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ACCT2542 Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis Semester 2 – 2009 Version 1.0.3 Contents Page 3 Accounting for Income Tax Page 7 Consolidation Accounting – Principles Page 10 Consolidation Accounting – Wholly Owned Subsidiaries Page 15 Consolidation Accounting – Intragroup Transactions Page 19 Consolidation Accounting – Minority Interests Page 24 Consolidation Accounting – Indirect Ownership Page 26 Accounting for Asso Associates – The Equity Method
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CORPORATE GOVRERNANCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE CASE STUDY: ROOFINGS GROUP 1.0 INTRODUCTION Corporate governance is concerned with ways in which all parties interested in the well-being of the firm (the stakeholders) attempt to ensure that managers and other insiders take measures or adopt mechanisms that safeguard the interests of the stakeholders. Such measures are necessitated by the separation of ownership from management‚ an increasingly vital feature of the modern firm. A typical firm
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Information Technology and Productivity: A Review of the Literature Erik Brynjolfsson Shinkyu Yang MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge‚ Massachusetts Published in Advances in Computers‚ Academic Press‚ Vol. 43‚ pages 179-214‚ 1996. This research was sponsored by the MIT Center for Coordination Science‚ the MIT International Financial Services Research Center‚ and the Sloan Foundation. The paper is a revised and extended version of an article which originally appeared in the Communications
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