business. Accounting information help investors predict the cash flows of the company and help them estimate their risk in investing in them. Shareholders of a company have a right to demand information about the financial stability of the company and managers satisfy this requirement with accounting information and reports (Ronen and Yaari 7). Earnings management has been a very controversial topic among business enterprises. In the accounting world‚ earnings management is increasing becoming an area of
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| Earning Management | Quality of Accounting Information | | Nur Mohammad Arif | 20-Mar-13 | A report on Earning Management & Quality of Accounting Information Subject: Accounting Principles By | Nur Mohammad Arif | 131-0647-660 | Earning Management & Quality of Accounting Information ABSTRACT: This group report contains a simple descriptive analysis on the Earning Management and Quality of Accounting information for users. Business‚ Investments‚ Profit &
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Industry of UAE Practice Earnings Management Dr. Mohammed Obeidat Introduction It is the right of external users of accounting information to be provided with more adequate information to protect their interests. Many questionable issues concerning the term of earnings management are still available. Auditors‚ accountants‚ financial analysts‚ and other concerned parties may hold the responsibility of detecting external users from the practices of earnings management. Many questionable issues
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Note on How the Earnings Management Teaching Module Can Be Taught Teaching Aims of the Module The Earnings Management Teaching Module is designed to help faculty teach how companies might manipulate earnings to maximize revenues‚ minimize expenses‚ and/or create reserves by setting aside some earnings in the current period that can be released into income at a later period. The result is to overstate earnings and mislead shareholders and creditors about the success of the company during one or
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accounting fraud in a listed company and evaluate possible solutions In 2001‚ Enron Corporation went into bankruptcy due to the disclosure of false information in its financial statements. Similarly‚ when Lehman Brothers collapsed there was no evidence that it had ever publicly disclosed certain detrimental accounting information. Cases of accounting fraud such as these have become increasingly serious. Accounting fraud can result in creditors and stockholders losing confidence in listed companies‚ which
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Can institutional investors restrain earnings management activities in weak investor protection countries? The role of foreign and domestic institutional investors UGUR LEL* This draft: February 2013 Abstract This paper investigates the role that institutional investors play in restraining earnings management activities of firms under varying investor protection environments. Distinguishing between foreign and domestic institutional ownership in a sample of about 190‚000 firm-year observations
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1. What is earnings management? The companies use earnings management as a strategy by which they can easily control and manipulate their earnings to reach their pre-determined earning target. 2. Why do companies employ earnings management techniques? Accountants cannot predict every business structure‚ every new and innovative transaction. Therefore‚ they build up principles that allow for flexibility so that they can adapt to changing circumstances. However‚ people make use of that flexibility
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Earnings Management and Its Implications Educating the Accounting Profession By Michael D. Akers‚ Don E. Giacomino‚ and Jodi L. Bellovary August 2007 Issue AUGUST 2007 - In the wake of continuing‚ highly publicized E-mail Story financial frauds and failures‚ the accounting profession has placed renewed emphasis on issues related to earnings Print Story management and earnings quality. The SEC and the public are demanding greater assurance about the quality of earnings. Staff Accounting Bulletin
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Introduction ‘…no proposition can be more clearly established than that a man cannot incur the loss of liberty or property for an offence by a judicial proceeding until he has had a reasonable opportunity of answering the case against him..’ - de Smith[1] According the Salmond‚ the law of procedure may be defined as that branch of the law which governs the process of litigation. It is the law of actions- jus quod ad actions pertinet- using the term action in a wide sense to include all legal proceedings
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concerned with communication in locality. Caywood (1997) stated that providing information and maintaining relationship with customers is a significant goal for an organization. The organization tries to find effective ways to reach their customers. The companies that expand their businesses to international or multinational markets ought to adapt communication strategies to be compatible with different regions‚ cultures‚ and customers. The effective adaptation can lead to success in local and global markets
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