... Exchange and market value, 199 5 -2004 (year-end) Number of listed companies Capitalization (mill PLN) 199 5 65 199 6 83 199 7 143 199 8 198 199 9 221 2000 225 2001 230 2002 216 2003 203 2004 230 PLN 11,3 ... that board smallness was associated with higher market evaluations as well as higher returns on assets, sales over assets, and return on sales (ROS) Since, there is not clear empirical evidence, ... duality have concluded to inconsistent results and there is no clear direction and magnitude of CEO duality–board vigilance and firm performance (Daily and Dalton, 199 2, 199 3; Dalton et al. , 199 8;...
... information (or differentially weigh positive and negative information) to support their prior beliefs (e.g., Mahoney 197 6, 197 7; Lord etal 197 9; Wilson etal 199 3; Pham etal 2001) Similar findings ... Arel etal 2005; Brody and Moscove 199 8; Kemp etal 198 3; Ramsey 2001; Winters 197 8; Wolf etal 199 9) Threats to auditor independence are not new; more than 40 years ago, Mautz and Sharaf (196 1, ... 2000, 2001; Lowe etal 2002; Brandon and Mueller 2006) or judges (e.g., Lowe and Reckers 199 4; Jennings etal 199 8; Jennings etal 199 3; Anderson etal 199 7) What are the advantages of using each...
... 3. 619 mxt 198 0.67 1 .191 m1 23 0.08 0.268 m2 36 0.12 0.327 m3 0.03 0.172 m4 19 0.06 0.245 Table II Descriptive statistics Notes: n – 297; TA – total assets; ln TA – the natural logarithm of total ... natural logarithm of BVE ½ lnðBEÞ 2; The natural logarithm of the client’s assets [ln TA] The natural logarithm of squared changes in of total assets ½lnðDTAÞ2 ; MVE [ln MVE] The natural logarithm ... increase in alertness to any possible improprieties, increase in quality service and prevent closer relationship with client (Mautz, 197 4; Winters, 197 6; Hoyle, 197 8; Brody and Moscove, 199 8) However,...
... atext/d04216.txt Healey, T (2004, March 12) The best safeguard against financial scandal Financial Times Retrieved March 15, 2004, from http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/news/ opeds /2004/ healey_financial_scandal_ ... partings are always from small companies (O’Sullivan, 2004b) As in all analytical decisions, client analysis should include both quantitative measures, such as profitability, and qualitative measures, ... (2004) Parmalat sues former auditors New York Times Retrieved December 31, 2004, from http:// www.nytimes.com O’Sullivan, K (2004a, October) Can we talk? CFO, pp 70–71 O’Sullivan, K (2004b) Getting...
... both analytical and numerical analysis of magnetic fields and forces, his research interests include novel numerical modeling methods and applications, especially in acoustics, mechanical-acoustic ... rules are determined by the laws of electromagnetics All numerical techniques involve discretization In most traditional approaches the physics is first modeled as a differential or integral equation, ... the best-known example is the equivalent electrical network The use of electrical network models in mechanics is well established There are direct analogues between springs, masses, and dampers...
... monoclonal antibodies, refer to the historical literature (Moll etal 198 2, 198 3; Czernobilsky etal 198 4; Makin etal 198 4; Tsutsumi etal 198 4; Levy etal 198 8) Reasons for Use The reasons for using ... nuclei are occasionally also present in upper epithelial layers of severe reactive and inflammatory change (al- Saleh etal 199 5; Bulten etal 199 6; Kruse etal 2001; Pirog etal 2002) The expression ... (Cameron etal 2002; Negri etal 2003; Ishikawa etal 2003; Murphy etal 2004) ACIS is positive for CEA, in contrast to CEA-negative microglandular hyperplasia, tubal metaplasia or endometriosis...
... Dermatology University Hospital 205 02 Malmử Sweden Frick, Malin Department of Occupational Dermatology General Hospital 214 01 Malmử Sweden Frosch, Peter J (e-mail: peter.frosch@klinikumdo.de) ... Bjửrkner, Bert Dept Occupational Dermatology General Hospital 214 01 Malmử Sweden Alanko, Kristiina (e-mail: Kristiina.Alanko@ttl.fi) Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA ... critical importance for understanding mucosal tolerance induction (see Sect 2.9, Hyporeactivity: Tolerance and Desensitization) For most, if not all, allergens prolonged allergenic contacts, also along...
... Figure Calculated conformational energy dierences between axial and equatorial methyl-cyclohexane in kcal/mol The dashed line shows the experimental value 12 Liljefors etal Figure Calculated ... the axial 10 Liljefors etal Figure Calculated energy dierences in kcal/mol between the E and Z conformer of Nmethylacetamide The dashed line indicates the experimental value Figure Calculated ... skew-ecl (CMO) Ethyl methyl ether, ga 2-Methoxy-THP, eqaxb Ethanol (CO), ga Propanol (CC), ga Ethyl amine (CN), ga N-Methylacetamide, E-Z N-Methylpiperidine, axeq 2-Methylpiperidine, axeq 3-Methylpiperidine,...
... AGG 228 228 229 230 Das Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG) 245 Stichwortverzeichnis 263 13.1 13.2 13.3 194 194 197 Vorwort Liebe Leserinnen, liebe Leser, als ich vor bald 10 Jahren meine Diversity-Beratung ... sich ziehen und als deren Kehrseite Sie als ArbeitgeberIn eine ganze Reihe von Pflichten treffen 1.2 Die sechs Gleichbehandlungsmerkmale Das Gesetz beinhaltet insgesamt sechs Merkmale auf Grund ... zu sozialer Verantwortung § 17 Abs 2.10 19 Ihre Pflichten als ArbeitgeberIn Diese Aufgaben bestehen in allen Geltungsbereichen des Gesetzes, nehmen allerdings in den verschiedenen PersonalmanagementDisziplinen...
... original method of stable osteosynthesis Clin Orthop Relat Res 199 1, 272: 67-75 Woon etal Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010, 5 :19 http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1 /19 10 ... an external Woon etal Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010, 5 :19 http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1 /19 Page of Figure a - Comminuted Gustillo-Anderson IIIB open diaphyseal fractures ... months later because of unacceptable valgus malalignment and dorsal angulation This involved removal of the external fixation and replacement with an internally placed LCP pilon plate 2.7/3.5 (Synthes...
... it increased (see Additional data files) reports Hormone metabolism and transcription factors Senescence is under hormonal control, and although changes in hormonal levels not always require ... library was described by Sterky etal in 199 8 [2], while more recently, Bhalerao etal [3] compared the ESTs from mature and senescing leaves The generation and analysis of the remaining sequences ... Biology 2004, Volume 5, Issue 4, Article R24 Andersson etal For various internal analyses of spotting quality, we included × 36 copies each of the two genes 'expressed protein' and calmodulin,...
... Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for xx Economic Policy (198 6 -198 9), Member of the National Commission on Superconductivity (198 8 -198 9), Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs (198 9 -199 2), ... lot Table 1: Number and Cost of Bank and Thrift Failures, 199 5 – 2002 Year Number 199 5 199 6 199 7 199 8 199 9 2000 2001 2002* 6 8 Total Assets ($ bn) 0.8 0.2 *** 0.4 1.5 0.4 2.4 2.2 Estimated Loss ... 198 9 to 199 0 From 198 6 to 198 7; he was President and CEO of the California-based Independence Savings and Loan He was Deputy Chief Economist at the Federal Home Loan Bank Board from 198 3 to 198 6...
... abnormal accruals difficult The abnormal component of total accruals is estimated with the modified Jones (199 1) cross-sectional model (DeFond and Jiambalvo 199 4; Francis etal 199 9; Becker etal 199 8) ... Ln(Assets) = natural log of total assets; and ROA = net income before extraordinary items for 199 5 divided by total assets at the end of 199 5 Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, September 2004 ... levels, respectively a All financial variables except Ln(Assets) are scaled by total assets Earnings, |Earnings|, CashFlows, |CashFlows|, Total Accruals , Abnormal Accruals, Ln(Assets), and ROA are...
... of total assets at year-end, leverage (LEV) equals total debt divided by total assets at year-end, growth (GROW) equals growth rate of total assets over the previous year, and CFO equals net cash ... measures of accruals: discretionary accruals and current accruals They use the cross-sectional Jones (199 1) model to estimate discretionary accruals, and their current accruals equal the change ... “discretionary accruals” refers to both DA and PMDA unless indicated otherwise Methods of empirical tests We first examine the unconditional relation between absolute discretionary accruals and...
... total accruals) scaled by total assets; SIZEit = the natural logarithm of the book value of total assets; LEVit = the ratio of total debts to total assets; L1TACit = last year’s total accruals ... accrual choices in the current period (DeFond and Jiambalvo 199 3; Becker etal 199 8; DeFond and Park 199 7; Kim etal 2003) As in Ashbaugh etal (2003), we include the prior year’s total accruals ... earnings through income-increasing accrual choices (Becker etal 199 8; Francis etal 199 9; and Kim etal 2003) Fan and Wong (2002) also document that in East Asian 19 economies, Big Five auditors are...
... financial expert In their study, McDaniel etal compared how financial experts may differ from financial literates in the evaluation of the quality of financial reporting items and whether the salience ... potentially undervalue the role that corporate governance can play Further, in a recent meta analysis of corporate governance research, Larcker etal (2004, 1) conclude that “the typical structural ... association between weaknesses in governance and poor financial reporting quality, earnings manipulation, financial statement fraud, and weaker internal controls (e.g., Dechow etal 199 6; Beasley 199 6;...