PERFORMANCE AUDITING AND THE NARRATING OF A NEW AUDITEE IDENTITY

This paper analyzes how performance auditing affects the auditee in different and sometimes unexpected ways. On the basis of a detailed case study of the Danish Ministry of Transport's encounter with performance auditing we argue that performance audit is a practice that generates multiple effects and that some of these effects can be characterized as a reconfiguration of the organizational identity of the auditee. In this process, accountabilities are reformulated and reallocated which sometimes lead to ‘blame games’ and strong feelings of discomfort. We draw on actor‐network theory and a narrative approach to study how performance audit reports produce narratives that picture new possible identities that the auditee in question must take into consideration. We argue that auditee identities are partly shaped by relations to ‘significant others’, such as the National Audit Office, the politicians and the press who all give accounts of who the Ministry is and ought to be. Furthermore, we argue that accounting and management information systems are enrolled as important ‘nonhuman’ actors that enable the suggested identity positions.     

\"新公共管理\"与完善我国税务机构的内部管理

\"新公共管理\"给西方税务机构改革带来的变化为我国加强税务机构内部管理提供了经验。借鉴发达和新兴工业化国家改善税务机构的内部管理的经验,完善我国税务机构的内部管理可从组织机构、人力资源管理机制和绩效评估机制三方面着手。     

Unravelling the Capital Charging Riddle – Some Empirical Evidence from Victoria

Since 1995, the State of Victoria has been experimenting with capital charging regimes for budget sector agencies. The intent of these schemes is to allow the opportunity cost of capital to be reflected in the assessed total costs of outputs produced by agencies the subject of the charge. While literature produced by government central financial agencies has forcefully advocated this experiment, and asserted a range of resulting improvements to budget sector asset management and general financial management practices, academic examinations of the subject have been mixed in their conclusions. Empirical evidence relating to the effect and effectiveness of these schemes has been scarce. This paper seeks to contribute to the literature by providing some empirical evidence on the impact of capital charging in one jurisdiction, Victoria, Australia.     

ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

This paper clarifies the nature of nonprofit accountability by distinguishing between the substantive and processual understandings of the public interest. The major theories of the nonprofit sector are shown to imply that this sector's activities correspond to the public interest only in its processual understanding, but not in the substantive one. Policy and management implications of this argument are discussed.     

高智力劳动力、知识扩散绩效对新创企业成长的影响机理研究

基于互联网新创企业的面板数据,考量高智力劳动力、知识扩散绩效对新创企业成长的影响机理.结果表明:从全样本看,高智力劳动力、知识扩散绩效对新创企业成长具有十分显著的正向促进作用.从分样本的实证结果看,高智力劳动力对于新创企业成长的作用效果显著高于知识扩散绩效的作用效果.进一步分析发现,高智力劳动力与知识扩散绩效对新创企业成长产生影响的同时,均存在显著的边际效益递减趋势.     

Continuity and Discontinuity in Accounting Technology in Danish State Institutions

The development of accounting technology in the Danish state sector is characterised by episodes of disruption and the longevity of certain principles that define accounting's accountability as involved in producing the state as a unit, as providing a continuous concern for productivity, and as providing the means by which a parliamentary democracy may work. The episodes of disruption may often repair on this trinity of issues. The recent transformations are radical as they introduce a new form of management via individualised 'accounting-cultured' institutions and managers. They do so via a heightened emphasis on a core technology already in place supplemented by a new mode of output orientation rather than input orientation via a Company Accounts . In addition to reporting on spending, this set of accounts introduced a series of non-financial measures such as productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction.     

数理经济方法中跨期因子的推导及应用

本文给出了时间序列的离散和连续两种情形的跨期调整关系和增长率计算公式的推导过程,以及进一步利用等价无穷小关系阐明了离散与连续形式的近似关系,并显示了连续型跨期调整因子在构建理论与计量模型过程中更有优势,相对来说更为常用.     

我国国家审计职能的演化规律研究

本文首先分析了国家审计职能的内涵和国家审计职能的演化特点。在此基础上,从国家审计的本质性职能和功能性职能两个方面,提出了国家审计职能演化的一般规律,即国家审计本质性职能恒久不变,但其内涵不断丰富外延不断扩大;国家审计功能性职能将被不断发掘和发现,具有发散性和收敛性。     

Accounting for Joint Ventures and Associates in Canada, UK, and US: Do US Rules Hide Information?

Abstract:   Unlike US GAAP, accounting principles in Canada and the UK require disclosure of disaggregated components of joint ventures and associates. Using comparative analysis of Canadian, UK and US data, this study investigates the potential loss of forecasting and valuation relevant information from aggregating joint venture and associate accounting amounts. Findings show that aggregating joint venture and associate investment numbers, and aggregating joint venture revenues and expenses, each leads to loss of forecasting and valuation relevant information. Thus, current US accounting principles likely mask information that financial statement users could use to predict future earnings and explain share prices.     

An International Comparison of Materiality Guidance for Governments, Public Services and Charities

The annual report is promoted and regarded as the primary medium of accountability for government agencies. In Australia, anecdotal evidence suggests the quality of annual reports is variable. However, there is scant empirical evidence on the quality of reports. The aim of this research is to gauge the quality of annual reporting by local governments in Queensland, and to investigate the factors that may contribute to that level of quality. The results of the study indicate that although the quality of reporting by local governments has improved over time, councils generally do not report information on aspects of corporate governance, remuneration of executive staff, personnel, occupational health and safety, equal opportunity policies, and performance information. In addition, the results indicate there is a correlation between the size of the local government and the quality of reporting but the quality of disclosures is not correlated with the timeliness of reports. The study will be of interest to the accounting profession, public sector regulators who are responsible for the integrity of the accountability mechanisms and public sector accounting practitioners. It will form the basis for future longitudinal research, which will map changes in the quality of local government annual reporting.     

Are Private Sector Standards Enough? An Example From Public Sector Hospitals in New Zealand

The aim of this paper is to assess whether and to what extent public sector hospital reports in New Zealand disclose information which best support the public interest. We analyse the content of the annual reports of Crown Health Enterprises (CHEs) for 1994, 1995 and 1996. It is concluded that the developments in public sector accounting, with respect to the public interest, have not permeated these reports to any significant extent. The following changes would improve these reportings: Reports providing costs relative to non-financial accomplishments; removing the traditional 'revenue' disclosure; disclosing non-financial as well as financial resources and obligations; providing further disaggregation in the reports; disclosing budgetary information and valuing assets alternatively. Implications of the lens used for the analysis are also considered.     

内蒙古高校公共关系专业发展探析

十几年来,我区公共关系专业发展取得了令人瞩目的成绩,但是也存在着严峻的问题。未来发展何去何从,急需明确。本文从我区高校的公共关系专业现状入手,分析问题,寻求对策,提出明确目标、准确定位以及加强师资力量等是我区公共关系专业发展的有效途径。     

论上市公司投资者关系管理

投资关系管理(Investor Relations Manage简称IRM)是指公司为了追求公司相关价值最大化，运用金融、传播、市场等理论管理本公司的信息内容以及相关利益主体传播这些信息的战略管理活动。本在阐述投资关系管理产生原因及发展过程的基础上，对投资关系管理加以定位，并在案例分析的基础上，论述了成功的投资关系管理的内容、策划和组织。