Black economic empowerment,legitimacy and the value added statement: evidence from post‐apartheid South Africa

We examine why companies in South Africa voluntarily provide a value added statement (VAS). The VAS can be used by management to communicate with employees and thereby establish a record of legitimacy. Since we want to establish if the VAS is used to establish symbolic or substantive legitimacy, we examine whether production of a VAS is associated with actual performance in labour‐related areas. To measure labour‐related performance, we use an independent Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) rating. We find that BEE performance is significantly and positively related to the voluntary publication of a VAS. Our results suggest that BEE performance and disclosure of a VAS are two elements of a strategy used by South African companies to establish their substantive legitimacy with labour.     

Analysing the role of sustainable development indicators in accounting for and constructing a Sustainable Scotland

The main objective of this paper was to analyse how sustainable development indicators impacted upon the integration of sustainable development into the governing of Scotland. A major concern was whether an accounting technology could represent this complex multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary concept. We analysed the relationship between the official sustainable development strategy of the Scottish Executive and the associated indicator set using an analytics of government framework (Dean, M. (1999). Governmentality: Power and rule in modern society. London: Sage Publications. Dean, M. (2007). Governing societies. Berkshire: Open University Press). We observed a lack of alignment between these sustainable development indicators and the visions, fields of visibilities, forms of knowledge and techniques of government contained in this strategy. Critical aspects of this strategy were omitted from the indicator set and we argue that these indicators did not to effectively measure progress towards a Sustainable Scotland but that they could calculatively capture and distort the sustainable development governing process. The analytical framework used allowed us to problematise these indicators and contribute to a wider discourse on the composition and nature of sustainable development indicators.     

An assessment of the learning benefits of using a Web-based Learning Environment when teaching accounting

The impact and use of information and communication technology on learning outcomes for accounting students is not well understood. This study investigates the impact of design features of Blackboard¹ used as a Web-based Learning Environment (WBLE) in teaching undergraduate accounting students. Specifically, this investigation reports on a number of Blackboard design features (e.g. delivery of lecture notes, announcements, online assessment and model answers) used to deliver learning materials regarded as necessary to enhance learning outcomes. Responses from 369 on-campus students provided data to develop a regression model that seeks to explain enhanced participation and mental effort. The final regression shows that student satisfaction with the use of a WBLE is associated with five design features or variables. These include usefulness and availability of lecture notes, online assessment, model answers, and online chat.     

货币危机:基于资产运营视角的诠释和预警

本文以国民资产负债表为起点,应用资产运营一般模式的理论和一般均衡的方法,通过对现金资产、信贷资产、证券资产和实体资产四个市场的分析,从独特的角度研究了货币危机产生的机理,并据此提出了货币危机预警的有关指标体系.     

建立我国独立税务会计的思考

目前,我国实行的财务会计与税务会计的混合模式,影响了财务会计信息和税务会计信息的质量,进而影响了会计目标的实现,因此,我国应尽快确立以所得税和增值税为主体的复合制独立税务会计模式,构建我国税务会计概念框架,建立我国税务会计账簿体系.     

私募股权基金文献综述

私募股权基金首先在美国,其次在欧洲大陆和英国,得到了充分的发展。因此对美国和欧洲大陆私募股权基金市场的研究给亚洲新兴经济体,尤其是中国PE产业的发展提供了参考依据。本文首先界定私募股权基金的定义,然后从影响私募股权基金发展的因素、委托人-代理人风险控制、退出模式这三个层面对国内外文献进行梳理,最后对该如何培养有利于私募股权基金发展的外部环境提出了几点建议。     

上市商业银行贷款拨备计提发展方向研究

银行作为经营风险的企业,前瞻性地计提贷款准备金具有必然性。银行风险管理的前瞻性和预见性越来越成为衡量一家商业银行市场竞争能力、抵御金融风险能力的重要指标。巴塞尔新资本协议(BaselⅡ)从资本监管的角度对商业银行信贷资产信用风险损失的评估方法进行了规范。本文从国内外上市商业银行自身风险管理的角度出发,通过目前会计标准和监管标准的简要对比,对其贷款拨备计提的发展方向提出了建议,并力求通过二者关键因素的分析,从而建议商业银行有可能在实施BaselⅡ和会计准则过程中找到一个兼容并蓄的应用方案。     

美国银行业压力测试最新实践的经验与启示

金融危机以来,压力测试作为现有风险管理技术的重要补充,受到了广泛的关注。本文介绍了银行业压力测试的基本定义、宗旨理念、步骤程序、结论的关注点与积极作用,深入研究了美国银行业压力测试最新实践的设计和实施框架,总结了压力测试范围、情景设置、组织与资源保障、信息披露与应对措施等方面值得我国借鉴的经验,进而提出我国银行业压力测试在数据方法、覆盖范围、治理结构与结果应用等方面的建议。     

The impact of cultural environment on entry-level auditors’ abilities to perform analytical procedures

We focus on the impact of three of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and individualism, on the results of analytical procedures conducted by entry-level auditors in Mexico and the U.S. Analytical procedures are ideal for this research as they require auditors to use professional judgment and appropriate levels of professional skepticism, abilities related to all three cultural characteristics. We find no other study investigating the impact of culture on the application of auditing procedures similar across the studied cultures.We find cultural characteristics do not affect the participants’ abilities to predict income statement balances, but they may influence the ability to predict changes in balance sheet accounts. We also find culture is associated with differences in risk assessments. Our results indicate that participants rarely differentiate accounts that change according to expectation from those that change contrary to expectation, but rather alter their risk assessments to match the direction of balances that increase or decrease.     

对嘉兴市典当行业发展状况的调查分析

本文通过对嘉兴市典当行业现状的调研分析,揭示了典当行业在发展中存在的主要风险,并提出了对策建议。