Determinants of initial goodwill overstatement in affiliated and non-affiliated mergers

This study examines the determinants of goodwill overstatement at the time of mergers in a Korean setting. In the Korean M&A market, there are two types of mergers: mergers between independent companies (non-affiliated mergers) and mergers between companies under common control (affiliated mergers). This study extends the literature by examining the factors likely to cause goodwill overstatement in both types of mergers. The results reveal that in affiliated mergers, goodwill at the time of a merger tends to be overstated when controlling owners have higher equity ownership in the target than in the acquirer. By contrast, information uncertainty in the target value causes initial goodwill overstatement in non-affiliated mergers. We also find that monitoring of independent institutional investors with concentrated holdings against overpaying for the target is more pronounced when controlling owners in affiliated mergers have incentives to overpay for the target. In affiliated mergers, acquirers tend to write off goodwill more frequently when controlling owners have higher equity ownership in the target than in the acquirer. In non-affiliated mergers, information uncertainty in the target value is significantly associated with subsequent goodwill write-offs. These results suggest that the type of merger has important consequences for initial goodwill recognition and subsequent impairment.     

浅谈对自创商誉确认问题的认识

传统会计理论认为,只有在企业合并中取得的外购商誉才能在会计中加以确认,而自创商誉在任何情况下都不得确认。如果是这样的话,我们能否确信提供给财务报表使用者的是真实而公允的信息?本文试图从自创商誉的特征与会计确认标准出发,谈谈对几个问题的认识。     

浅析企业合并中的负商誉问题

企业合并中负商誉的会计处理问题在各国会计界一直是一个争议的问题,目前国际上共有四种处理惯例,我国在新会计准则中关于负商誉的规定也体现了向国际趋同的目标。本文旨在列示这四种处理方法,并对其进行简略分析,试指出其中存在的不合理之处。     

如何对商号进行法律保护

商号是区分商事主体之营业的重要标志，与商事主体的商业信誉密切相关，是商事主体无形资产的重要内容。研究商号的法律保护，对于商事主体的权利保护有重要意义。本文在分析目前我国商号法律保护现状的基础上，对如何完善商号法律制度提出了建议。     

广告效应分析与投入策略研究

广告在市场竞争中扮演越来越重要的角色,已成为许多企业发展战略的重要组成部分。论文建立广告—信息扩散模型、广告—商誉模型和广告—消费者模型,试图系统分析广告的效应。以市场份额为状态变量、广告费用为控制变量,建立了企业利润最大化模型,并运用最优控制理论求解与分析广告的投入策略。     

审计视角的企业商誉价值计量与处理

我国2007年实施的新会计准则把企业商誉视为企业的核心能力,并且把企业商誉认定为是与企业总体相联系的无形资源.而不是无形资产.以审计视角结合该新会计准则.要求对企业商誉的价值计量与处理,采用公允的评估方式,设置相关资产备抵账户.做出多层次财务报告,完备会计信息制度,切实帮助决策者较好地使用其会计报告和信息,是维护企业利益、促进我国经济发展和市场秩序和谐的重要内容.     

Equity recognition of mandatory accounting changes: the case of transitional goodwill impairment losses

This study investigates if and how the use of the retroactive method to account for a mandatory accounting change affects a firm's measurement and recognition choices. We examine if reporting incentives and constraints are associated with the magnitude of transitional goodwill impairment losses reported by Canadian firms implementing Section 3062 on purchased goodwill. Our results indicate firms have an incentive to both overstate and understate transitional goodwill impairment losses. We also show that financially literate and independent audit committees constrain managerial opportunism. Copyright © 2008 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

长期股权投资差额分析

股权投资差额的本质是被投资单位净资产计价偏低或存在商誉,通过对股权投资差额、合并价差、商誉三者的比较分析,可以正确理解股权投资差额的实质。投资企业通常对股权投资差额进行摊销调整,消除由于被投资单位利润虚增而对投资企业利润的影响。现阶段对股权投资差额的摊销是出于谨慎性原则考虑,但存在着不合理性。本文拟对股权投资差额会计处理进行简要评析,并提出了一些想法和建议。     

企业核心竞争力价值评估方法研究

企业核心竞争力会计的首要问题是解决其价值计量问题,使其成为核心竞争力会计的反映与控制的对象。本文总结了现有企业核心竞争力评估方法体系,分析了其存在的不足和缺陷。指出企业核心竞争力与自创商誉的关联性,认为自创商誉计量评估的超额收益法,可以用来评价企业核心竞争力。     

析人力资源商誉观及商誉本质

知识经济时代的到来,突出了人才与其创造的超额盈利,前者反映为人力资源会计,后者则是商誉的表现现实.商誉的"人才观"将两者进行了完美的结合,文章通过对人权解放的大趋势、人才价值表现形式的分析,确定了人力资本财务会计的适用范围,并肯定了人力资源管理研究的重要性.随后,对商誉之理论与实务观点进行了剖析,沿着"人才观"的思路对产生稳定的超额盈利之源进行了探索,认为商誉的本质是公司文化,其外在表现是管理制度.