Special issue: Global issues in accounting

Journal for Global Business Advancement 2(1/2) 2009

• Accounting development in the Nordic countries: a comparative study
• Reasons for the GAAP: a study of the magnitude and reasons for differences in reported net income between Swedish and US GAAP for Swedish companies before and after implementation of IFRS
• An analysis of social factors influencing the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards
• Winds of change in accounting practices in an emerging market: some observations and thoughts
• International Financial Reporting Standards and diversity in performance measures
• Growing Chinese organisations in the global arena: developing a performance measurement system in a state-owned enterprise
• Cross-country differences in the use of management accounting tools
• Management control systems in multinationals: balancing global standardisation and local customisation
• Impact of formal control mechanisms on the performance of international joint ventures
• The Anglo-Saxon corporate governance model in Asia
• Acceptance of good practices of corporate governance: a case-based model from developing capital markets