This research analyses corporate governance practices as disclosed in the annual reports of Irish companies. In particular the paper investigates:
Independence of boards;
Separation of the role of chairman and chief ...
The use of the Internet for financial reporting purposes by 109 Irish companies in 1998 is examined. The relationship between Internet disclosure and size, leverage, demand for corporate information and industry is analysed. ...
This paper examines the extent to which a sample of 11 knowledge-based Irish listed companies is adopting methodologies for reporting of intellectual capital in their annual reports. Their market and book values were ...
Purpose – Prior accounting research views impression management predominantly though the lens of economics. Drawing on social psychology research, we provide a complementary perspective on corporate annual narrative reporting ...
This paper examines the issue of independence of boards of directors and non-executive directors of companies listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. Based on information published in annual reports, the study found that most ...
This study of Irish company investor relations material on the Internet was carried out in two parts. Firstly, Irish listed companies were surveyed for Web sites and investor relations material on the sites found was ...
This paper tests for a number of survey effects in the elicitation of expenditure items. In
particular we examine the extent to which individuals use features of the expenditure question
to construct their answers. We ...
The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is frequently used as
a measure of mental well-being. A consistent pattern across countries is
that women report lower levels of mental well-being, as measured by the
GHQ. This ...
This exploratory study extends the analysis of narrative disclosures from routine reporting contexts such as annual reports and press releases to non-routine takeover documents where the financial consequences of narrative ...
In this paper we explore different techniques that allow the user to direct interactive evolutionary search. Broadening interaction beyond simple evaluation increases the amount of feedback and bias a user can apply to the ...