• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.365-371
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• 2021

In the wake of several high-profile corporate accounting scandals, there has been evidence that companies are more eager to hire Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) with an accounting background. This signals that CEOs with an accounting background are recognized and trusted by the corporate world to boost the quality of financial reporting of a company. If it is so, in the context of combating the earnings management, hiring CEOs with an accounting background (being a conservative accounting practitioner), could become one of the effective internal corporate governance mechanisms (CGM) to bring down the earnings management activities. This study attempts to provide insight into the level of conservatism of the CEO with an accounting background. Following Basu (1997) and Khan and Watt (2009), the firm-year measure of conservatism (C_Score) was obtained, which later was associated with the accounting education of the CEO to determine their relationship. As expected, CEOs with accounting background exhibit a higher level of moral reasoning than their non - accounting educated counterparts. The finding of this study is useful to persuade the policymaker to consider lifting the trend of hiring a CEO with an accounting background as one of the best practices that the companies can work out to lessen earnings management activities.

• 중소기업융합학회논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2016

이 연구의 목적은 회계서비스종사자의 전문성과 회계정보시스템 수준을 분석하여 고객사 회계정보의 질에 미치는 영향을 질적 특성을 중심으로 검증하는 것이다. 연구방법은 먼저 문헌에 의한 이론적 배경을 살펴본 후 설문에 의한 자료를 토대로 가설을 세우고 경험적 연구를 하였다. 그 결과 회계서비스종사자의 전문성을 필요로 하는 회계정보시스템으로 서비스를 제공받은 고객사는 질적 특성 중에서 충실한 표현에 가장 만족하는 것으로 나타났으며, 적시성이 가장 만족감이 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 회계서비스종사자의 전문성 인지와 향상에 기여할 것이며, 향후 회계정보의 질을 높이기 위한 회계서비스종사자의 교육과 훈련의 내용 및 방법에 대한 논의가 필요하다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.39-42
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• 2016

NFPs support a sustainable society and they rely on contributions from donors. Donor behavior is a kind of consumer behavior that influences fundraising by NFPs. In order to make fundraising functional under a principal-agent relationship, NFPs must construct trust through proper provision of accounting information. For donors, financial statements are main source of accounting information. Edelman revealed that the level of trust in Japan's NFPs is the lowest in East Asia, because of a lack of transparency and accountability. Some researchers had investigated donor behavior as a kind of consumer behavior and had provided supportive results that accounting information influences donor behaviors, before this research was conducted. This research investigates this background by conducting questionnaire-based survey. Main questions of this questionnaire were created according to criteria that BBB are using for NFPs in the U.S. The results of this survey revealed the lack of reliability of basic accounting information in Japan and that education in higher educational institutions can improve this situation. This survey also revealed that a rating agency like BBB, which evaluates accounting information of NFPs, could improve trust on NFPs. The implications of this study can apply to the other countries and regions where trust in NFPs is insufficient.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.63-86
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• 2021

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of the application of accounting conservatism on the investment efficiency of listed companies in China under the background of the current rising environmental uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach - This study collected 14,934 observations of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2013 to 2020, and analyzed the data by means of moderating effect test and multiple regression analysis. Findings - The results show that environmental uncertainty deteriorates the company's investment efficiency. The higher the level of environmental uncertainty, the more prone to over-investment and under-investment. Accounting conservatism plays moderating role between environmental uncertainty and investment efficiency. Among them, the moderating effect of conditional conservatism is to alleviate under-investment of the company under high financing constraints and the over-investment, while it intensifies the under-investment under low financing constraints. The moderating effect of unconditional conservatism is to alleviate the under-investment. Research implications or Originality - This study finds out the internal mechanism of accounting conservatism affecting investment efficiency, which not only helps to understand about the value of accounting conservatism standards, but also helps to improve the investment efficiency of listed companies.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.291-301
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• 2020

This paper aims to investigate the impact of chief executive officer's (CEO) attributes on firms' performance. Specifically, it examines the influence of CEOs' education, professional experience, and tenure on Saudi firms' performance. We look at a sample of 120 listed firms on Tadawul stock exchange from 2014 to 2017. Data on financial and accounting variables are obtained from the annual reports of the selected companies. We follow the existing empirical literature and use a panel model and formulate three different equations using the GMM estimator. Findings prove that CEO educational background does matter. In particular, companies employing CEOs with business administration, economics, finance, or accounting degree will perform outstandingly better. Similarly, stock performance gets improved when the CEO has a postgraduate qualification, i.e., when the CEO holds an MBA, a master, or a PhD degree. Besides, results reveal that executives who have an experience in a related field will positively affect the firm's performance. Finally, evidence shows that high CEOs tenure improves corporate performance. Overall, these findings demonstrate that executives' attributes are key factors that would explain differences in Saudi firms' performance. These results would help shareholders to make the right decision in selecting CEOs to manage the company.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.933-941
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• 2021

This research aims to test the effect of corporate governance factors on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and its impact on a company's financial performance. The factors of corporate governance referred to in this research are foreign ownership, state ownership, number of board of commissioners, the proportion of independent commissioners, and educational background of commissioners' board. Based on the purposive sampling method, 194 companies were selected with a total of 582 observations. The data analysis used in this study was the Structural Equation Model (SEM) approach by using the alternative Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The results of this research indicated that state ownership, number of board of commissioners, and the proportion of independent commissioners had a significant positive effect on CSR disclosure. While the foreign ownership and the educational background of the commissioners' board have had an insignificant effect on CSR disclosure. Then, CSR disclosure had a significant positive effect on the companies' financial performance. The findings of this study suggest that the positive effect of the CSR disclosure on performance is because the disclosure is able to improve the company's reputation; the more social activities are carried out will improve the customers' loyalty as well as the support from other stakeholders which in turns will improve the company's performance.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.45-61
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• 2009

This research is aimed at grouping for the extent to which the workers' job satisfaction influences productivity with a view to improving theirs, shedding light on the difference between the workers' concepts of job satisfaction and those of the executives of the matter in terms of the statistic characteristics of individuals and coming up with efficient measures to put the Korean tax accounting offices into smooth operation. The paper is suggesting a total of eight hypotheses, and the researcher tested those with the help of difference analyses and a regression analysis. The findings reveal that there was a difference in productivity in accordance with academic background, positions and total number years of work, etc. but tat there was no difference in gender. And superiors and pay among the factors of job satisfaction influenced productivity, whereas promotion and coworkers didn't. The worker subjects and the executive subjects turned out to differ in terms of pay levels, the welfare of the works, and the level of their ability to carry out their business in regard to the actual situation of tax accounting offices in Korea.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.177-188
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• 2021

2015년 12월 금융감독원은 4대 중점 테마감리분야 중 하나로 미청구공사 금액의 적정성을 지정하였다. 주요한 지정원인 중 하나는 미청구공사 회계처리 시 밀접하게 연관되는 공사진행률이 경영자의 재량적 판단이 반영되어 미청구공사를 이익조정의 수단으로 이용될 수 있다는 점이다. 만약 경영자가 이익을 상향할 목적으로 진행률을 부풀린다면 미청구공사가 과다하게 인식되는 문제가 발생하게 된다. 이러한 문제점은 2013년 일부 건설업체의 어닝쇼크를 비롯하여 수주산업에서의 회계부실 문제와 같은 사회적으로 큰 물의를 일으켰던 이슈들의 원인이 되기도 하였다. 특히 조선업과 건설업의 잇달은 부실과 함께 미청구공사와 관련된 회계 불투명성이 크게 드러나는 등 회계자료에 대한 불신이 증가되었다. 이처럼 미청구공사에 대한 문제 인식은 공사진행률 과대산정을 비롯한 회계적 의혹에서부터 출발하였으며, 미청구공사 과대계상 이슈는 금융감독원이 미청구공사를 테마감리 대상으로 지정하게 되는 배경이 되었다. 이에 본 연구는 미청구공사의 테마감리 지정으로 인해 해당 기업의 보수주의 성향이 증가하였는지 실증분석하여 테마감리 지정의 실효성을 검증하였다. 보수주의 성향은 Basu(1997)의 측정 모형을 사용하였으며, 종속변수인 순이익에서 미청구공사의 영향을 반영하기 전과 후로 비교하여 테마감리 지정이 미청구공사의 보수적 회계처리에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 2012년부터 2017년까지의 제조업 및 건설업에 속하는 기업-연도 표본을 대상으로 한 실증분석 결과 테마감리 지정 이후에 미청구공사에 대한 보수적 회계처리가 유의하게 증가되었음을 확인하였다. 추가적으로 건설업과 그렇지 않은 산업으로 나누어 재검증한 결과 테마감리 지정연도에서 건설업의 보수주의 증가를 확인하였으나, 그 외에는 보수주의 증가에 대한 통계적 유의성을 확인할 수 없었다. 본 연구는 기존의 선행연구들을 확장하여 보수주의 관점에서 미청구공사와 테마감리 지정의 관련성을 실증분석하고 테마감리의 효과성을 검증했다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2019

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the nature of controlling shareholders and corporate anti-corruption practice disclosure (ACPD) as well as the mediating role of political background of the chairman or CEO of the firm on the relationship between the two. The content analysis was conducted to extract ACPD from standalone corporate social responsibility reports (CSRR) of 703 China's A-share listed companies. A dummy variable was constructed according to whether a firm disclosed ACPD or not. Logistic regression analysis was used then. Results show that the nature of controlling shareholders has a significant impact on corporate ACPD, with central enterprises disclosing the most frequently, local state-owned enterprises the second and private enterprises the least. Political background of the chairman or CEO has a negative impact on corporate ACPD of state-owned enterprises. These findings have some useful insights in understanding the rent-seeking behavior and information disclosure behavior of corporates in emerging markets. In order to curb the serious corruption problem which is commonplace in developing countries like China, the government should exert certain pressure to strengthen the supervision of information disclosure of listed firms and improve information transparency.

• 한국수학사학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.197-207
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• 2018

The Abacus schools were created by the needs of merchants who had accumulated wealth through trades in Italy during the Renaissance. Teachers in the Abacus school taught practical mathematics mainly used in commerce and trade, and the schools had courses in the fields of management and accounting today. This Abacus school also served as an educational institution, but also provided the opportunity to develop into today's mathematics. In this paper, we investigate about the background and role of the Abacus school.