scholarly journals SMEs' Use Of Financial Statements For Decision Making: Evidence From Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-392
Author(s):  
Shamim Akhtar ◽  
Yanping Liu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Principle Component Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Logit Analysis ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Business Decisions ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Financial statements comprise of insightful statistics about likely risk and the return associations of many decisions and have significant role in firms’ success, particularly for SMEs. Thus, through a sample of 94 Pakistani small and medium enterprises (SMEs), this study inspects the influences that could have impact on firms’ practice of the financial statements in making significant financial decisions. Principle component analysis finds key factors which define use of financial statements containing; experience, knowledge and ability. Logit analysis then discloses that these variables have significant association with whether Pakistani SME owners use financial statements while making business decisions. Findings indicates that the owners of Pakistani SMEs practice financial statements in decision making rendering to their knowledge about financial statements, experience and finally their ability to interpret figures confined in financial statements. Outcomes should be valuable for SME owners, educators, and the service providers.

CHINESE SMEs' USES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN DECISION MAKING

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450027 ◽  
Author(s):  
HOWARD VAN AUKEN ◽  
KUI YANG
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Logit Analysis ◽  
Risk And Return

With a sample of 46 Chinese small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this study examines factors that might affect firms' use of financial statements to make decisions. Financial statements contain insightful information about potential risk and return implications of various decisions. A logit analysis shows that owners of Chinese SMEs use financial statements to make decisions according to the frequency of available financial statement information and their ability to interpret the information contained in the financial statements. These results can help owners of SMEs, educators and service providers understand which factors affect the use of financial statements and the process by which financial statements are incorporated into SMEs' decisions.

scholarly journals Accounting Policies, Management Judgements And Financial Reporting Quality Of Small And Medium Enterprises In Nigeria: A Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-70
Author(s):  
Efeeloo Nangih ◽  
Samuel Chikwuchehia Wali ◽  
Peggy Oluchi Anyanwu
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Accounting Policy

The accounting policy adopted by an enterprise, together with the level of approximations done by the management in financial statements, could either enhance or impair their relevance and reliability, and by extension, the credibility of financial decisions made by users of such reports. This is because financial statements portray the financial position and performance of entities. This study assesses the influence of management’s choice of accounting policy and accounting approximations in financial statements on the quality of financial reports of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria. The study was anchored on the Stakeholders’ theory. The study also adopted the survey design approach. Data were mainly collected through the questionnaire and was analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression techniques. Findings revealed that wrong approximations may affect the quality of financial reports, together with other factors.  It was recommended that management of small and medium enterprises should adhere to the provisions of accounting standards when designing their accounting policies and in their judgements/approximations; in order to reduce material errors and enhance the quality of their financial report.

A Study on the Analytics Tool Used in Decision Making at Small and Medium Enterprise

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivek N. Bhatt
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Know How ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
Routine Basis ◽  
Medium Enterprise ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Medium Enterprises

The article focuses on the study of prevailing decision making styles of Small Scale Industrial (SSI) Units. It presents data collected from 200 SSI units from Bhavnagar – a coastal city of Gujarat, India. The objective of writing the article is to depict heuristic decision patterns of small and medium enterprises, and the rare use of analytical or statistical business intelligence tools in decision making processes. It would be interesting to study the design of decision taken on routine basis in small units, poorly equipped with technology and technical know-how. The paper is descriptive in terms, and lays a lucid picture of present decision making processes.

Analisis Kinerja Keuangan untuk Menilai Tingkat Kesehatan pada Koperasi Simpan Pinjam dan Pembiayaan BMT Projo Artha Sejahtera (PAS) di Bantul

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mujino Mujino ◽  
Ratih Kusumawardhani ◽  
Diah Cahyani
Keyword(s):  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Health Level ◽  
Savings And Loan ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Management Aspect ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Medium Enterprises

This study aims to investigate the health level of the savings and loan cooperatives and financing of BMT PAS in terms of: 1) Capital aspect; 2) Management aspect; 3) Liquidity aspect; 4) Aspect of compliance with syariah. This research is a type of quantitative descriptive research. The subject of this research is the savings and loan cooperatives and financing of BMT PAS in Bantul. The object of this research is the financial statements of 2015 to 2019. The data collection method were used documentation and questionnaire. The calculation use PAP technique was based on Deputy Regulation for the Supervision of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and medium Enterprises of Republic Indonesia Number 07/Per/Dep.6/IV/2016. The result of this research shows that health level of the savings and loan cooperatives and financing of BMT PAS 2015 to 2019 seen from; 1) Capital aspects of BMT PAS Bantul in 2015 to 2019 criteria are quite healthy; 2) Aspects management of BMT PAS Bantul in 2015 to 2019 criteria are quite healthy; 3) Aspects of liquidity of BMT PAS Bantul in 2015 to 2019 are healthy criteria; 4) Aspects of compliance with syariah principles BMT PAS Bantul from 2015 to 2019 healthy criteria. Keywords : Financial performance, health level, savings and loan cooperatives and syariah financing.

scholarly journals Impact of financial statements for financial decision-making

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saddeq Abdulshakour
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Relative Weight ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Financial Decision Making ◽  
Vision 2030 ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Financial Decision

The study aimed to know the effects of analysis of financial statements on financial decisions, and the degree of benefit from them, and to identify what financial statements, what is its importance for the institutions within the framework of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 of ideas and trends, and to identify the contribution of financial statement analysis to financial decision-making. The study was based on the descriptive and analytical approach, and the study population consisted of all financial decision makers. The study was based on a simple random method (70) of financial decision makers. The study was based on the questionnaire and consisted of the following axes (financial statements in companies, financial decision-making, the effects of analysis of financial statements on financial decision-making). The study came out with a number of results, the most important of which are: There is approval by the respondents to all paragraphs of the first axis "financial statements in companies", with a relative weight of 82.8%. There is an agreement by the respondents on all paragraphs of the second axis "making financial decisions in companies", with a relative weight of 81.3%. There is strong approval by the respondents on all paragraphs of the third axis "the effects of analysis of financial statements on financial decision-making", with a relative weight of 86.4%. The financial statements are a key tool to know the financial position of the company, so they must be accurate and reliable before being published by management. The lack of credibility in the financial statements leads to mistrust in the company by investors, and does not give them the possibility to diagnose and make sound decisions. In light of the previous results, the study recommended the following: • Organizing several forums, conferences and forums to clarify the mechanism of preparing the financial statements and how to analyze them, and the need to raise awareness of financial decision makers about the importance of financial statements in the financial decision-making process.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Persepsi, Tingkat Pendidikan, dan Sosialisasi Terhadap Penerapan SAK EMKM Pada UMKM Wilayah Kota Surabaya

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Galuh Artika Febriyanti ◽  
Agung Sri Wardhani
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Cash Basis ◽  
Positive Effect

The perpetrators of MSMEs generally do not use the standards applicable in the preparation of financial statements. MSME financial statements often use cash basis taken from daily cash mutation sources. The Indonesian Institute of Accountants seeks to contribute to overcome the constraints of MSMEs in the preparation of financial statements by issuing the Financial Accounting Standards of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (SAK EMKM) and effective from 1 January 2018. SAK EMKM is simple to be implemented easily by MSMEs. The Financial Statements according to SAK EMKM are prepared on the accrual basis. The research took 50. MSMEs in Surabaya using convenience sampling method. The data used are primary data obtained through questionnaires. This study aims to finding out the hypothesis that the perception of MSMEs in Surabaya against the application of EMKM IFRS had an effect on the application of EMKM IFRSs, testing the education level hypothesis of MSMEs in Surabaya had an effect on the application of EMKM IFRSs, and tested the hypothesis of SAK EMKM dissemination in Surabaya. application of SAK EMKM. The results showed that partially the perception of MSMEs entrepreneurs has a positive effect on implementation SAK EMKM while the level of education and sozialization has a negative effect.

scholarly journals PEMBERDAYAAN PELAKU USAHA MIKRO KECIL DAN MENENGAH (UMKM) JAKARTA SELATAN DALAM PENYUSUNAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nuryatno Amin ◽  
Deliza Henny ◽  
Windhy Puspitasari
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Financial Position ◽  
Training Materials ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Medium Enterprises

<p align="center"><strong>ABSTRAK</strong></p><p>Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakan ini adalah agar setelah mengikuti kegiatan para peserta yakni pelaku Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM) memiliki kemampuan untuk memahami dan menyusun laporan keuangan dasar yang terdiri dari laporan laba-rugi, laporan posisi keuangan, dan laporan perubahan modal. </p><p>Metode yang digunakan adalah pelatihan yang meliputi ceramah, diskusi dan tanya jawab, serta latihan soal-soal. Materi pelatihan berupa modul penyusunan laporan keuangan dasar. Peserta pelatihan adalah para pelaku UMKM Jakarta Selatan. Analisis terhadap kegiatan dilakukan dengan memberikan skor terhadap latihan soal-soal yang diberikan kepada para peserta. </p><p>Hasil kegiatan ini menunjukan bahwa pelatihan telah berjalan efektif. Peserta mampu memahami dan menyusun laporan keuangan dasar yang terdiri dari laporan laba-rugi, laporan posisi keuangan, dan laporan perubahan modal secara cukup memadai. </p><p><strong>Kata Kunci</strong>: Laporan Keuangan, Laporan Laba-Rugi, Laporan Posisi Keuangan, Laporan Perubahan Modal</p><p> </p><p align="center"><strong><em>ABSTRACT</em></strong></p><p><em>The aims of this community service activity are that after its completion the participants consisting of the entrepreneurs of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) should be able to understand and prepare basic financial statements that consist of profit and loss statement, statement of financial position, and statement of changes in equity.  </em></p><p><em>The method used was training that consist of lecturing, discussion and Q-A, and exercises. Training materials were a module of the preparation of basic financial statement. The participants of this training were the entrepreneurs of MSME of South Jakarta. The activity was analyzed by scoring the exercises delivered to the participants. </em></p><p><em>The results shows that the training is effective. Participants are able to understand and prepare basic financial statements that consist of profit and loss statement, statement of financial position, and statement of changes in equity in sufficient matter. </em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em>: Financial Statements, Profit and Loss Statement, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity</em><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><em><br /></em></p>

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