scholarly journals Earnings Management in Greece: A Case Study in Construction Sector Using Jones Model

2016 ◽  
Vol IV (Issue 4) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Gasteratos ◽  
Michael Karamalis ◽  
Andreas Koutoupis ◽  
Ioannis Filos
2021 ◽  
pp. 70-83

The aim of the contribution is earnings management detection by using a model with the highest explanatory power, as well as verifying hypotheses about the existence of a statistically significant relationship between earnings management and country, as well as firm size within companies operating in the mining and quarrying sector in 2019 and 2018. Data were obtained from the Amadeus database. The sample contains 348 financial reports of companies from 2019 to 2017. Research is focused on V4 companies that have the sum of total assets higher than 2,000,000 EUR, as well as the sum of operating revenue is higher than 100,000 EUR. Three recommended models were used, namely the modified Jones model, Industry model, and Kothari model. The explanatory power of these models was tested by using several criteria. Based on the results, the modified Jones model was chosen for earnings management detection. According to the results, companies in the mining and quarrying sector in V4 use earnings management techniques to manage the profit. It is not possible to clearly determine in which direction they manage their profit more often. Different values were measured in the two observed periods. Based on the results, Czech and Slovak companies used earnings management techniques to increase their profit. On the other hand, Poland and Hungarian companies used earnings management techniques to decrease it. Very large as well as large companies used earnings management techniques to decrease their profit; medium-sized companies used earnings management techniques to increase it.


Author(s):  
Shintya Fransiska

This research was conducted to determine whether there are differences in each non-financial sector of BUMN listed on the IDX in carrying out earnings management practices. The research sample includes a saturated sampling method. The research sample consisted of 19 companies were divided into 8 sectors. The amount of data used is 225 data from 2006-2019. Earnings management will be measured using discretionary accruals with a Modified Jones model. The hypothesis was tested using the Kruskal Wallis test and followed by the Dunn test. The results show that there are differences in the level of earnings management in each non-financial sector of BUMN listed on the IDX. The difference is due to the higher level of earnings management carried out by the construction sector compare to the other sectors. Furthermore, the metal sector has the lowest average level of earnings management practices.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2472
Author(s):  
Karel Struhala ◽  
Milan Ostrý

Contemporary research stresses the need to reduce mankind’s environmental impacts and achieve sustainability. One of the keys to this is the construction sector. New buildings have to comply with strict limits regarding resource consumption (energy, water use, etc.). However, they make up only a fraction of the existing building stock. Renovations of existing buildings are therefore essential for the reduction of the environmental impacts in the construction sector. This paper illustrates the situation using a case study of a rural terraced house in a village near Brno, Czech Republic. It compares the life-cycle assessment (LCA) of the original house and its proposed renovation as well as demolition followed by new construction. The LCA covers both the initial embodied environmental impacts (EEIs) and the 60-year operation of the house with several variants of energy sources. The results show that the proposed renovation would reduce overall environmental impacts (OEIs) of the house by up to 90% and the demolition and new construction by up to 93% depending on the selected energy sources. As such, the results confirm the importance of renovations and the installation of environmentally-friendly energy sources for achieving sustainability in the construction sector. They also show the desirability of the replacement of inefficient old buildings by new construction in specific cases.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1350
Author(s):  
Luz Elba Torres-Guevara ◽  
Vanessa Prieto-Sandoval ◽  
Andres Mejia-Villa

This paper contributes to the circular economy (CE) literature by investigating the drivers of success of the CE implementation in the construction sector and how those drivers can complement any implementation process in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). To do so, we analyzed the case of TECMO Estructuras Metálicas, using the methodology proposed by Jaca and colleagues to implement the CE in SMEs. It is a Colombian company with more than five decades of experience in the manufacture and installation of steel and aluminum structures for small and large building and infrastructure projects. The data were collected between August 2019 and November 2020 through direct communication with the company via workshops, meetings, and company reports. This research found that five drivers are relevant for implementing CE in the construction sector: fertile ecosystem, management commitment, identification of valuable materials, green teams, and CE intermediaries. Moreover, this study also contributes to teaching the implementation of the CE in companies, since it shows that through the methodology presented, implementation projects can be developed in postgraduate classes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-369
Author(s):  
Jonas Voorter ◽  
Christof Koolen

Abstract The construction sector plays a crucial role in the transition to a circular economy and a more sustainable society. With this objective in mind, Flanders – the Dutch speaking part of Belgium – makes use of a traceability procedure for construction and demolition waste in order to guarantee that value can be derived from downstream waste processing activities. This article takes this traceability procedure as a legal case study and examines if the use of blockchain technology could lead to even stronger supply chains, better data management, and, more generally, a smoother transition to circular practices in the construction sector.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Wasef Abuezhayeh ◽  
Les Ruddock ◽  
Issa Shehabat

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and explain how organizations in the construction sector can enhance their decision-making process (DMP) by practising knowledge management (KM) and business process management (BPM) activities. A conceptual framework is developed that recognises the elements that impact DMP in terms of KM and BPM. The development of this framework goes beyond current empirical work on KM in addition to BPM as it investigates a wider variety of variables that impact DMP. Design/methodology/approach A case study is undertaken in the context of the construction industry in Jordan. A theoretical framework is developed and assessment of the proposed framework was undertaken through a questionnaire survey of decision-makers in the construction sector and expert interviews. Findings The outcomes of this research provide several contributions to aid decision-makers in construction organizations. Growth in the usage of KM and BPM, in addition to the integration between them, can provide employees with task-related knowledge in the organization’s operative business processes, improve process performance, promote core competence and maximise and optimise business performance. Originality/value Through the production of a framework, this study provides a tool to enable improved decision-making. The framework generates a strong operational as well as theoretical approach to the organizational utilization of knowledge and business processes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eftychia Kapoutsou ◽  
Christos Tzovas ◽  
Constantinos Chalevas

The aim of this study is to examine the question of earnings management and, specifically, how this relates to taxation. In order to determine whether there is a correlation between earnings management and taxation, we investigate the discretionary accruals aspect of total accruals, i.e. the portion of profits which can be affected by management accounting choices, as calculated by the Jones (1991) model and the modified Jones model (Dechow et. al, 1995). Furthermore, we examine to what degree a correlation may exist between discretionary accruals and tax income (consisting of current and deferred tax). Our empirical findings demonstrate a statistically significant relationship between the levels of discretionary accruals and of total, current and deferred tax. This suggests that tax in general may be employed as a means to facilitate earnings management. The findings of this study suggest that IFRS provisions regarding taxation provide firms with a scope to get involved in earning management practices


2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 6080
Author(s):  
Meral Gündüz

Companies, by use of the flexibility of alternative applications in accounting system, apply profit management by organizing the financial tables unequal to the real situations. Profit management is to interfere external financial reporting process in order to gain special profits. With profit management, the main aim is to affect decisions and plans of the investors and the other financial information usersEarnings management is a kind of management which uses accounting techniques to meet the executives needs for earnings; it is a widely debated topic, hence it is worth looking at. Experts and professionals in this area found many approaches to detect the earnings management; within these approaches are the accrual-based models which include the modified Jones model, which currently is a favourite model to many researchers. In the study is aim to determine the earnings management application the data of 81 companies which were in business in Istanbul stock market (BIST-100) manufacturing industry between the years 2013-2015 is used. In this study regression analysis was made by using Modified Jones model and investigated whether their earnings management application or not , has also targeted to determine the companies applying for earnings management.The distribution of the average of discretionary accruals calculated for years as each company is analyzed; average of discretionary accruals shows a normal distribution, in this situation, It was concluded that there was no impact on the economic development of total accruals, depending on the establisded regression model. It can be expressed that the companies were in tendency to increase revenues for 2014 year and to decrease in revenue for 2013 and 2015 years.  In addition, companies which tend to manipulation in this study were identified. Özetİşletmeler, muhasebe sistemindeki alternatif uygulamaların sağladığı esneklikten yararlanarak, finansal tabloları gerçekte olduğundan farklı gösterecek şekilde düzenlemek suretiyle kazanç yönetimi uygularlar. Kazanç yönetimi, özel kazançlar elde etmeye yönelik dışsal finansal raporlama sürecine bu amaçlara uygun olarak müdahale etmektir. Kazanç yönetimi ile yatırımcıların ve diğer finansal bilgi kullanıcılarının karar ve düşüncelerini etkilemek amaçlanmaktadır.Kazanç yönetimi, yöneticilerin kazanç ihtiyaçlarını karşılamak amacıyla kullandıkları çok tartışılan bu yüzden araştırılmaya değer bir yöntemdir. Bu alanda uzman ve profesyoneller kazanç yönetimini tespit etmek için birçok yaklaşımı bulmuşlardır ki bu yaklaşımlar arasında birçok araştırmacı tarafından favori model kabul edilen tahakkuk esaslı Düzeltilmiş Jones Modelidir.Kazanç yönetimi uygulamalarının belirlenmesini amaçlayan bu çalışmada, BİST 100 endeksindeki 81 şirketin 2013-2015 yılları arasındaki verilerinden faydalanılmıştır. Araştırmada literatürde yer alan Düzeltilmiş Jones Modeli kullanılarak regresyon analizi yapılmış ve bu yöntemle şirketlerin kazanç yönetimi uygulaması yapıp yapmadığı araştırılmış, ayrıca kazanç yönetimi uygulayan şirketlerin belirlenmesine yönelik çalışma hedeflenmiştir. Yıllar itibariyle her bir şirket için hesaplanan ihtiyari tahakkukların ortalamalarının dağılımı incelendiğinde; ihtiyari tahakkukların ortalamalarının normal dağılım gösterdiği, bu durumunda kurulan regresyon modeline bağlı olarak toplam tahakkuklar üzerinde ekonomik gelişmelerin bir etkisinin olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır.  Analiz sonucuna göre şirketlerin 2013 ve 2015 yıllarında gelir azaltıcı ve 2014 yılında gelir artırıcı bir manipülasyon eğiliminde oldukları ifade edilebilir. Ayrıca bu çalışmada kazanç yönetimi eğiliminde olan şirketler belirlenmiştir.


2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Muhammad Iqbal ◽  
Iram Khan ◽  
Zeeshan Ahmed

This study examines the incidence of earnings management around the time of the privatisation of State Owned Enterprises in Pakistan during 1991-2005. Using the modified Jones model and a sample of large privatisations (minimum US$1 million), it shows that the sampled firms experienced increase in earnings, decrease in cash flows, and increase in current discretionary accruals in the year prior to and/or in the year of privatisation. The SOEs used both short term and long term accruals to inflate reported earnings. These accruals were reversed in the post-privatisation period. These findings suggest that managers of the firms slated for privatisation were engaged in earnings management to inflate their firms‘ financial worth to maximise the privatisation proceeds. Hence, we cannot reject the incidence of earnings management during privatisations in Pakistan. The results imply that the investors should carefully evaluate the to-be-privatised firms and keep in view the possibility of earnings management by the SOEs. JEL Classification: G14, G34, G38, L33, M41 Keywords: Earnings Management, Privatisations, SOEs, Pakistan, Accruals


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