scholarly journals Audit Committee Formation: The Case of Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-212
Author(s):  
Karolina Puławska ◽  
◽  
Dorota Dobija ◽  
Katarzyna Piotrowska ◽  
Grygorii Kravchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Supervisory Board ◽  
Primary Analysis ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
And Control ◽  
Nonfinancial Firms

Purpose: This study investigates the determinants of audit committee (AC) formation in a semi-mandatory setting of a European economy, in which ownership and control are predominantly in the hands of families and business groups, and the voluntary practice of forming an AC has not been widely accepted. Methodology: This research uses a sample of Polish nonfinancial firms listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) in 2008–2015. The study implemented logistic regression to test the role of the supervisory board (SB) and companies’ compositional characteristics in AC creation. Findings: Primary analysis provided evidence of an inverted association between commonly accepted determinants of AC formation – such as the number of independent members on the supervisory board (SB) – and accounting and finance expertise of the SB members. The study also revealed that companies with foreign ownership are more likely to have an AC. Originality: This study indicates an important relationship between the existence of other SB committees as a meaningful determinant of AC formation. This article is valuable for supervisory bodies and regulators as they provide insights into factors that influence audit committee formation.

scholarly journals Contested takeovers of family firms and socioemotional wealth: a case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Campbell ◽  
Magdalena Jerzemowska
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Supervisory Board ◽  
Socioemotional Wealth ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
Gains And Losses ◽  
Takeover Bids

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of the importance of socioemotional wealth (SEW) to family firms in Poland viewed through the lens of the events surrounding the first hostile takeover bid of the post-communist era on the Warsaw Stock Exchange when the clothing company Vistula & Wólczanka (V&W) made an unsolicited, leveraged bid for the family-controlled jewelry company W. Kruk. Design/methodology/approach The 2008 takeover and its aftermath are described in the context of the corporate governance and legal environment in Poland. The case study events demonstrate the connection between firm behavior and SEW theory. Findings After the acquisition of W. Kruk by V&W, the Kruk family purchased stock in the newly named Vistula Group and gained influence over the supervisory board in concert with a business ally, eventually wresting back control of the company in the style of a Pac-Man “defense.” The case study illustrates the importance of SEW in family firm takeovers. Research limitations/implications The case study design has limitations for generalizability. Nevertheless the research highlights the important role of SEW preservation in understanding the market for corporate control of listed family firms in Poland. Practical implications Understanding the reaction by family firms to takeover bids requires recognition that there is a tradeoff between financial and SEW considerations, not just financial gains and losses. Originality/value The case study demonstrates the importance of SEW to family firms and suggests that the balance of power in takeovers on the Polish stock market rests with incumbent management.

scholarly journals Opini Audit Pemoderasi Pengaruh Profitabilitas, Ukuran Perusahaan, Kepemilikan Institusional, Dan Komite Audit Terhadap Ketepatanwaktuan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadhli Azhari ◽  
Muhammad Nuryatno
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Analysis Technique

The purpose of this research is to find the role of audit opinion as a moderator of the effects of profitability, firm size, institutional ownership, and audit committee on the timeliness of financial reporting on manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange between 2012 and 2016. Purposive sampling was used in this research to obtain 96 sample manufacturing companies. The data analysis technique that was used in this research is logistic regression. The hypothesis testing showed that profitability and firm size positively affects the timeliness of financial reporting. Meanwhile, institutional ownership and audit committee does not affect the timeliness of financial reporting. Audit opinion cannot moderate the effect of profitability, firm size, institutional ownership, and audit committee on the timeliness of financial reporting. Keywords: profitability, firm size, institutional ownership, audit committee, audit opinion, timeliness

scholarly journals Board characteristics and earnings forecasts accuracy in IPO prospectuses

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Tomasz Sosnowski ◽  
Anna Wawryszuk-Misztal
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Supervisory Board ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Board Characteristics ◽  
Management Board ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
Public Offering

AbstractUsing a sample of 104 companies that conducted initial public offering (IPO) on the Warsaw Stock Exchange between 2006 and 2016, we investigated the relationship between the accuracy and bias of the earnings forecast disclosed in the IPO prospectus and the firm corporate governance attributes. Applying multiple Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regressions models, we focused on the role of the board size, the percentage of women on the board, the board age diversity measure, and the proportion of shares owned by the members of the board. Generally, our findings show that some characteristics of management and supervisory board improve the usefulness of earnings forecasts’ credibility. Especially, a more diversified board in terms of age and higher management ownership results in more accurate forecasts. This is the first study giving an insight into the role of supervisory and management board characteristics on precision of earnings forecasts revealed in the prospectus by Polish IPO companies.

IFRS Adoption and Audit Delay: The Role of Shareholders in the Audit Committee

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 325
Author(s):  
Ishaq Ahmed Mohammed ◽  
Ayoib Che-Ahmad ◽  
Mazrah Malek
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Delay Model ◽  
Corporate Reporting ◽  
Ifrs Adoption ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between audit delay after IFRS adoption and the role of shareholders in the audit committee as well as testing the difference of pre-and post IFRS adoption periods. A sample of 101 firms with 505 firm-year observations over five year period for firms listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange was employed for the study, utilizing data from the annual report and accounts of the sample firms. Generalized Methods of Moment (GMM) estimation was used to check the effects of unobserved heterogeneity in audit delay model, while the test of difference in R2 value for pre-and post-adoption periods was determined using Cramer’s Z-statistics. Findings indicate that audit report lag is faster with shareholders in the audit committee. The study proved that brand named auditors such as Big4 can significantly perform faster audit task than non-Big4 firms in IFRS regime. The importance of the study’s findings demonstrates statistical inference on value relevance increase based on the unique IFRS adoption in Nigeria. Thus, regulators should consider increasing the tenure of shareholders in the audit committee to enable them to become more familiar with the corporate reporting under IFRS regime.

scholarly journals Ownership and control structure, corporate governance and income smoothing in Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-192
Author(s):  
Damiana Torres ◽  
Adriano Leal Bruni ◽  
Antonio Lopo Martinez ◽  
Miguel Angel Rivera-Castro
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Control Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Income Smoothing ◽  
General Category ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
And Control ◽  
Nonfinancial Firms ◽  
Majority Shareholder

Income smoothing is a longstanding practice under the more general category of earnings management. As the name suggests, it consists of smoothing out the fluctuations of the income series. This article examines the association between the ownership and control structure, level of corporate governance and origin of capital (foreign or domestic) of Brazilian companies on their propensity to smooth income. Using a sample of nonfinancial firms with shares traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) at the end of 2007, we performed covariance analysis based on data from the preceding ten years, where the dependent variable was the index proposed by Eckel, an empirical proxy for smoothing. The results indicate that the more concentrated the shareholding and control structures of Brazilian firms are, both according to overall capital and voting capital, the more intensely they tend to smooth earnings to favor the interests of the majority shareholder. The results also show that this effect is less pronounced for firms with enhanced corporate governance levels and those with foreign capital.

Evaluation Markers and Mitigators in Analyst Reports in Light of Market Response to Stock Recommendations

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karol Marek Klimczak ◽  
Marta Dynel
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Professional Writing ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Stock Recommendations ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
Analyst Behavior ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange

Professionals and individuals who invest in equity markets rely on financial analysts’ recommendations and reports to decide on what to invest in and when to trade. This study examines the role of two groups of communication strategies, evaluation markers and mitigators, in establishing analysts’ credibility. The sample consists of 80 reports written in Polish for companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in Poland. In this emerging market setting, where credibility is challenged by uncertainty, analysts deploy various strategies depending on the recommendation they make: “buy,” “hold,” or “sell” shares. The findings point toward a specific group of mitigators, namely subjectivization, as a means of communicating expert opinion. Regression results reveal that investors’ reaction to the publication of a recommendation to “hold” or “sell” shares, measured based on the changes in share prices, is stronger when subjectivization is used in a report. The findings carry implications for research into analyst behavior and for the development of professional writing skills.

Die öffentliche Funktion des Prüfungsausschusses

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Schaffer
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Supervisory Board ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
State Supervision ◽  
Government Supervision ◽  
Supervisory Boards

The audit committee of public interest entities performs a public function through its auditing of financial reporting, which can be broadly broken down into three facets: (i) its role of relieving the burden on the state by supplementing or replacing government supervision, (ii) its role as guarantor of the capital market’s confidence and (iii) its role as guarantor of an audit and thus as the ‘guarantor of the guarantor’. This public function is emphasised by the recent introduction of hitherto non-systemic state supervision of supervisory boards and audit committees. This supervision is, however, to be viewed critically as it could result in the beginnings of ‘stock authorities’. This study examines how the aforementioned public function radiates to the other supervisory bodies in companies, namely the auditor and the supervisory board. It also examines the dangers which European strengthening of audit committees pose to corporate governance based on the dualistic system and to the balance of power in public limited companies.

scholarly journals PERAN GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DALAM MEMINIMALISIR TERJADINYA FINANCIAL DISTRESS

BISMA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Wulan Maulidiss Sa’diah ◽  
Mohamad Nur Utomo
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Agency Conflicts ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Negative Effect

This study aims to determine the effect of managerial ownership, independent board of commissioners, board of directors, and audit committee on financial distress in banking companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2019. This research used the purposive sampling method with a sample of 41 companies consisting of 205 observational data. Data were analyzed using logistic regression. The results showed that independent board of commissioners and board of directors had a significant and negative effect on financial distress. However, managerial ownership and audit committee did not have a significant effect on financial distress. This study supports the agency theory, which states that the monitoring role of the independent board of commissioners and the board of directors can minimize the occurrence of agency conflicts in a company. Keywords: audit committee, board of directors, financial distress, independent board of commissioners, managerial ownership

scholarly journals Financial crisis and corporate governance: The role of internal audit in the Greek context

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Andreas Koutoupis ◽  
Michail Pazarskis ◽  
Grigorios Lazos ◽  
Ioannis Ploumpis
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Athens Stock Exchange ◽  
Total Turnover ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper, our purpose is to examine the relationship between the role of Internal Audit (IA), Corporate Governance (CG) and the Audit Committee (AC) in the recent financial crisis in Greece and to investigate the contribution of IA to CG structures as well as its possible, the IA’s role during the financial crisis in Greece. Moreover, little research has been conducted based on the relationship between corporate governance and internal audit during the financial crisis in case of Greece. For this reason, we conducted a survey, using questionnaires, which were sent to the listed companies of the Athens Stock Market. Out of a total of 192 listed companies on the Athens Stock Exchange, the relevant questionnaires were sent to 100 companies. Those companies were selected firstly based on their total turnover and secondly due to the availability of information from company websites such as employees’ numbers and Internal Audit Department Structures. Our conclusion was that Internal Audit adds value to the organization and it can also help the senior management towards the accomplishment of the organizational goals.

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