Asian Review of Accounting: Volume 18 Issue 1

The effect of privatisation on performance of state‐owned‐enterprises in Indonesia

Emita W. Astami, Greg Tower, Rusmin Rusmin, John Neilson

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether partially privatised state‐owned‐enterprises (SOEs) perform significantly better than fully SOEs in the developing country of…

The vocational skill priorities of Malaysian and UK students

Trevor Hassall, John Joyce, José Luis Arquero Montaño, José María González González

The purpose of this paper is to identify, prioritise, and contrast the needs in terms of the development of vocational skills in final year undergraduate accounting students from…

Attitudes towards the accounting profession: an Australian perspective

Tracey McDowall, Beverley Jackling

This paper aims to examine undergraduate students' attitudes towards the accounting profession, including accounting as a career, as a discipline, as a profession and perceptions…

Corporate governance and earnings forecasts accuracy

Nurwati A. Ahmad‐Zaluki, Wan Nordin Wan‐Hussin

This paper aims to extend the research on the Malaysian initial public offering (IPO) management earnings forecasts by examining the impact of corporate governance mechanisms and…

Board ownership, audit committees' effectiveness and corporate voluntary disclosures

M. Akhtaruddin, Hasnah Haron

The aim of this paper is to examine the linkages between board ownership, audit committees' effectiveness in terms of the proportion of independent non‐executive directors (INED…

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh

Qualitative Research in Financial Markets