The second report from the Project-Group ESRF-Beamline of the Forschungszentrum Rossendorf covers the period from July 1999 until December 2000. The ROssendorf BeamLine (ROBL) at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France performed quite well during this time. In the beamtime used by the FZR and collaborating institutes 44 scheduled experiments were performed, while in the ESRF scheduled beamtime 12 experiments. Additionally, a distinct amount of beamtime was devoted to in-house research of the FZR and methodical experiments. Since February 2000 ROBL is part of the European Commission's programme "Access to Research Infrastructure" which supports user groups from member and associated states of the EU during experiments at ROBL. In the year 2000 ROBL hosted 6 groups for experiments. The report is organised in three main parts. The first part contains extended contributions on results obtained at ROBL. The second part gives an overview about the scheduled experiments, publications, guests having visited ROBL with support of the EC, and some other information. Finally, the third part collects the experimental reports of the user groups received.

The Institute of Safety Research (ISR) was over the past 20 years one of the six Research Institutes of Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (FZD), which in 2010 belonged to the Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Together with the Institutes of Radiochemistry and Radiation Physics, ISR implements the research programme „Nuclear Safety Research“ (NSR), which was during last years one of the three scientific programmes of FZD. NSR involves two main topics, i.e. “Safety Research for Radioactive Waste Disposal” and “Safety Research for Nuclear Reactors”. The research of ISR aims at assessing and enhancing the safety of current and future reactors, the development of advanced simulation tools including their validation against experimental data, and the development of the appropriate measuring techniques for multi-phase flows and liquid metals.

Yes / The extent of intellectual capital (IC) disclosures in corporate annual reports has received increasing attention in recent years. This paper is an exploratory study that considers the efficacy of various IC disclosure measures. It draws on annual reports of leading firms within the financial services sector in nine Western European countries. Content analysis was employed to produce measures based on disclosure indexes and word count to assess the variety, volume and focus of IC in annual reports. Disclosure scores were computed using three forms of presentation - any form, numerical form (reflecting more ‘objective’ disclosure), and all forms. Generally, we found that the form of disclosure index did not significantly affect IC sample rankings and were broadly in line with the IC word count rankings. However, very different rankings emerged when using the focus measure (IC word count as a percentage of total word count in Annual Report). We argue that this measure of relative importance is an important measure, particularly because firm size is typically positively associated with disclosure. Variation in the form of IC (human, structural, relational) is also explored. The paper then reports the findings of a time series analysis of the IC disclosure practices within a UK bank over a 10-year period. Significant variation in IC disclosure was found, with a strong movement in IC content from human capital to relational capital. These findings are discussed.

Yes / This paper investigates the relationship between intellectual capital disclosure and corporate governance variables, controlling for other firm-specific characteristics, for a sample of 100 UK listed firms. Intellectual capital disclosure is measured by a disclosure index score, supported by word count and percentage of word count metrics to assess the variety, volume and focus of intellectual capital disclosure respectively. The independent variables comprise various forms of corporate governance structure: board composition, ownership structure, audit committee size and frequency of audit committee meetings, and CEO role duality. Results of the analysis based on the three measures of intellectual capital disclosure indicate significant association with all the governance factors except for role duality. The influence of corporate governance mechanisms on human, structural and relational capital disclosure, based on all three metrics, is also explored.

This item contains the agenda, minutes, and attachments for the Faculty Senate meeting on this date. There may be additional materials from the meeting available at the Faculty Center.

Unregelmäßig erscheinende Berichte über wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse aus den einzelnen Forschungsbereichen der zum HZDR gehörenden Institute.

Unregelmäßig erscheinende Berichte über wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse aus den einzelnen Forschungsbereichen der zum FZD gehörenden Institute.

Unregelmäßig erscheinende Berichte über wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse aus den einzelnen Forschungsbereichen der zum FZR gehörenden Institute.

Syfte: Narrativ kompletterande information är ett hjälpmedel för att öka förståelsen för vad som presenteras i årsredovisningars finansiella rapporter. Mängden information kan variera stort mellan olika företag då det saknas tydlig lagstiftning kring detta. Styrelsen ansvarar för att årsredovisningen stämmer med verkligheten. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka sambandet mellan omfattningen narrativ kompletterande information till poster rapporterade i årsredovisningarnas finansiella rapporter och företagens styrelsesammansättning och storlek.  Metod: Studien är genomförd med en kvantitativ metod. Vi har utifrån tidigare forskning och teorier formulerat ett antal hypoteser som testats för att kunna bekräftas eller förkastas. Data har samlats in genom innehållsanalys då vi undersökt årsredovisningar från 75 företag noterade på Nasdaq OMSX inom segmentet Large Cap.  Resultat & slutsats: Resultaten i denna studie visar endast ett par svaga samband, vi ser att både kvinnliga ledamöter och ledamöter oberoende mot större aktieägare har ett svagt positivt samband med narrativ kompletterande information. Gällande styrelsestorlek samt utbildning hittar vi inga samband alls mellan dessa faktorer och narrativ kompletterande information.  Förslag till fortsatt forskning: För fortsatt forskning föreslår vi att ett större urval tas med, samt eventuellt fler faktorer för styrelsesammansättningen. Vi tror att ett större urval skulle kunna visa på starkare samband än vad vi fått fram i vårt resultat. Ytterligare studier vore att undersöka relationen mellan ägare och ledning och hur denna relation påverkar omfattningen av den narrativa kompletterande informationen. En annan aspekt som kan vara intressant att undersöka är revisorns påverkan på narrativ kompletterande information. Till sist föreslår vi en studie där varje post i resultat- och balansräkningen jämförs för att undersöka förekomsten utav impression management och hur detta påverkas utav styrelsesammansättningen.  Uppsatsens bidrag: Studien tar upp omfattningen av narrativ kompletterande information i årsredovisningar samt hur denna påverkas av styrelsesammansättningen. Tidigare studier har genomförts utomlands men inte på den svenska marknaden. Vårt bidrag är att vi studerar denna relation hos företag registrerade på Nasdaq OMXS inom segmentet Large Cap. Vi undersöker även arbetstagarrepresentanternas påverkan på narrativ kompletterande information, en aspekt som inte undersökts tidigare / Aim: Narrative complementary information is a tool to increase understanding of what is presented in the financial statements of annual reports. In the absence of clear legislation the amount of information between different companies may vary greatly. The Board is responsible for the annual report to reflect reality. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the scope of the narrative additional information to items reported in the annual reports financial statements and how it is influenced by corporate board composition and size  Method: The study was conducted with a quantitative approach. Based on previous research and theories we have formulated a number of hypotheses to be tested and confirmed or rejected. Data were collected through content analysis as we examined the annual reports of 75 companies listed on the Nasdaq OMXS in the Large Cap-segment.  Result & conclusions: The results of this study show only a few weak associations. We find that both female members and members independent of the major shareholders have a weak positive relationship with the narrative complementary information. There are no correlation at all to be found between board size and education and narrative complementary information.  Suggestions for future research: For further research we propose that a larger sample is taken and perhaps other factors for the board structure. We believe that a larger sample would show a stronger relationship than we have produced in our results. Another study could be to examine the relationship between owners and management and how it affects the scope of the narrative complementary information. Another interesting aspect to investigate could be the impact of auditors on narrative complementary information Finally, we propose a study where every item in the income statement and balance sheet are compared to determine whether impression management are applied and how this is affected out of board structure.  Contribution of the thesis: The study brings up the scope of narrative complementary information in annual reports and how this is affected by the board structure. Previous studies have been performed abroad but not in the Swedish market. Our contribution is that we study this relationship on companies listed on Nasdaq OMXS in the Large Cap segment. We also investigate the impact of employee representatives on narrative complementary information, an aspect not examined before.

This study examines the intellectual capital (IC) disclosure practices in the annual reports of 100 listed UK firms selected from sectors considered to be IC-intensive. It also investigates the possible determinants of such disclosure practices from the three perspectives of corporate governance structure, company characteristics and market factors. IC disclosures were captured using content analysis, and were measured by a disclosure index, supported by word count and percentage of word count metrics to assess the variety, volume and focus of IC disclosure respectively, at both overall and subcategory levels. The presentational formats and locations of IC disclosures were also recorded. The results indicate that the UK firms sampled provide considerable IC information in their annual reports, mainly in text form, with popular use of numerical information, while the use of graphs and pictures for many IC elements remains low. The distribution of IC disclosures, captured in three categories, varies by the three measures of disclosure applied. IC information was found in virtually all sections of the annual report and was most concentrated in the Operating and Financial Review section. IC terms typically used in the academic literature do not feature in the sampled annual reports. The results of the statistical analyses based on the three measures of IC disclosure indicate significant associations with a number of corporate governance factors (i.e. board composition, share concentration, audit committee size and frequency of meeting, board directors' shareholding, audit committee directors' shareholding, and board directors with cross-directorships), company characteristics (i.e. firm size, profitability, and listing age), and market factors (i.e. 'hidden value', share price volatility, share turnover, and multiple listing). These findings offer support for a number of theories, such as information asymmetry, agency and signalling theory. The influence of these explanatory factors on human, structural and relational capital disclosures, based on all three disclosure measure metrics, as well as on the format of IC disclosure, was also explored. The study also finds that its IC framework is more effective than a less detailed framework used in prior studies for the purpose of examining IC disclosure practice and its determinants. The study contributes to the further advancement of the state of knowledge in relation to IC disclosure both empirically and methodologically. It provides information users, preparers, regulatory bodies and academics with a state-of-the-art understanding of IC disclosure practices in the annual report. The transparent content analysis process enables future replication and comparison of results. The rigorous measurements of IC disclosure, the greater specificity of disclosure about the location and presentational format, and the more detailed IC research framework can be usefully applied by other studies. By examining the relationship between explanatory factors and IC disclosure, it helps shareholders and other groups of information users as well as the regulatory bodies to identify factors that may encourage IC disclosure in the annual report.