In light of a stronger recognition of the need for sustainable business practices as “business as usual” no longer presents itself as a viable option, this study aims to cast light on the current work of Swedish SMEs with integrative sustainability. Within the academic field of sustainability in business, the latest years have seen the emergence of multiple frameworks that promote a holistic sustainability approach to conducting business. The single firm becomes a connecting member of an extensive stakeholder network and by operating in an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable manner, the business seeks to create value for a variety of stakeholder groups, rather than focusing on monetary objectives set by shareholders. These new integrative frameworks shift the understanding of a firm from a profit-maximiser to that of a value-creator that acts sustainably to cater to the needs of all its stakeholders. However, as the models have only recently featured across academia, their real-life applicability and viability are contested, and in some ways, remains under-researched, particularly in the context of SMEs. With Sweden as a leading example in sustainability implementation, this study attempts to provide insight into how SMEs work with the elements of these frameworks and which opportunities and challenges they encounter during implementation. Through conducting detailed, qualitative and personal semi-structured interviews with the CEOs of six sustainability-minded Swedish SMEs of different industrial backgrounds, this research gauges the current organisational efforts being made in terms of sustainability and relates them to the integrative value-creating frameworks to identify congruences, divergences and room for improvement in line with latest theories. The main conclusions drawn as part of this process include the continued, at least partial, unfamiliarity of businesses with the frameworks, despite a large degree of compatibility of current practical efforts and existing academic theory. Value creation is moving closer to being included in the core of the business model, yet while absolute profit maximisation receives less attention, hesitation towards implementing sustainability more integratively is driven by concerns of losing grounds for profitability. The establishment of clusters and strong relationships leading to mutual synergies is found as a potential way to provide firms with the structural support to shift fully towards value-creation as envisioned by the investigated frameworks.

Lietuvoje vykdoma viešojo sektoriaus buhalterinės apskaitos ir finansinės atskaitomybės sistemos reforma, kurios tikslas sudaryti teisines, administracines ir finansines sąlygas visame viešajame sektoriuje pereiti prie apskaitos tvarkymo kaupimo principu, yra aktuali tema viešojo administravimo magistro baigiamajam darbui. Lietuvos viešojo sektoriaus buhalterinės apskaitos ir finansinės atskaitomybės sistema nėra vientisa ir turi eilę trūkumų, reglamentavimas nepakankamas ir neaiškus. Todėl viešojo sektoriaus buhalterinės apskaitos informacija ir finansinė atskaitomybė tampa nenaudinga jų vartotojams, nes nėra tiksli ir teisinga. Pagrindinė ilgalaikio materialiojo turto apskaitos problema, nagrinėjama darbe, ne visas viešojo sektoriaus turtas įtraukiamas į apskaitą ir finansines ataskaitas, o dalis įtraukiama neteisingai. Tyrimo objektas: ilgalaikio materialiojo turto apskaita. Darbo tikslas: išanalizuoti ir įvertinti Lietuvos viešojo sektoriaus ilgalaikio materialiojo turto apskaitą reglamentuojančias nuostatas ir Viešojo sektoriaus apskaitos ir finansinės atskaitomybės standartų reikalavimus, pateikti esminius skirtumus ir pranašumus. Darbe iškeltos hipotezės: viešojo sektoriaus atskaitomybės formose įrašyti turto apskaitos rodikliai, kuriems, pagal nustatytas apskaitos tvarkymo taisykles, negalima sukaupti informacijos, todėl atskaitomybė sudaroma netiksliai; registruojant ilgalaikį materialųjį turtą įsigijimo verte ir periodiškai jį perkainojant, turto apskaita atitiks... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The reform of accountancy and financial accountability system of the public sector is being performed in Lithuania, the purpose of which is to create legal, administrative and financial conditions in whole the public sector to turn to account management by principle of accumulation. The Lithuanian accountancy and financial accountability system of public sector isn’t solid and has a line of defects, the regulation is not safisfactory and clear. Therefore, the information of accountancy and financial accountability becomes useless for their customers, because it is not correct and right. The main problem of the long-term material property, which is explored in this work, is the fact that not all the property is included into the accountancy and financial accounts, and a part of it is included wrong. The object of exploration: the accountancy of a long-term material property. The purpose of the work: to analyze and evaluate the rules regulating the accountancy of a long-term material property of the public sector of Lithuania and the requirements concerning the Standards of the accountancy and financial accountability system of the public sector, to provide their essential differences and similarities. The hypotheses raised in the work: the indices of property accountancy written in the forms of accountability of the public sector, for which it is impossible, according to the established rules of accountancy management, to accumulate any information, therefore, the... [to full text]

SETTLEMENT SHARE AND DETERMINATION OF ITS AMOUNT ABSTRACT The subject of my thesis is to analyse the legal regulation governing the settlement share and determination of its amount. The aim is to provide comprehensive picture of the issue of the settlement share both in terms of the commercial law, as well as in terms of the tax and accounting law. With regard to the recent and significant changes in private law, and thus in the area of settlement share, there is devoted ample space in the thesis to comparison of the current and former legal framework including application of the available judicature. The change of the particular law brought a lot of new questions and disputed interpretations, which are subsequently identified and analysed. My thesis consists of introduction, seven chapters and conclusion. Chapters one to four represent a general part in relation to the settlement share. The first chapter gives the definition of a settlement share from both the legal and economical perspective. It includes also consideration about possible treatment with the settlement share. The second chapter deals with the termination of the participation of a partner, which leads to the constitution of the settlement share. Chapter three analyses the various options for determining the value of the settlement share...

Vis labiau akcentuojamas tikro ir teisingo vaizdo atspindėjimas finansinėse ataskaitose įpareigoja įmones kuo tiksliau pateikti finansinių ataskaitų elementus. Kiek įmanoma realesnės turto vertės reikalauja ir pagrindiniai apskaitos principai – finansinė informacija vartotojams turi būti pateikta kiek įmanoma realesnė. Netiksliai įvertinus turtą, pasekmės gali būti jaučiamos kelis laikotarpius. Todėl svarbu įmonei pasirinkti tokį įvertinimo būdą, kad apskaitoje būtų atspindimas tikras turto vaizdas ir tas vertinimo būdas būtų įmonei tinkamiausias. Tyrimo objektas – turto įvertinimo būdai apskaitoje. Šio darbo tikslas - išanalizavus turto įvertinimo būdus apskaitoje, nustatyti, kuris turto vertinimo būdas yra populiariausias ir tinkamiausias konkrečiai turto grupei smulkioje įmonėje, bei pateikti pasiūlymus, kurie patobulintų dabartinę įmonės turto įvertinimo apskaitoje tvarką. Šiam tikslui pasiekti iškelti šie svarbiausi uždaviniai:  išnagrinėti vertinimo sampratą, svarbiausius turto vertinimo tikslus ir problemas;  palyginti turto įvertinimo būdus apskaitoje pagal VAS ir TFAS;  ištirti VAS pateikiamų turto verčių nuoseklumą, kas padės sudaryti anketą;  palyginti VAS siūlomus ir praktiškai naudojamus turto įvertinimo būdus Lietuvos smulkiose įmonėse bei nustatyti buhalterių požiūrį apie įvertinimą šiose įmonėse. Šį darbą sudaro trys dalys. Teorinėje dalyje aptariamas turto vertinimas, tikslai, kurių siekia turto vertinimas, ir problemos, su... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Reflection of true and real picture in financial statements, that is more and more emphasised, commits companies to present elements of financial statements as exactly as possible. As real as possible value of assets is required by the main principles of accounting – financial information for the users has to be presented as real as possible. If assets are evaluated not exactly the consequences can be felt for several periods. Therefore for a company it is important to choose such way of valuation that the real picture of assets is reflected and this way of valuation is the most suitable for the company. The object of Work - ways of valuation of assets in accounting. The goal of Work - the analysis of the records of valuation methods, identify which valuation method is the most popular and best individual small group of property plant and submit proposals to upgrade the current enterprise valuation procedure accounted for. For this purpose the following main tasks are raised:  consider the evaluation of the concept, the main objectives of the valuation of assets and problems;  compare valuation methods of accounting under IFRS and the CPS;  CPS to investigate the consistency of reported asset values, which will help to profile;  compare CPS and suggested practical methods used in the valuation Lithuanian small businesses and the accountants' views on the evaluation of these plants. This work consists of three parts. The theoretical section... [to full text]

The purpose of my dissertation was to make an analysis of factors influencing the process of the carrying out of the cross-border merger of the Czech company with the company in the European Union. Solution procedure stems from a general definition of acquisitions and mergers, their historical development, reasons for the carrying out thereof, through the picture of these processes in international standards of financial reporting up to the regulation in the European Union. When analyzing the rules for cross-border mergers within the EU, I ascertained problematic places consisting in non-finalization of harmonization - in accounting context - of mergers, and in possibilities of a selection of a tax solution. Apart from the Czech legal regulation, I also analyzed the Slovak legal regulation since the last application part contains a practical example of merger of the Czech company and two Slovak companies carried out in 2009 and prepared on the basis of empirical data.

This dissertation work deals with theme of appraisement long term tangible assets in company in terms of intradepartmental bookkeeping, which company give upon voluntary base. Work is situated into five independent parts, when is the first devoted delimitation financial and intradepartmental bookkeeping and differences between them. Furthermore is mention about legislative delimitation single access to appraisement in terms of both bookkeeping. Second part is focused on substantial of meaning subject of dissertation work. Third part discusses about theoretic bases this work; define difference in appraisement that is based on prices found out on basis of court expert record against appraisement real value. Next part is devoted research, from whose coming - out designed model of appraisement real value. Follows by work evaluation, her scientific contribution to theory, practice and pedagogy.