I samband med att IFRS infördes för svenska börsbolag 2005 förändrades reglerna för hantering av goodwill. Istället för årlig avskrivning innebar förändringen att posten skulle testas för en eventuell värdeförändring genom nedskrivningsprövning. Forskning visar att företagsledningar tenderar att agera opportunistiskt i syfte att inte behöva göra nedskrivningar. Ett sådant agerande är möjligt då redovisning och beräkning av goodwill samt bestämmande av antaganden helt och hållet ligger i företagens händer. Forskningen är väldigt sparsam när det kommer till hur användare uppfattar den information som företagen redovisar om nedskrivningsprövning i sina finansiella rapporter. Syftet med denna studie är att skapa en bild av hur investerare och företag uppfattar den information som företag enligt IFRS standarder ska lämna i sin årsredovisning om företagets nedskrivningsprövning av goodwill. Samt att förklara varför investerare och företag uppfattar informationen på detta sätt. För att kunna besvara forskningsfrågan och uppnå syftet med studien har en kvalitativ metod med abduktiv ansats använts. Med väl motiverade avgränsningar har studien undersökt uppfattningar hos sex informanter (tre företag och tre investerare). Genom semistrukturerade besöks- och telefonintervjuer har ingående diskussioner med informanterna resulterat i ett omfattande empiriskt material. Med hjälp av operationaliserade teoretiska begrepp och väl definierade uppfattningsbegrepp har det empiriska materialet analyserats. Studien har resulterat i identifiering av problem som bottnar i lagändringen 2005 och som drabbar användaren av informationen (om goodwill i finansiella rapporter) hårdast. Viktiga slutsatser som studien har resulterat i är att användbarheten, relevansen och trovärdigheten i den information som redovisas om nedskrivningsprövningen är bristfällig. Även fullständigheten och noggrannheten i informationen upplevs som bristfällig i det hänseendet för att förstå nedskrivningsprövningen men det råder inget tvivel att redogörelserna innehåller den information som den förväntas innehålla utifrån lagkrav. Ekonomiska händelser som påverkar företag i allmänna termer, finner studien inte påverkar företags nedskrivningsprövning av goodwill. Det framkommer också tydliga bevis på att företagsledningar tenderar att justera bakomliggande variabler i värderingsmodellen i syfte att inte behöva göra nedskrivningar, vilket är i linje med tidigare forskning.

No description available.

Frågeställning: Vilken är den procentuella förändringen av goodwill och lönsamhet sedan införandet av IFRS 3 i de båda branscherna? Finns det ett samband mellan andelen goodwill och lönsamhet i de båda branscherna? Ökar eller minskar lönsamheten av goodwillnedskrivningar? Syfte: Syftet med vår studie är att med hjälp av analyser undersöka sambanden mellan goodwill och företagens lönsamhet samt få en ökad insikt i hur goodwillen och dess nedskrivning hanteras i de valda branscherna. Detta anser vi intressant då IFRS 3 har i syfte att ge internationella riktlinjer hur goodwillen ska redovisas, men på grund av subjektiva bedömningar uppstår skillnader som påverkar företagens lönsamhet. Studiens utfall kan vara av intresse för intressenter inom branscherna. Metod: Studien är genomförd med en kvantitativ metod. En statistisk analys genomförts där vi testat signifikanta samband mellan variabler. Materialet till detta är sammanställt från nio företags årsredovisningar, under en tio års period. Resultatet studerades genom sammanställningar i diagram och med regressionsanalyser. Slutsats: Studien visade att i byggnationsbranschen har räntabiliteten minskat samtidigt som goodwillen har ökat. I telekommunikationsbranschen har räntabiliteten ökat samtidigt som goodwillen minskat. Detta sedan införandet av IFRS 3. Studien visade att det finns ett samband mellan lönsamhet och goodwill i de studerade branscherna. Inget signifikant värde uppnås på nedskrivningarnas påverkan på lönsamheten vilket gör att vi inte kan uttala oss om det finns ett samband mellan dessa. / Research questions:  What is the percentage change in goodwill and profitability since the introduction of IFRS 3 in the two sectors? Is there a relationship between the proportion of goodwill and profitability in both sectors? Increases or decreases the profitability of the goodwill impairment?  Purpose: The purpose of our study is that with help of analyzes examining the relationship between goodwill and business profitability and gain a greater understanding of how the goodwill and its impairment are being handled in the selected sectors. We consider this interesting since IFRS 3 has the purpose of providing international guidelines how goodwill should be reported, but because of subjective assessments arises differences that affect corporate profitability. The study's results may be of interest to stakeholders in the sectors. Method: This study was conducted by a quantitative method. A statistical analysis has been carried out where we test the significant relationships between different variables. The material for this essay is compiled from nine companies’ annual reports, between 2005 and 2014. The results were studied by summaries of graphs and regression analysis. Conclusion: The study shows that in the construction industry has the profitability fallen while the share of goodwill has increased. The telecommunications industry has increased the return on equity while the share of goodwill has decreased. The study showed that there is a correlation between profitability and goodwill in the industries studied. No significant value was achieved in impairments impact on profitability, which means that we can not express an opinion whether there is a connection between them.

The subject of the diploma thesis: "Inventories, and view their accounts according to IFRS and the Czech accounting standards" is to point out specific definitions and reporting of inventory according to Czech accounting legislation and International Financial Reporting Standards. The first part is focused on the general definition of inventory. The following specifications and inventory records in accordance with Czech and international legislation and theoretical examples of terminating focused on the issue of valuation of inventories, reporting changes in inventory and utility costs and species classification. The second part contains a practical study of inventory accounting in a particular company.

The aim oh the diploma thesis is to analyse the financial situation of a company on the base of account sheet. In theoretical part there is a description and explication of processes and methods of financial analysis including the description of source of information suitable for financial analysis. There is as well the description and analysis of the financial statements constructed according to the Czech rules and according to the International financial reporting standards IAS/IFRS. In practical part of this thesis there is the aplication of the processes and methods of financial analysis to evaluation the financial position of the company Elitex Nepomuk a.s. based on the period since 2002 to 2008. The conclusion of this thesis contains the summary of the history and the present condition of the financial position of the company Elitex Nepomuk a.s. There is also the evaluation of the financial health oh this company based on the outcomes of the financial analysis.

Goodwill är en diskuterad och komplex post i balansräkningen som utsätts för subjektiva bedömningar vid värdering och nedskrivningsprövning. I denna uppsats analyserasbörsnoterade bolags texter kring goodwill i deras årsredovisningar för att undersöka om det finns några skillnader mellan bolag i hur de kommunicerar kring goodwill. Dessutom undersöks om bolagens kommunikation kring goodwill förändras när de genomför en nedskrivning av goodwill. Studiens resultat baseras på innehållsanalyser av 14 bolagsårsredovisningar över tre efterföljande år. Resultatet från innehållsanalyserna visar att mängden text i årsredovisningarna som behandlar goodwill skiljer sig mellan bolagen och att den främsta skillnaden som observerades kunde hänföras till text som berör bolagsspecifikinformation om goodwill. Vidare visar resultatet att mängden text som berör nedskrivning av goodwill ökar när bolagen genomför en nedskrivning av goodwill. / Goodwill is a discussed and complex asset in the balance sheet which is exposed to subjective judgements on valuation and impairment testing. This study analyzes publicly listed companies’ texts about goodwill in their annual reports to examine if there are any differences between how companies communicates about goodwill. Furthermore, the study examines if the companies’ communication about goodwill changes when a goodwill impairment is reported. The results of the study are based on the content analysis of 14 companies’ annual reports from three following years. The results from the content analysis shows that the amount of text in the annual reports regarding goodwill differs between companies and that the prime difference which was observed could refer to company specific information about goodwill. Further on the result shows that the amount of text that about goodwill impairment increases when the company reports an impairment of goodwill. This paper is written in Swedish.

Syfte: CSR är ett högaktuellt och viktigt ämne för företagen och deras intressenter. Då högre CSR- aktiviteter anses vara relaterat till etiskt agerande företagsledningar undersöker studien om företagens ledningar utnyttjar detta i försök att dölja omoraliska aktiviteter i form av earnings management. En opportunistiskt agerande företagsledning använder earnings management för att manipulera resultatet i önskad riktning, vilket kan göras genom diskretionära periodiseringar (AEM) eller via aktiviteter som påverkar kassaflödet (REM). Eftersom dessa fungerar som substitut så undersöks båda i studien. Studien baseras på kontinentaleuropeiska bolag där rättstillämpningen bygger på civil law. Dessa företag redovisar enligt IFRS och CSR-rapporterar efter GRI, vilket tidigare forskning pekat ut som faktorer som påverkar sambandet mellan CSR och earnings management. Syftet med studien är därför att undersöka om CSR används som ett medel för att dölja förekomsten av earnings management, samt om det finns stöd för ett opportunistiskt alternativt etiskt perspektiv. Metod: Studien har en kvantitativ forskningsmetod och tillämpar en positivistisk forskningsfilosofi med en hypotetisk-deduktiv ansats. Studien använder en tvärsnittsdesign med sekundärdata från kontinentaleuropeiska bolag över en tioårsperiod (2008-2017). Datan har hämtats från Thomson Reuters Datastream och analyserats i IBM SPSS. Resultat & slutsats: Resultaten indikerar att kontinentaleuropeiska företag agerar opportunistiskt och möjligtvis använder CSR i försök att dölja earnings management. Detta kan dock endast härledas till REM-aktiviteterna abnorma kassaflöden och abnorma produktionskostnader. Mellan CSR och AEM kunde inget samband redogöras. Därav dras slutsatsen att det är viktigt att earnings management studeras utifrån båda aspekterna för att erhålla ett rättvisande resultat. Examensarbetets bidrag: Studien bidrar till att fylla forskningsgapet gällande sambandet mellan CSR och earnings management i form av både AEM och REM. Resultaten är viktiga för företagens intressenter då de tyder på att högre CSR-engagemang inte är relaterat till mer etiskt agerande företagsledningar. Intressenterna bör främst vara vaksamma på aktiviteter som inte granskas av revisorer då dessa visats förekomma i högst utsträckning. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: I framtida studier kan sambandet mellan CSR och earnings management undersökas i företag där incitament till resultatmanipulation anses föreligga. Vidare kan ledningens syn på earnings management studeras mer ingående. Förslag ges även till att undersöka branschskillnader och att använda alternativa CSR-mått. / Aim: CSR is a highly topical and important subject for the companies and their stakeholders. Since higher CSR activities are considered to be related to ethically acting managements, this study investigates whether the management uses CSR as an attempt to conceal immoral activities in terms of earnings management. An opportunistic acting management uses earnings management to manipulate the result in the desired direction, which can be done through discretionary accruals (AEM) or through activities that affect the company’s cash flow (REM). Since these operates as substitutes, both are examined in the study. The study is based on Continental European companies where the application of law is based on civil law. These companies report according to IFRS and CSR reports according to GRI, which previous research pointed out as factors to affect the correlation between CSR and earnings management. The purpose of the study is therefore to investigate whether CSR is used as a means of concealing the existence of earnings management, and whether there is support for an opportunistic alternative ethical perspective. Method: The study has a quantitative research method and applies a positivistic research philosophy with a hypothetical-deductive approach. The study uses a cross-sectional design with secondary data from Continental European companies over a ten-year period (2008-2017). The data has been retrieved from Thomson Reuters Datastream and analyzed in IBM SPSS. Result & Conclusions: The results indicate that Continental European companies act opportunistically and uses CSR in attempts to hide earnings management. However, this can only be attributed to the REM activities abnormal cash flows and abnormal production costs. No relationship could be reported between CSR and AEM. Hence, it is concluded that it is important to study earnings management on the basis of both aspects to report fair results Contribution of the thesis: The study contributes to filling the research gap regarding the relationship between CSR and earnings management in both AEM and REM. The results are important for companies' stakeholders as they indicate that higher CSR involvement is not related to more ethical behavior of the company management. Stakeholders should primarily be vigilant on activities that are not audited by auditors as these have been shown to occur to the greatest extent. Suggestions for future research: In future studies, the relationship between CSR and earnings management can be investigated in companies where incentives for manipulation the financial performance are considered to exist. Furthermore, the management’s view of earnings management can be studied more thoroughly. Suggestions are also made to investigate industry differences and to use alternative CSR measures.

Um dos reflexos esperados pela utilização da contabilidade está em uma menor assimetria informacional entre as partes, sendo capaz de afetar a performance econômica das empresas, reduzindo o custo de capital próprio das mesmas (BUSHMAN; SMITH, 2001). À vista disso, ganhos na qualidade da informação emanada pela contabilidade teriam o poder de influenciar o custo do capital próprio, diminuindo-o e elevando a performance das firmas. Com intuito de auferir tais ganhos, foi criado o International Accounting Standards Board - IASB que passou a emitir normas denominadas International Financial Reporting Standards - IFRS que, por sua vez, delimitaram uma série de medidas a serem seguidas, buscando harmonizar as práticas contábeis sob um único pilar. Entretanto, a adoção das IFRS não está desprendida das forças do mercado de capitais e da qualidade do enforcement do país adotante, não havendo uma correlação clara entre a convergência contábil e o acréscimo de qualidade. Consequentemente, o impacto da sua adoção perante a performance econômica e o custo de capital próprio também é divergente. O presente trabalho tem o intuito de avaliar os impactos sobre o custo de capital próprio das empresas brasileiras de capital aberto em função da convergência, averiguando o comportamento da taxa. Ademais, busca-se aplicar quatro metodologias de estimativa do custo de capital próprio: Ohlson Juettner-Nauroth (2005), Easton (2004), Claus e Thomas (2001) e Gebhardt, Lee e Swaminathan (2001) e confrontá-las na avaliação do impacto da adoção do IFRS no Brasil. Os resultados indicam uma redução do custo de capital próprio em três pontos base perante o modelo de Easton (2004), mas resultados não significantes para os modelos de Gebhardt, Lee e Swaminathan (2001) e Ohlson Juettner-Nauroth (2005), sendo o modelo de Claus e Thomas (2001) excluído da análise por dados insuficientes. Tais pontos predizem a necessidade de aprofundamento das pesquisas com modelos de custo implícito e ressalva se a adoção internacional foi realmente eficiente frente aos incentivos e o enforcement vigente no país. / One of the expected consequences when using accounting is a lower information asymmetry between the parties, being able to affect the economic performance of firms, reducing the cost of equity capital of them (BUSHMAN; SMITH, 2001). Thus gains in the quality of the information disclosed by accounting would have the power to influence the cost of equity capital, reducing it and increasing the performance of the firms. With the purpose of obtaining these gains, was created the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) which began issuing accounting standards called International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to delimit a range of measures to be followed, seeking to harmonize the accounting practices under one pillar. However, the adoption of IFRS is not detached from the forces of capital markets and of the adopter country enforcement, without a clear correlation between the accounting convergence and the quality increase. Consequently, the impact of its adoption on the economic performance of firms and the cost of equity capital is also divergent. This study aims to evaluate the impact on the cost of equity capital of Brazilian joint-stock companies due to the convergence to IFRS. Furthermore, the present work seek to apply four methods of estimating the cost of equity capital: Ohlson Juettner-Nauroth (2005), Easton (2004), Claus and Thomas (2001) and Gebhardt, Lee and Swaminathan (2001) confronting each one on the analysis of the IFRS adoption impacts in Brazil. The results indicate a reduction of 3 basis points in the cost of equity capital under the framework of Easton (2004), but there are no significant results for the models of Ohlson Juettner-Nauroth (2005), Gebhardt, Lee and Swaminathan (2001), which the Claus and Thomas (2001) model was excluded for enough data. These points predict the need for further development of research on implied cost of capital models and raise the question if international convergence was really efficient given the incentives and the current enforcement in the country.

Este estudo teve como objetivo geral verificar o efeito das práticas de income smoothing (suavização dos resultados) no custo de capital próprio (Ke) das empresas brasileiras de capital aberto em dois momentos distintos: 2004 a 2007 (antes da adoção das IFRS) e 2011 a 2014 (após a adoção das IFRS). Por income smoothing entende-se como o amortecimento intencional dos resultados da empresa, feita pelo gestor via seu poder discricionário, com o intuito de reduzir a variabilidade dos lucros e, assim, transmitir ao mercado consistência de seus resultados. O custo de capital próprio, por sua vez, evidencia o retorno exigido pelo investidor, o que ocasiona a sua utilidade na tomada de decisão. Como o investidor espera obter um retorno do ativo acima de outro de risco similar, é esperado que as suas decisões sejam alteradas na medida que as empresas se utilizam do income smoothing. Como proxy para identificar a suavização dos resultados, foram selecionadas três métricas constantemente utilizadas na literatura. Além de tais métricas, como metodologia contributiva, foi elaborado, por meio da Análise Fatorial, um fator baseado nas três medidas, dado que os métodos para identificar a suavização são discrepantes e o uso do fator possibilita a conjunção da informação contida nos três métodos. A amostra selecionada contempla 105 empresas no primeiro período e 206 no segundo. O Ke foi calculado utilizando a metodologia por benchmark. Para explicar os efeitos no Ke devido a prática de income smoothing, a regressão linear múltipla por meio de mínimos quadrados ordinários (MQO) foi aplicada para cada período de análise. Também foram aplicadas duas outras regressões: uma com diferenças em diferenças e outra com dados em painel MQO pooled (antes e após a adoção das IFRS) para a verificação de quebra estrutural. Os resultados mostraram que no período 2004-2007 apenas a métrica EM2 foi significativa na explicação do Ke. No período que compreende 2011-2014, tanto a métrica EM1 quanto o Fator foram estatisticamente significativos. Ainda de acordo com os resultados obtidos, verifica-se que houve alteração significativa no Ke após a adoção das IFRS e que pode ter alterado a forma como as métricas identificam o income smoothing. De maneira geral, o investimento em uma empresa suavizadora é inversamente proporcional ao seu Ke, ou seja, o mercado entende que investir em empresa que adota a prática de suavização dos resultados, implica em um menor retorno exigido. / This study aimed to verify the effect of income smoothing practices in the cost of equity (Ke) of Brazilian public companies in two distinct periods: 2004 to 2007 (before adopting IFRS) and 2011-2014 (after adopting IFRS). Income smoothing is understood as the company´s intentional dampening of the results, made by the manager due to his discretionary power, in order to reduce the variability of profits and thus convey to the market consistency of results. The cost of equity capital highlights the return required by the investor, which is useful in decision making. Since the investor expects to achieve an active return above other similar risk, it is expected a change in decisions when firms use the income smoothing. As a proxy to identify the smoothing of results, three metrics constantly used in the literature were selected. In addition to such metrics, Factor Analysis, a factor based on the three measurements was developed as contributory methodology, since the methods to identify the smoothing are disparate the use of the factor enables combining the information contained in the three methods. The selected sample includes 105 companies in the first period and 206 in the second. The Ke was calculated based on benchmark. To explain the effects on Ke due to the practice of income smoothing, linear multiple regression using ordinary least squares (OLS) was applied in each period analyzed. Besides applying two other regressions: one with differences in differences and another with OLS panel pooled data (before and after the adoptng IFRS) to verify structural break. The results showed that in the period of 2004-2007 the metric EM2 was significant to explain the Ke. In the period between 2011-2014, both the metric EM1 as well as the factor were statistically significant. Also according to the results, it appears that there was a significant change in the Ke after adopting IFRS and that may have changed the way the metrics identify the income smoothing. In general, the investment in a smothing company is inversely proportional to its Ke, that is, the market understands that investing in a company that adopts the practice of income smoothing, implies in a lower required return.

O presente estudo tem por objetivo investigar as características e implicações da divulgação voluntária das medidas de desempenho não-GAAP \"EBITDA\" e \"EBITDA Ajustado\" em relatórios financeiros preparados conforme IFRS no cenário corporativo brasileiro. A principal preocupação relacionada a divulgações voluntárias é se de fato estas informações garantem a qualidade do processo decisório dos usuários. A natureza do estudo é empírico-teórica com abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa. Os dados documentais foram extraídos de três fontes: Thomson Reuters; relatórios anuais e press releases disponibilizados no site de cada companhia; e formulários de referência disponibilizados no site da CVM. A amostra selecionada é a do índice IBrX 100 e os dados analisados são dos períodos trimestrais e anuais de 2014 e 2015. Para coleta das percepções sobre o uso e divulgação das métricas estudadas, aplica-se o questionário semiestruturado com sócios de firmas BigFour. Os principais resultados qualitativos sugerem, em linhas gerais: que o uso e divulgação das medidas estudadas tem ocorrido de forma ampla, consistente e regular; que 79% dos ajustes adicionais efetuados pelas companhias por meio do EBITDA Ajustado são consequência de princípios e regras contábeis vigentes conforme IFRS; que os ajustes adicionais mais comuns efetuados pelas companhias são Impairment, Provisões, Correção de Erros e Equivalência Patrimonial; e que o uso e divulgação das medidas investigadas se faz necessário uma vez que a contabilidade não é suficiente para prover aos seus usuários uma medida que forneça o desempenho isolado da atividade operacional de uma companhia. Pode-se concluir com base nos resultados quantitativos deste estudo que empresas de maior porte, que aderem a níveis de governança corporativa e que possuem receitas líquidas menores, estão mais propensas a divulgar as medidas \"EBITDA\" e \"EBITDA Ajustado\". As evidências advindas deste estudo podem ser úteis para colaborar com a discussão atual de órgãos reguladores e normatizadores ao apontar o papel informativo de medidas alternativas de mensuração, mas não deixando de alertar que estes números necessitam ser acompanhados e fiscalizados pelos entes e instituições cabíveis. / The present study aims to investigate the characteristics and implications of the voluntary disclosure of non-GAAP performance measures \"EBITDA\" and \"Adjusted EBITDA\" in financial reports prepared under IFRS in the Brazilian corporate scenario. The main concern related to voluntary disclosures is whether this information actually guarantees the quality of the user\'s decision-making process. The nature of the study is empirical-theoretical with a qualitative and quantitative approach. Documentary data were extracted from three sources: Thomson Reuters; annual reports and press releases made available on each company\'s website; and reference forms available on the CVM website. The selected sample is the IBrX 100 index and the data analyzed are from the quarterly and annual periods of 2014 and 2015. To collect the perceptions about the use and disclosure of the metrics studied, the semi-structured questionnaire is applied with partners of BigFour firms. The main qualitative results suggest, in general lines: that the use and disclosure of the measures studied has occurred in a broad, consistent and regular way; that 79% of the additional adjustments made by the companies through Adjusted EBITDA are a consequence of accounting principles and rules according to IFRS; that the most common additional adjustments made by the companies are Impairment, Provisions, Errors and Equity Method; and that the use and disclosure of the measures investigated becomes necessary since accounting is not sufficient to provide its users with a measure that provides the isolated performance of a company\'s operating activity. It can be concluded from the quantitative results of this study that larger companies, which adhere to levels of corporate governance and have lower net revenues, are more likely to disclose the measures \"EBITDA\" and \"Adjusted EBITDA\". Evidence from this study may be useful to collaborate with the current discussion of regulators and regulators by pointing out the informative role of alternative measures of measurement, while noting that these figures need to be monitored and monitored by appropriate bodies and institutions.