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UNINA9910816979503321 |
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Collings Steve |
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Frequently asked questions in ISAs / / Steven Collings |
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Chichester, West Sussex : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
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1-118-93390-7 |
1-118-76538-9 |
1-118-76540-0 |
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1 online resource (xvii, 456 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Preface; Foreword; Frequently Asked Questions; Introduction; Chapter 1 What is the Role of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board?; The Clarity Project; Introduction; Objective; Definitions; Requirements; Application and other explanatory material; ISA 260 Communication with Those Charged with Governance; ISA 265 Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to Those Charged with Governance and Management; ISA 450 Evaluation of Misstatements Identified During the Audit; ISA 530 Audit Sampling |
ISA 540 Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related DisclosuresISA 550 Related Parties; ISA 570 Going Concern; ISA 600 Special Considerations - Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors); ISAs in Issue; Chapter 2 Frequently Asked Questions; Who can be an auditor and sign the auditor's report?; What are the fundamental principles of professional ethics?; Integrity; Objectivity; Professional competence and due care; Confidentiality; Professional behaviour |
What gives rise to a threat to an auditor's independence and objectivity and how can those threats be managed?Safeguards to reduce threats to an acceptable level; What are the issues an auditor has to consider before accepting appointment as auditor and how does the auditor deal with conflicts of interest?; Conflicts of interest; Are there any rules governing the way in which fees are charged to clients?; Can a |
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professional accountant accept gifts from a client?; What happens if family or close relationships exist between an auditor and the client? |
What are the overall purpose and main features of an audit?Main features; Is there a difference between an internal auditor and an external auditor?; What is an 'assurance engagement'?; Audit engagement; Review engagement; Planning; Obtaining sufficient appropriate evidence; Reporting; What terms have to be agreed between an auditor and their client?; What are the responsibilities of auditors in relation to fraud?; Responsibilities of the auditor |
Interaction between ISA 240 and ISA 315 Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement through Understanding the Entity and its EnvironmentFraudulent financial reporting; Audit procedures in relation to fraud; How do accounting standards interact with the work of an auditor?; Planning; During the audit; Pre-completion stage of the audit; Who inspects the work the auditor does to ensure they are doing it correctly?; Other non-regulatory inspections; Whatare a 'hot' and a 'cold' file review?; Hot review; Cold review |
Can an auditor prepare the financial statements and then audit them? |
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Auditing has hit the headlines over recent years, and for all the wrong reasons, and in today's environment, the result of negligent auditing can be serious resulting in sizeable fines and even withdrawal of audit registration which can be costly in terms of fee income. Frequently Asked Questions in International Standards on Auditing presents the relevant standards in a concise and jargon-free way, enabling auditors to appreciate the reasoning behind the standards and undertake audit work effectively. This book focuses on the main areas of the auditing standards and also addre |
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UNINA9910619283103321 |
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Foss Kirsten |
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Economic Microfoundations of Strategic Management : The Property Rights Perspective / / by Kirsten Foss, Nicolai J. Foss |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
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[1st ed. 2022.] |
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1 online resource (292 pages) |
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Management |
Entrepreneurship |
New business enterprises |
Business |
Management science |
Business and Management |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Chapter 1: Strategy and Property Rights -- Chapter 2: Microfoundations for Strategy -- Chapter 3: The Property Rights Approach: An Overview -- Chapter 4: Ownership and Property Rights -- Chapter 5: Resources and Value Creation -- Chapter 6: Strategizing and Positioning -- Chapter 7: Property Rights and the Nature of Firm -- Chapter 8: The Theory of the Firm: Specialization and Learning -- Chapter 9: Property rights, transaction costs, and entrepreneurship -- Chapter 10: Conclusions. |
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This book develops a property rights approach to firm strategy and demonstrates how it helps address key challenges in strategic management research. It shows that the property rights approach holds important implications both for entrepreneurship and organizational learning theory. Property rights have direct implications for strategic management, as control over assets has an immediate link to the creation and appropriation of economic value. For a firm to execute a |
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competitive strategy, it must hold rights to appropriate resources. This book will appeal to scholars working in the fields of strategic management, organizational theory and resource allocation. It is an invaluable summary of two decades of groundbreaking research. Kirsten Foss is Professor of Strategy at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway. She is also associated with the Copenhagen Business Schools. Her research and teaching interests are institutional economics and international business. Nicolai J Foss is a Professor of Strategy at the Copenhagen Business School. He is a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society and the Author of many articles on strategic management. His interests are in entrepreneurship and organization design theory. |
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