Corporate sustainability reporting has become increasingly important in recent years.However,conventional approaches reach their limits when it comes to quantifying and measuring the actual sustainability performance ...Corporate sustainability reporting has become increasingly important in recent years.However,conventional approaches reach their limits when it comes to quantifying and measuring the actual sustainability performance of a company.This article presents a new approach:Sustainable Performance Accounting(SPA),which is based on an extension of bookkeeping by including ESG bookkeeping.SPA enables companies to systematically measure and manage their sustainability performance.The article provides an overview of the basics of SPA methodology and uses a comprehensive example showing how SPA can be implemented in practice.The article is aimed at interested readers from science and practice as well as decision-makers who are interested in future-oriented sustainability reporting.展开更多
This paper aims to demonstrate whether students'self-evaluations influence their class performance.A questionnaire is designed and data is collected from 30 sophomore students in English class.The data analysis sh...This paper aims to demonstrate whether students'self-evaluations influence their class performance.A questionnaire is designed and data is collected from 30 sophomore students in English class.The data analysis shows that students who have positive self-evaluation perform better and get higher class performance scores than students who have negative self-evaluation.展开更多
This paper reports on the choice made by listed Italian companies in their 2009 financial statements with respect to the option in International Accounting Standards (IAS) 1.81 concerning presentation of the stateme...This paper reports on the choice made by listed Italian companies in their 2009 financial statements with respect to the option in International Accounting Standards (IAS) 1.81 concerning presentation of the statement of comprehensive income. It is reported that most companies have chosen to use the two-statement option, and that there is some evidence that this choice is related to the size and sign of total Other Comprehensive Income (OCI). On this latter point, the paper emphatically aims to contribute to the literature on accounting policy choice with respect to a similar option in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards [SFAS] 130. In addition, pro forma calculations on Return on Equity (ROE) and Earnings per Share (EPS) are presented that illustrate, in effect, the variation across companies in size and sign of OCI.展开更多
This report is accomplished by China Textile Machinery and Accessories Association to be part of the Annual Report of China Textile Industry that comes out in the middle of the year.Given that all the official statist...This report is accomplished by China Textile Machinery and Accessories Association to be part of the Annual Report of China Textile Industry that comes out in the middle of the year.Given that all the official statistics are channeled to each industrial sector four times a year(March,May,Aug.Nov.) ,it comes as no surprise at all when an annual report is prepared at the beginning of the new year by taking eleven months into account because of the data availability from the government.This report of Chinese textile machinery industry is also based on the data attainable from Jan.to Nov.in 2009.展开更多
Seven key indicators standardize and integrate transparency BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, will enhance its transparency in Greater China by reporting annually on seven key financial, social and environm...Seven key indicators standardize and integrate transparency BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, will enhance its transparency in Greater China by reporting annually on seven key financial, social and environmental indicators: sales, number of employees,展开更多
This study examined the effectiveness of positive self-evaluation used as an intervention to cultivate students' English writing self-efficacy and improve their writing performance. Multiple sources of data were coll...This study examined the effectiveness of positive self-evaluation used as an intervention to cultivate students' English writing self-efficacy and improve their writing performance. Multiple sources of data were collected from 90 students of grade 10 at a high school in Beijing, including the pretest and posttest writings, writing self-efficacy questionnaires, interviews, and follow-up questionnaires over one semester. Data analyses showed that the experimental group excelled the control group in writing performance and became more confident in writing at the end of positive self-evaluation practices. This study also found that writing self-efficacy and writing performance were positively related. The students with high writing self-efficacy tended to perform better in their writing than those with low writing self-efficacy.展开更多
BACKGROUND Gastric adenomyoma(GA)is a rare submucosal benign neoplasm that occurs mostly in the gastric antrum and is often misdiagnosed.No standard treatment has been established for this disease in cases of malignan...BACKGROUND Gastric adenomyoma(GA)is a rare submucosal benign neoplasm that occurs mostly in the gastric antrum and is often misdiagnosed.No standard treatment has been established for this disease in cases of malignancy.CASE SUMMARY A 75-year-old woman with a 10-year history of hypertension was admitted to the Emergency Department of our hospital complaining of paroxysmal exacerbation of acute abdominal pain for 1 d with no apparent cause.Enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging indicated a mass in the caudal pancreas,cholecystitis,and cholecystic polypus.Gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a mass arising from the gastric antrum.Due to the imaging findings,pancreatic cancer(PC),gastric lesion,cholecystitis,and cholecystic polypus were our primary consideration.Radical pancreatectomy,splenectomy,and cholecystectomy were performed successfully,and the gastric tumor was locally resected.Postoperative paraffin specimens confirmed the diagnosis of caudal PC,GA,and heterotopic pancreas(HP).Unfortunately,the patient died 13 mo later due to PC metastases to the liver,lung,and adrenal glands.CONCLUSION GA is a rare benign disease,especially when occurring with HP.It may stem from the same origin as HP.This is the first case report to date of a patient suffering from the simultaneous occurrence of GA,HP,and PC.GA is a lesion that can mimic other benign or malignant gastrointestinal diseases;thus,a definitive diagnosis depends on postoperative pathological biopsy.Although GA and HP are both benign lesions,they should be resected because there is a chance of malignancy.Additional research should be conducted to better understand these submucosal lesions.展开更多
BACKGROUND Intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma(IBC)is a rare benign hepatic tumor that is often misdiagnosed as other hepatic cystic diseases.Therefore,imaging examinations are required for preoperative diagnosis.Contras...BACKGROUND Intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma(IBC)is a rare benign hepatic tumor that is often misdiagnosed as other hepatic cystic diseases.Therefore,imaging examinations are required for preoperative diagnosis.Contrast-enhanced ultrasound(CEUS)has gained increasing popularity as an emerging imaging modality and it is considered the primary method for screening IBC because of its specificity of performance.We describe an unusual case of monolocular IBC and emphasize the performance of CEUS.CASE SUMMARY A 45-year-old man complained of epigastric pain lasting 1 wk.He had no medical history of hepatitis,liver cirrhosis or parasitization.Physical examination revealed a mass of approximately 6 cm in size in the upper abdomen below the subxiphoid process.Tumor marker tests found elevated CA19-9 levels(119.3 U/mL),but other laboratory tests were unremarkable.Ultrasound and computerized tomography revealed a round thick-walled mass measuring 83 mm×68 mm located in the left lateral lobe of the liver that lacked internal septations and manifested as a monolocular cystic structure.CEUS demonstrated that in the arterial phase,the anechoic area manifested as a peripheral ring with homogeneous enhancement.The central part presented with no enhancement.During the portal phase,the enhanced portion began to subside but was still above the surrounding liver tissue.The patient underwent left partial liver lobectomy and recovered well without tumor recurrence or metastasis.Eventually,the results of pathological examination confirmed IBC.CONCLUSION A few IBC cases present with monolocular characteristics,and the lack of intracystic septa in imaging performance cannot exclude IBC.展开更多
This contribution analyzes the impact of new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting rules on financial ratios prepared in the Czech companies. Using a sample of 16 Czech firms, we attempt to me...This contribution analyzes the impact of new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting rules on financial ratios prepared in the Czech companies. Using a sample of 16 Czech firms, we attempt to measure the scope and size of the differences in the selected set of financial ratios as calculated with data reported according to the traditional Czech accounting standards (CAS) and under the IFRS provisions. Our study discovers that there are important differences resulting from the two reporting formats. Our research comes to a conclusion that translation of Czech statements to IFRS may cause changes in the values of financial indicators without relationship to the real change in the firms' value, performance, and stability. Even though the findings were not statistically significant, the indicative results of our measurements disclosed an important fact that the transition to IFRS could cause deterioration of key indicators and thereby could impact on the overall rating of companies. One needs to be cautious with generalization due to the small sample size.展开更多
Every company wants to make a profit in the short run but doesn’t think about the long run.The environment and human resources are used by the companies but eventually,they will react in a repugnant way.The environme...Every company wants to make a profit in the short run but doesn’t think about the long run.The environment and human resources are used by the companies but eventually,they will react in a repugnant way.The environment is being polluted every day and it is a threat to human life as well as the world.To assess the impact of activities being done by the companies,a non-governmental organization was established in Boston called Global Reporting Initiative(GRI)in 1997.GRI(Global Reporting Initiative)established a sustainability reporting framework that provides a systematic guideline for the sake of companies to disclose their performance on the environmental,economic,and social degree of sustainability.This study will find out how responsible multinational(listed and non-listed)companies(MNC)in the case of sustainability reporting when they are consistently doing business in the environment of Bangladesh.This study was analyzed based on GRI(Global Reporting Initiative)guidelines towards their reporting on sustainability.A quantitative score from 0 to 3 was given for each of 84 performance indicators(9,30,and 45 exhibitors for environmental,economic,and social dimensions respectively)of the GRI 3 guidelines based on sustainability reporting.This study reports that tidings on the economic degree are better compared to environmental and social dimensions.Much deviation is reported in environmental and social dimensions,but less deviation is reported in economic dimensions by the selected companies as the sample.Overall,the reporting practices of Nestle Bangladesh Ltd are better than other selected companies.展开更多
Published financial statements and information on company performance include in the past only financial information and neglected non-financials. Investments decisions nowadays rely not only on pure financial informa...Published financial statements and information on company performance include in the past only financial information and neglected non-financials. Investments decisions nowadays rely not only on pure financial information. The last developments of accounting rules and regulations and the current practice in company reporting put non-financial information and other decision useful non-GAAP measures in focus. A higher number of non-financial information could be found in actual company reports compared to prior years and document a shift in the reporting culture from disclosing only financial performance to an integrated reporting that also reports about performance of the total organisation and the contribution to society. Today, an integrated reporting that combines financials with non-financials and as the standard report of companies is not achieved. One step to an integrated reporting is the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive 2003/51/EC which integrated non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs) in the obligatory reporting for companies. Another step that fosters the development of companies reporting is rooted on the EU Directive 2014/95/EU (CSR directive). The directive includes rules to make non-financial information obligatory and more harmonized in published company reports. The disclosing of non-financial information, like sustainability and social responsibility, is now obligatory, harmonized and regulated in the EU.展开更多
The aim of this work is to analyze the critical issues related to stock options accounting granted to employees. Given the different ways to collect stock option plans, it follows that according to the accounting trea...The aim of this work is to analyze the critical issues related to stock options accounting granted to employees. Given the different ways to collect stock option plans, it follows that according to the accounting treatment adopted, it changes the financial reporting of stock option plans, and thus the information communicated to stakeholders and markets in general. The examination of the accounting treatment of stock options starts from the study of legal changes relating to the stock options and various criteria suggested will be presented for the evaluation of the options and for detection of their cost in the financial statements of companies (Guay, Kothari, & Sloan, 2003). After the analysis of international accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on the subject, specifically the "IFRS 2", we can state that they had a strong impact on Italian companies (Ciampaglia, 2008). The central aspect of the study, however, consists of an analysis of the market effects of accounting for the cost associated with the issuance of stock option plans (Cerri & Sottoriva, 2010). Budgeted costs relating to the adoption of stock option plans granted to employees change the measures of economic performance of the enterprise, such as return on investment (ROI) and return on equity (ROE), with significant effects on the evaluation of the economic capital of the company. A company that does not account for costs related to stock option plans recorded a best exercise, but it could distort the valuation of fmancial analysts (Tagliavini, 2000). Finally, it can be observed that the proper accounting of costs associated with stock options is a prerequisite for the comparability of financial statements of companies that grant, and it is therefore necessary to adequately reflect the value of the company.展开更多
文摘Corporate sustainability reporting has become increasingly important in recent years.However,conventional approaches reach their limits when it comes to quantifying and measuring the actual sustainability performance of a company.This article presents a new approach:Sustainable Performance Accounting(SPA),which is based on an extension of bookkeeping by including ESG bookkeeping.SPA enables companies to systematically measure and manage their sustainability performance.The article provides an overview of the basics of SPA methodology and uses a comprehensive example showing how SPA can be implemented in practice.The article is aimed at interested readers from science and practice as well as decision-makers who are interested in future-oriented sustainability reporting.
文摘This paper aims to demonstrate whether students'self-evaluations influence their class performance.A questionnaire is designed and data is collected from 30 sophomore students in English class.The data analysis shows that students who have positive self-evaluation perform better and get higher class performance scores than students who have negative self-evaluation.
文摘This paper reports on the choice made by listed Italian companies in their 2009 financial statements with respect to the option in International Accounting Standards (IAS) 1.81 concerning presentation of the statement of comprehensive income. It is reported that most companies have chosen to use the two-statement option, and that there is some evidence that this choice is related to the size and sign of total Other Comprehensive Income (OCI). On this latter point, the paper emphatically aims to contribute to the literature on accounting policy choice with respect to a similar option in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards [SFAS] 130. In addition, pro forma calculations on Return on Equity (ROE) and Earnings per Share (EPS) are presented that illustrate, in effect, the variation across companies in size and sign of OCI.
文摘This report is accomplished by China Textile Machinery and Accessories Association to be part of the Annual Report of China Textile Industry that comes out in the middle of the year.Given that all the official statistics are channeled to each industrial sector four times a year(March,May,Aug.Nov.) ,it comes as no surprise at all when an annual report is prepared at the beginning of the new year by taking eleven months into account because of the data availability from the government.This report of Chinese textile machinery industry is also based on the data attainable from Jan.to Nov.in 2009.
文摘Seven key indicators standardize and integrate transparency BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, will enhance its transparency in Greater China by reporting annually on seven key financial, social and environmental indicators: sales, number of employees,
文摘This study examined the effectiveness of positive self-evaluation used as an intervention to cultivate students' English writing self-efficacy and improve their writing performance. Multiple sources of data were collected from 90 students of grade 10 at a high school in Beijing, including the pretest and posttest writings, writing self-efficacy questionnaires, interviews, and follow-up questionnaires over one semester. Data analyses showed that the experimental group excelled the control group in writing performance and became more confident in writing at the end of positive self-evaluation practices. This study also found that writing self-efficacy and writing performance were positively related. The students with high writing self-efficacy tended to perform better in their writing than those with low writing self-efficacy.
文摘BACKGROUND Gastric adenomyoma(GA)is a rare submucosal benign neoplasm that occurs mostly in the gastric antrum and is often misdiagnosed.No standard treatment has been established for this disease in cases of malignancy.CASE SUMMARY A 75-year-old woman with a 10-year history of hypertension was admitted to the Emergency Department of our hospital complaining of paroxysmal exacerbation of acute abdominal pain for 1 d with no apparent cause.Enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging indicated a mass in the caudal pancreas,cholecystitis,and cholecystic polypus.Gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a mass arising from the gastric antrum.Due to the imaging findings,pancreatic cancer(PC),gastric lesion,cholecystitis,and cholecystic polypus were our primary consideration.Radical pancreatectomy,splenectomy,and cholecystectomy were performed successfully,and the gastric tumor was locally resected.Postoperative paraffin specimens confirmed the diagnosis of caudal PC,GA,and heterotopic pancreas(HP).Unfortunately,the patient died 13 mo later due to PC metastases to the liver,lung,and adrenal glands.CONCLUSION GA is a rare benign disease,especially when occurring with HP.It may stem from the same origin as HP.This is the first case report to date of a patient suffering from the simultaneous occurrence of GA,HP,and PC.GA is a lesion that can mimic other benign or malignant gastrointestinal diseases;thus,a definitive diagnosis depends on postoperative pathological biopsy.Although GA and HP are both benign lesions,they should be resected because there is a chance of malignancy.Additional research should be conducted to better understand these submucosal lesions.
基金Supported by Shaoxing Municipal Science and Technology Project,No.2020A13027Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Imaging of Tumor and Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment of Shaoxing City.
文摘BACKGROUND Intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma(IBC)is a rare benign hepatic tumor that is often misdiagnosed as other hepatic cystic diseases.Therefore,imaging examinations are required for preoperative diagnosis.Contrast-enhanced ultrasound(CEUS)has gained increasing popularity as an emerging imaging modality and it is considered the primary method for screening IBC because of its specificity of performance.We describe an unusual case of monolocular IBC and emphasize the performance of CEUS.CASE SUMMARY A 45-year-old man complained of epigastric pain lasting 1 wk.He had no medical history of hepatitis,liver cirrhosis or parasitization.Physical examination revealed a mass of approximately 6 cm in size in the upper abdomen below the subxiphoid process.Tumor marker tests found elevated CA19-9 levels(119.3 U/mL),but other laboratory tests were unremarkable.Ultrasound and computerized tomography revealed a round thick-walled mass measuring 83 mm×68 mm located in the left lateral lobe of the liver that lacked internal septations and manifested as a monolocular cystic structure.CEUS demonstrated that in the arterial phase,the anechoic area manifested as a peripheral ring with homogeneous enhancement.The central part presented with no enhancement.During the portal phase,the enhanced portion began to subside but was still above the surrounding liver tissue.The patient underwent left partial liver lobectomy and recovered well without tumor recurrence or metastasis.Eventually,the results of pathological examination confirmed IBC.CONCLUSION A few IBC cases present with monolocular characteristics,and the lack of intracystic septa in imaging performance cannot exclude IBC.
文摘This contribution analyzes the impact of new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting rules on financial ratios prepared in the Czech companies. Using a sample of 16 Czech firms, we attempt to measure the scope and size of the differences in the selected set of financial ratios as calculated with data reported according to the traditional Czech accounting standards (CAS) and under the IFRS provisions. Our study discovers that there are important differences resulting from the two reporting formats. Our research comes to a conclusion that translation of Czech statements to IFRS may cause changes in the values of financial indicators without relationship to the real change in the firms' value, performance, and stability. Even though the findings were not statistically significant, the indicative results of our measurements disclosed an important fact that the transition to IFRS could cause deterioration of key indicators and thereby could impact on the overall rating of companies. One needs to be cautious with generalization due to the small sample size.
文摘Every company wants to make a profit in the short run but doesn’t think about the long run.The environment and human resources are used by the companies but eventually,they will react in a repugnant way.The environment is being polluted every day and it is a threat to human life as well as the world.To assess the impact of activities being done by the companies,a non-governmental organization was established in Boston called Global Reporting Initiative(GRI)in 1997.GRI(Global Reporting Initiative)established a sustainability reporting framework that provides a systematic guideline for the sake of companies to disclose their performance on the environmental,economic,and social degree of sustainability.This study will find out how responsible multinational(listed and non-listed)companies(MNC)in the case of sustainability reporting when they are consistently doing business in the environment of Bangladesh.This study was analyzed based on GRI(Global Reporting Initiative)guidelines towards their reporting on sustainability.A quantitative score from 0 to 3 was given for each of 84 performance indicators(9,30,and 45 exhibitors for environmental,economic,and social dimensions respectively)of the GRI 3 guidelines based on sustainability reporting.This study reports that tidings on the economic degree are better compared to environmental and social dimensions.Much deviation is reported in environmental and social dimensions,but less deviation is reported in economic dimensions by the selected companies as the sample.Overall,the reporting practices of Nestle Bangladesh Ltd are better than other selected companies.
文摘Published financial statements and information on company performance include in the past only financial information and neglected non-financials. Investments decisions nowadays rely not only on pure financial information. The last developments of accounting rules and regulations and the current practice in company reporting put non-financial information and other decision useful non-GAAP measures in focus. A higher number of non-financial information could be found in actual company reports compared to prior years and document a shift in the reporting culture from disclosing only financial performance to an integrated reporting that also reports about performance of the total organisation and the contribution to society. Today, an integrated reporting that combines financials with non-financials and as the standard report of companies is not achieved. One step to an integrated reporting is the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive 2003/51/EC which integrated non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs) in the obligatory reporting for companies. Another step that fosters the development of companies reporting is rooted on the EU Directive 2014/95/EU (CSR directive). The directive includes rules to make non-financial information obligatory and more harmonized in published company reports. The disclosing of non-financial information, like sustainability and social responsibility, is now obligatory, harmonized and regulated in the EU.
文摘The aim of this work is to analyze the critical issues related to stock options accounting granted to employees. Given the different ways to collect stock option plans, it follows that according to the accounting treatment adopted, it changes the financial reporting of stock option plans, and thus the information communicated to stakeholders and markets in general. The examination of the accounting treatment of stock options starts from the study of legal changes relating to the stock options and various criteria suggested will be presented for the evaluation of the options and for detection of their cost in the financial statements of companies (Guay, Kothari, & Sloan, 2003). After the analysis of international accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on the subject, specifically the "IFRS 2", we can state that they had a strong impact on Italian companies (Ciampaglia, 2008). The central aspect of the study, however, consists of an analysis of the market effects of accounting for the cost associated with the issuance of stock option plans (Cerri & Sottoriva, 2010). Budgeted costs relating to the adoption of stock option plans granted to employees change the measures of economic performance of the enterprise, such as return on investment (ROI) and return on equity (ROE), with significant effects on the evaluation of the economic capital of the company. A company that does not account for costs related to stock option plans recorded a best exercise, but it could distort the valuation of fmancial analysts (Tagliavini, 2000). Finally, it can be observed that the proper accounting of costs associated with stock options is a prerequisite for the comparability of financial statements of companies that grant, and it is therefore necessary to adequately reflect the value of the company.