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The global institutionalization of financial reporting: The case of the United Arab Emirates

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Almost 100 countries have agreed to adopt or work towards convergence with the International Accounting Standards Board's international financial reporting standards (IFRS). Applying an institutional theory framework at a nation state level, and using publicly available data about the emerging economy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a case, this paper identifies some of the global coercive, normative and mimetic pressures which have contributed to this widespread adoption. The challenge for emerging economies such as that of the UAE is whether the reality of IFRS implementation can match the image of IFRS adoption.

Source: Accounting Forum

DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2007.12.003

Author: Helen Irvine

Institution: Queensland University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Accounting Theory and Financial Reporting

Subfield: Accounting

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: University of Wollongong

OpenAlex ID: W1968093145