The Impact of the Use of Creative Accounting Techniques and Practices on the Financial Position and Performance of Economic Entities – Theoretical and Applied Particularities
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creative accounting; techniques and practices of creative accounting; financial position; financial performance; economic entityAbstract
The theoretical approach of creative accounting techniques and practices captures the way in which the accounting information that characterizes the financial position and performance of the economic entity is influenced. The presentation of the numerous typologies of techniques and practices specific to creative accounting is necessary for all categories of users of financial-accounting information because in this way their effects on the annual financial statements are (re)known and economic decisions are made in the knowledge of the case.
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