Projects
Dissemination on new approach to teach accounting, to provide insight into financial statements Ghent University
Building on previous research, a new approach to teach accounting (NABO) has been developed, to stimulate the knowledge of novice students. The main objective is to provide insight into the financial statements of a company, in an efficient and pleasant way. This new approach is based on prior research within our research group Accounting Education. The approach is already successfully applied in our own accounting courses. The NABO-method ...
Databases & software for empirical research in financial economics, accounting, and finance Ghent University
The requested databases and software will support various streams of (empirical) research within financial economics, accounting, and corporate finance.
Critical success factors for start-ups. The importance of the financial plan and accountant guidance reviewed. HOGENT
The impact of institutions and of accounting standards on firm's accounting quality and cost of capital. KU Leuven
Informational opacity and board governance as additional determinants in explaining nonprofits' finance and accounting decisions (and related economic consequences). KU Leuven
The nonprofit sector is growing. This goes together with increasing competition to get access to funding, which is exacerbated by the fact that governments are increasingly resource−constraint. These evolutions can jeopardize the financial health and operational effectiveness of nonprofit organizations (NPOs). We want to identify governance mechanisms that help NPOs securing their financial and operational effectiveness, and consequently ...