"This book explores new trends in business, accounting, and financial studies"--Provided by publisher"--.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Book Series
• List of Contributors
• Table of Contents
• Detailed Table of Contents
• Preface
• Section 1: New Trends in Business Accounting and Finance
  • Chapter 1: Flipping the Best Journals in Accounting, Business, and Finance
  • Chapter 2: Fair Value Accounting
  • Chapter 3: Using Strategic Management Accounting Practices to Measure and Manage Intellectual Capital
  • Chapter 4: The Perception of Portuguese Accountants on the Impact of the Implementation of E-Accounting With SAFT-PT
  • Chapter 5: The Importance of Financial Theories for SME Capital Structure Decisions
  • Chapter 6: Extremal Index Estimation
  • Chapter 7: Evaluating Microeconomic Factors, Financial Crisis, and Stock Price Dynamics
• Section 2: Corporate Governance and Business Performance
  • Chapter 8: Corporate Governance and Firm Innovation
  • Chapter 9: Independent Directors' Tenure, Expropriation, Related Party Transactions, and Firm Value
  • Chapter 10: Corporate Governance and Firm Performance in an Emerging Market
  • Chapter 11: Zero-Leverage in European Firms
  • Chapter 12: Corporate Governance and Properties of Accounting Numbers in Brazil
  • Chapter 13: Measuring Firms' Financial Constraints
• Section 3: Creative Accounting, Accrual Manipulation, Fraud, and Social Responsibility
  • Chapter 14: A Critical Look at Social Reporting Evolution
  • Chapter 15: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in the Gambling Industry
  • Chapter 16: Earnings Management and Fraud
  • Chapter 17: Externally Financed Growth and Quality Accounting Information
  • Chapter 18: Benford Law and Earnings Analysis
• Compilation of References
• About the Contributors
• Index