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Finnish Local Government 2004: Financial Management 1999
The survey charted the practices of municipalities' financial management. The topics included covered financial planning and monitoring, accounting, monitoring revenues and expenses, and municipal auditing committee and its activities. The survey also included questions on the organisational structure of municipality. The composing process of municipal budget was...
Services Values Matrix, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research project followed up a previous Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project (grant number R000223210, data not currently held at the UK Data Archive) that empirically described the world city network in 2000. This later project created a similar set of data for 2004, to describe...
Company Accounts Analysis Data, 1977-1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset is derived from the annual published accounts of a representative sample of industrial and commercial company groups and independent companies registered in Great Britain. Standardised, aggregated and grossed results from the dataset are published annually in <i>Business Monitor M#...
Company Level Industrial Relations Survey, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main objectives were:
to assess changes that have taken place since the first Company Level Industrial Relations Survey in 1985 (Study not available via the UK Data Archive.)
to investigate how employee relations fits in with broader policy making
to explore the relationship between employee relations...
Accounting Conservatism: A Systematic Review, 2023
This study provides a systematic overview of the field of conservative accounting. The main objective of this study is to capture what has been studied in the existing accounting literature. More specifically, we examine what areas have been studied in the field of accounting and which authors have the most influence on the trend in the conservative accounting literature. We...
MQ5: Investment by Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Trusts, 1997-2023: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The MQ5 survey includes quarterly net investment data arising from financial transactions (investments) made by insurance companies, self-administered pension funds, investment trusts, unit trusts and property unit trusts. Annual balance sheet data for short-term assets and liabilities are also reported....
Auditors and Auditing in the United States of America since the 1920s
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The driving force behind this project was the perceived problems of the company audit following the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, together with their auditors, Arthur Andersen. The problems with the audit include the so called ‘expectations gap’ between what the public believe the audit is for – mainly...
Gender Equality Network: Gender Division of Labour Interviews, 2005-06
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project explored how changes in the gender division of labour within both employment and the family (re)structure gender and class inequalities. This was done through case studies of four feminised, or feminsing, sectors and professions (retail, banking accountancy and medicine). These case studies...
Finnish Local Government 2004: Financial Management 2003
The survey charted the practices of municipalities' financial management. The topics included covered financial planning and monitoring, accounting, monitoring revenues and expenses, and municipal auditing committee and its activities. The survey also included questions on the organisational structure of municipality. The composing process of municipal budget was...
Compliance Costs of Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax in the UK: Survey of Employers, 1981-1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to quantify the costs and benefits to employers of operating the PAYE and NI systems.Main Topics:Variables
Type of business, including number of employees (full-time and part-time), percentage of employees paid weekly/ monthly/other, turnover, size of PAYE and NI payments,...
Cambridge/DTI Databank of Company Accounts, 1948-1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The databank contains financial accounts for individual British companies operating principally in the UK. These have been standardised into a format which is uniform across companies and across years. The data for the early years originate with the National Institute for Economic and Social Research...
Quarterly Survey of Financial Assets and Liabilities, 2014-2022: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Quarterly Survey of Financial Assets and Liabilities (FALS) collects information on the financial assets and liabilities held by companies, with the exception of financial institutions. (Financial Institutions are organisations such as banks and building societies and these provide data directly to...
New Deal for Young People : National Survey of Participants, Stage 1, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is the first stage of a two-stage quantitative survey looking at the impact of the <i>New Deal for Young People</i> (NDYP) on participants (the other part of the survey is not yet held at UKDA).
The two overarching objectives of the research were to look at how the various...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Manufacturing Strategy and Competitiveness Dataset, 1994-1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The focus of this research was on the high technology manufacturing sector, where the rate and extent of change in the firm environment are extremely high. The main aim of the project was to take a contingency theory perspective in linking manufacturing strategy to firms' overall strategy, in the context...
OECD Banking Statistics, 1979-2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The OECD Banking statistics database includes data from 1979 to 2009 on classification of bank assets and liabilities, income statement and balance sheet and structure of the financial system for OECD countries. The OECD have discontinued this dataset, so no further updates will be made.
The OECD Banking...
All Fraud Theories: A Systematic Review Approach, 2004-2022
Background: Increasing progress is being made in the field of accounting fraud, and extensive theoretical research is needed to develop future research topics using trend analysis. Our research consists of a literature review that examines the most common fraud theories and attempts to interpret the characteristics of human behaviour that lead to fraud as well as current...